Idina in Aida — Page 2

Her 'I Know The Truth' is the best version I've ever heard!

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I saw Idina as Amneris (as well as Sherie Scott and Felicia Finley) and I don't remember many of the details of her performance, but I do remember not caring for her in the role. I was already a fan of hers at that point, but I recall being disappointed by her performance. Just not the right vehicle for her I guess.

And I also saw Sherie as Maureen in Rent. I think Sherie is a fantastic performer, and this was ages ago, but I remember thinking she was the worst Maureen I'd seen. Again, just not the right match, because she's obviously a very talented lady.

Idina was... meh... not wretched by any stretch of the imagination but not fabulous either. There was no real spark to her Amneris. She didn't seem to be having any fun playing such a vapid cartoon. I also was not a fan of the fact that she took very few vocal liberties with the score. I am not one who is usually a fan of over-the-top runs and all that but Amneris's songs just scream for a few of them and Idina either didn't want to do them or couldn't the night I saw it. She really did nothing with the ending of "Every Story is a Love Story" ("This is a story of love....") but her "My Strongest Suit" was pretty solid and she of course did well with "I Know the Truth." Lets put it this way, she may not have been as good as Sherie or Felicia Finley but she was no Mandy Gonzales... now that was the worst Amneris I saw.

Z.

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i'm a huge Idina fan but personally i didn't feel she was right for this role vocally. I never saw her in the role, but just based on what i've heard, my strongest suit wasn't quite right...it lacked the oopmh that Sheree bought to the role

I never saw Idina as Aida. Sounds like she didn't do so hot.

However, the woman who played Amneris at (you guessed it) the Company Theatre's production of Aida was amazing. She's currently playing Georgie in their production of The Full Monty. She's a very talented woman.

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Amneris is obviously one of my favorite characters and Idina is one of my favorite performers. I had the chance to see her. She was great! She was no Sherie, but she was very strong.

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I'm very surprised because compared to Sherie, who I found to sing the role pretty straight through, Idina took massive vocal liberties at interpreting the songs, especially in "I know the truth" and "My strongest suit."

Hmmm

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Haha, oh the screech. I don't know, some parts were more like wailing. Either way, I still enjoy listening to her more than Sherie and I'm not even that big of an Idina fan.

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Wow I didn't know she was in Aida either...

Well I just visited the unmentionable site, and listened to both My Strongest Suit and I know the Truth
M.S.S. was...alright. At least the recording I heard. It's not necessarily that she did the song badly, just that I don't think the song, or context of character fit her well. And I didn't feel her attempt to fit the song.

I.K.T.T. was wonderful, words cannot even describe. I don't think Idina would make a great Amneris, but she certainly should sing this song regularly!

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I agree, Idina was not at all awful,but not great either. I found her, for the most part, forgettable. When I saw her, her version of "My strongest Suit" was pretty off as was her "I know the truth." Liked her in "See What I Wanna See"but she has left me cold in most other shows. Out of all the people I have seen play that role in AIDA Kelli Fouriner was by far the best - as most beautiful

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I had the pleasure of seeing her, in a great cast all around. Maya Days as Aida, Will Chase as Radames and Idina as Amneris.

It was the best acted and best sung role I have ever seen her do. She was actually incredible. I am not an Idina-ophile by any means, but she stopped the show with STRONGEST SUIT. it was really cool watching because it was clearly a case of a Broadway star enjoying her moments but still delivering on the acting. she was pretty heartbreaking as Amneris, and the ending worked very well.

I don't know why people are so harsh about her in this performance, because it was one of the better I have seen in years.

:)
BCR

Even though she truly was wrong for the role, I still enjoyed Idina in the role. She had a blast during Strongest Suit but maybe took the belting over the top...but she kinda played that riff before the dance break like a valley girl would that is in her closet rocking out to some song. Does that make sense?

Sherie was a dynamo in that role (ROBBED of a Tony nomination as well!), Felicia Finley tried way to hard to belt like some of the other stronger vocalists, I enjoyed Darcie Roberts in the role. Lori Ann Strunk was a superb understudy (where is she now???), Mandy Gonzalez was a disaster and a disappointment in the role (at least vocally...you want to hear screechy and off pitch? Search out a recording of her...) Kelli Fournier was another great Amneris on tour. Julie Danao didn't belt ANYTHING when she went on a few times in the role...yikes!

That brings us to Lisa Brescia...a fan-freaking-tastic Amneris. So close to Scott's performance but still unique. Well sung, well acted...her character actually had an arc.

The foreign Amneris' also are uniformly strong/belty.

Wow...I rambled. My apologies!

wickedfiyeroofoz I actually think Idina is just as good an actress as she is a singer

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