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Who has the perfect pure voice ?
#100re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/4/08 at 12:46am
I did a quick tally. Top 5 so far:
1. Lea Salonga
2. Julie Andrews
3. Barbara Cook
4. Liz Callaway
5. Brian Stokes Mitchell and Anthony Warlow
stage_door76
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#101re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:00am
Lea Salonga gets my vote...
but my ultimate female is Tina Arena. Her voice is like a BELL - her recording of whistle down the wind is actually breathtaking in my opinion.
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
#102re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/4/08 at 10:05am
I LOVE Tina Arena! Her cover of 'Don't Cry for Me...' is divine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx9f11m0zgc
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stage_door76
Broadway Star Joined: 1/18/05
#103re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/4/08 at 9:28pm
Simply brilliant video - her voice is truly divine!
Her bell-like ping pours out of her body with such powerful, yet gentle ease. PURITY!
But for me it is this video that takes the cake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdyBHfL7ac
Minus the angry face at the beginning.
"...But Kungurtseva reels off multiple fouettes and the tape is stopped so she can take a bow. The Jester, an abomination introduced to Swan Lake in Soviet times, extorts applause from the audience. The cuts don't help the storytelling, the production is bare bones and they go for the '50s-style happy ending.
The audience cheers like mad at the end. It's the Russian ballet, after all..."
Corine2
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#104re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/5/08 at 8:48am
1- Paulo Szot
2- Brent Barrett
The three Tenors.
JJC
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#105re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 5:56pm
Barbara Cook
Brent Barret
David Carrol
Rebecca Luker
Judy Kaye
Maureen McGovern
roquat
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#106re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 8:06pmHasn't anyone listened to the cast recording of FLOYD COLLINS? Teresa McCarthy's voice is pure and heavenly on it.
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#107re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 8:16pmJohn Barrowman and Lea Salonga, for me.
#108re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 8:31pmi would totally say lea salonga for the females
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Barnaby151
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#109re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 9:11pm
Lea Salonga
Matt Morrison
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Anthony Warlow
Connie Fisher's voice is really pure
Nikki Renee Daniels
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#111re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/19/08 at 10:46pm
Lea Salonga
Audra McDonald
Kelli O'Hara
#112re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 12:12amLea Michele or Andrea McArdle.
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#113re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 12:29amHarvey Firestein, hands down.
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#114re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 12:38amKelli OHara, Julie Andrews, Audra, Matt Morrison, and Lea Salonga come closest for me. But Seattle's Louis Hobson has a gorgeous pure voice.
#115re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 1:02amI have to get my two cents in here........ two enthralling voices come to mind... both in the National Tour of Piazza. Elena Shaddow and David Burnham. Those are the first two that came to mind when I read the title of this thread. You have named many of the well known singers, but these two REALLY impressed me.
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#116re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 4:09am
dare I say Kristin Chenoweth? :)
To be honest I'm not entirely sure why she hasn't already been mentioned. In terms of technique and sound I'd say she's one of the best, and her uniqueness shouldn't be discounted either.
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#117re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 4:41am
Roger Bart (maybe not so anymore...)
But his "Go the Distance" in Hercules movie is brilliant!
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MuseOfComedy
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#118re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 4:55amLea Salonga, and Cheyenne Jackson.
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#119re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 7:28am
Women-Lea Salonga hands down.
Men-Paolo Szot, Michael Ball
#120re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 6:53pmHm, there are many voices I adore that I don't think of as "pure." To me, the ideal pure, clear, bell-like tone is that of a boy soprano's, so by that criterion it's Lea Salonga or Barbara Cook. To me, someone like Audra or Barbra Streisand or Julie Andrews has a somewhat warm tone that does quite fit. Also, because of that, I don't think any Broadway male tenor has a "perfect, pure" voice.
#121re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 7:12pm
Lucy Scherer
Annaleigh Ashford
Lisa Brescia
Katie Rose Clarke
Audra McDonald
Updated On: 7/20/08 at 07:12 PM
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#122re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/20/08 at 11:49pmI'll add Patrick Wilson and Cheyenne Jackson on the male category.
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#123re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/21/08 at 12:26amLiz Callaway
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#124re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?
Posted: 7/21/08 at 2:12am
As far as clean sound goes, I have to agree and say Harvey Firestein.
Also for real as far as female voices:
Sherie Renee Scott
Laura Benanti
Sara Ramirez
Lea Michele
Kelli O'Hara
Lea Salogna
...especially in specific songs.
Updated On: 7/21/08 at 02:12 AM
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