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#2

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:47pm

Definetly Emmy Rossum. Sarah Brightman's voice grates on me so bad. I can't stand it! Emmy's voice, while not my favorite, is SO much easier on my ears. I like listening to her.
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#6

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:53pm

timote, I'm ready for the fight re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from One day I got into a big fight with another girl who was arguing that Sarah Brightman was the best soprano ever. Got some strange looks when we were yelling at each other. Haha.
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#7

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:54pm

ABSOLUTELY Sarah Brightman. I simply CANNOT STAND Emmy's overly breathy "singing," or, even worse, her "I have a single facial expression that never changes" brand of "acting."
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#9

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:58pm

Costume, the original question had nothing to do with her acting abilities though.
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#10

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 10:59pm

I didn't even know there could be a debate about this matter, but then again everyone has different opinions. Sarah Brightman's voice is impeccable as Christine, ok nobody buys her as a young and naive chorus girl but while Emmy Rossum has the looks, her voice is ridiculously weak.
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#13

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:03pm

i prefer Sarah...can't believe Emmy played a role originated by someone way more talented than her. There must be a shortage when it comes to sopranos. =)

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Updated On: 9/8/05 at 11:03 PM

#15

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:06pm

At this point Emmy, but I think that's b/c I have the movie soundtrack and it's what I'm used to. I've heard Sarah's rendition of a couple songs after being totally used to the CD and now I just really prefer Emmy. Sarah's notes just seem overly vibrato.
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#16

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:06pm

Emmy by far. While Emmy was not the vocally best Christine out there. I MUCH prefer her to Sarah Brightman. Sarah to me, only sounded strong on "Phantom of the Opera" and parts of "Think of Me". I thought Emmy sounded very good during "Wishing you were Somehow Here Again" and a few others. But hey, my opinion isn't fact.
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#18

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:15pm

I prefer Sarah for sheer ability and Emmy for the emotion. I wonder what the movie would've been like had Hayley Westenra been in it though.
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#19

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:16pm

Emmy is not a good singer, Sarah is not my favorite, though better, wait much better, so she wins by default.

I will admit though, Sarah's voice does get on my nerves. But Emmy is in no way a true Soprano. She sounds like the pre-teens standing outside the theater trying to sing think of me. I have heard Emmy sing other things, I think she is much more suited for a more mezzo range.

But they are hard to compare, because I perfer neither. Sarah sounded too old, Emmy didn't sound like a Soprano nor a budding singer, Why couldn't someone pick someone with more talent.
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#20

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:21pm

I love Sarah's 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" and "Phantom of the Opera" I find her weak on other parts. As for her age, I don't find her to sound that old, and Christine really isn't supposed to be all that young, not as young as Emmy Rossum played her, that was purely for cinematic effect. Look at Sandra Joseph who is playing the role now and looks like she's 35, tho I can't stand her.
#21

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:27pm

When I first Listened to OBC I thought, WOW Christine sounds like she's thirty, when in fact she's supposed to be 17. Eh, and Emmy was Blah :P
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#24

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:42pm

really? I was always told and always assumed she was 17. She was in the book. And in other movie versions she is 17 or around that age. Didn't I see the dvd extra stuff where the director said they were fortunate to get 'younger' actors as to portray the actors in the right age? I mean Emmy was only 16 when the movie was filmed, a little perverted her kissing 30 something, yet very sexy men. I also thought the main reasons for Sarah getting the part was that she was a soprano and married to ALW.
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#25

re: Who do you prefer Sarah Brightman or Emmy Rossum singing the songs from

Posted: 9/8/05 at 11:45pm

well yeah taht was the reason she got it, i mean it was written for her, and she probably wouldn't have ever gotten it otherwise, but still i'll always consider it her part and am a huge fan oh her. She's really had such an interesting career, and have loved listening to her experiment with different kinds of music, I know a lot of people dislike her but I think she's great and a true artist.

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