OMFG...total Fan boy moment here
but if you look on THAT site and do some searching...you can hear her first "Defying Gravity"
can I just say that she is most likely going to be one of the best Elphaba's ever?
Seriously, her voice is so frigging solid and clear, but she has so many new little riffs that are brilliant. The first two verses (something has changed....I'm through accepting limits) are brilliant but what is truly the winner is her flying verse.
She sticks mainly to the score it seems (that will prolly change when she gets more comfortable in the role) but holy jesus, her voice is so insanely powerful and the little touches she has in the phrasing are brilliant.
And on a side note...the orchestra that night was really rocking it out.
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."