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#26

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 7:27pm

Actually, you were totally righ... this time! =) Haha.

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#27

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 7:52pm

Rebecca Caine
Judy Kuhn
Lea Salonga (IS she a mezzo?)
Claire Moore
Patti Cohenour
Rachel Barrell
Kristin Chenoweth
Audra McDonald

Not quite ten.


Am I the only person in the world who does not like Sarah Brightman's voice? It just sounds strange to me.


I also wanna say that Claire Moore was the very first Christine alternate for Sarah Brightman, in the West End production of Phantom. :)

Updated On: 9/28/09 at 07:52 PM

#28

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 8:10pm

"Am I the only person in the world who does not like Sarah Brightman's voice? It just sounds strange to me"

No, a lot of people, especially on this board would agree with you.

And I think that Lea Salonga is a mezzo, although she hits very high notes, her voice is more comfortable on a lower range. So she is a mezzo I am almost certain.

You know, it all comes down to personal taste. Brightman sounds a lot different now than she sounded during her Phantom years, her voice is a lot smoother now, but she still hits the high E. Not every time, but most times.
Like you don't like Sarah's voice, I can barely stand Audra's voice and Kristin Chenoweth's speaking voice and belting voice. The only time I enjoy Cheno is when she sings with her head voice.

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#29

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 8:15pm

Yeah, Sarah does sound quite a bit different. I do like her current voice much more than her Phantom-age voice. I can't stand the Phantom OLCR, but I don't mind listening to Sarah's newer stuff.

#30

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:16pm

I hate to sound like a broken record, but:

Kelli O'Hara
Julie Andrews
Audra McDonald
Kristin Chenoweth
Victoria Clark

#31

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:27pm

Rebecca Luker
Audra McDonald
Marin Mazzie
Kelli O'Hara
Susan Egan
Judy Kuhn
Julie Andrews
Laura Benanti
Victoria Clark
Christine Ebersole

#32

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:29pm

Kristin Chenoweth
Megan Hilty (I'm surprised no one else has said her)
Laura Benanti
Audra McDonald
Victoria Clarke
Brandi Burkhardt
Lauren Kennedy
Anneliese Van der Pol
Julie Andrews

I'd say they're my favs... and for the record I do not like Sarah Brightman.. I just think her voice sounds to warped in the mouth.. Also the sopranos I listed are my favorite Sopranos.. aka not mezzos.

Updated On: 9/28/09 at 09:29 PM

#33

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:37pm

Victoria Clark
Patti Cohenour
Barbara Cook
Judy Kaye
Judy Kuhn
Audra McDonald
Patricia Neway
Kelli O'Hara
Patricia Routledge
Lee Venora

#34

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:55pm

For some reason, I've never been able to stand Sarah Brightman. Something about the way she pronounces words. But I agree, I like her a lot more now than I did when she was younger.

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#35

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/29/09 at 6:31pm

Kristin is and will always be my #1 favorite!!!

Kristin Chenoweth
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Katie Clarke (LOVE LOVE LOVE her)
Julie Andrews
Jane Powell
Kathryn Grayson
Jennifer Laura Thompson
Judy Kuhn
Christine Ebersole
Lauren Kennedy

#36

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/29/09 at 6:33pm

Sarah Brightman sings link mini-mouse on helium.

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#37

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/29/09 at 6:34pm

To Sarah Brightman haters: Listen to Bernadette's "Unexpected Song" and then listen to Sarah's .... Sarah's got a fantastic voice, of course depending on the song.

#38

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 12:08am

philly, you are a breath of fresh air!

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#39

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 12:44am

- Kelli O'Hara
- Audra McDonald
- Judy Kuhn
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Christine Ebersole
- Victoria Clark
- Renee Fleming
- Magdalena Kozena
- Cecilia Bartoli

So the last three aren't sopranos who've been on Broadway, but still amazing enough to be listed. :)

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#40

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 12:48am

Julie Andrews
Marni Nixon

#41

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 12:52am

Select a Member Name, I LOVE Magdalena Kozena! I saw her in Cosi Fan Tutte at the Met a few years ago and she totally stole the show! I didn't realize anyone else knew who she was

#42

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 12:58am

bwaylvsong, I AM SO JEALOUS! I'd kill to hear her singing live! I'm in love with her. She's so amazing and so underrated.

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"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim

#43

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:05am

Well, if it makes you feel any better, it was just the final dress rehearsal. And I've never gotten to see her since.
PS: She's actually a mezzo, but would be classified as a soprano by MT standards

#44

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:05am

Audra McDonald
She' never ceases to amaze me.

#45

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:05am

I don't have 10.

Julie Andrews
Shirley Jones
My wife
Marin Mazzie

#46

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:10am

bwaylvsong, you still got to see her!
And yes, I know she's a mezzo by opera standards, but it doesn't even matter what she is, because that woman is just crazy-talented.

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"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim

#47

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 9:51am

For me, all others pale in comparison to Barbara Cook.

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#48

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:01pm

Barbara Cook the greatest singing actress/soprano I have ever heard/seen.
Additional favorite sopranos of mine:
Susan Watson
Rebecca Luker
Kristin Chenoweth
Judy Kaye (mezzo)
June Bronhill (UK, Australia)
Maureen McGovern (mezzo)
Audra McDonald
Jo Sullivan
Christine Andreas

#49

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:06pm

Maureen is a mezzo? I'd say she is an alto? I don't remember her very well, but her voice was on the lower side in Little Women.

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#50

re: Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

Posted: 9/30/09 at 2:55pm

Honestly, I don't know why the mezzo/soprano distinction even exists in MT. You have Ruthie Henshall playing soprano roles, Kelli O'Hara playing belting roles, etc etc.

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