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#101

re: 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
#102

re: 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..."
#104

re: 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..."
#107

re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?

Posted: 5/11/08 at 8:06pm

Hasn't anyone listened to the cast recording of FLOYD COLLINS? Teresa McCarthy's voice is pure and heavenly on it.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#109

re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?

Posted: 5/11/08 at 8:31pm

i would totally say lea salonga for the females
"The good news is I have an excellent Tony speech. The bad news is I've had it for forty-five years."-Elaine Stritch
#110

re: 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

#115

re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?

Posted: 7/20/08 at 12:38am

Kelli OHara, Julie Andrews, Audra, Matt Morrison, and Lea Salonga come closest for me. But Seattle's Louis Hobson has a gorgeous pure voice.
#116

re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?

Posted: 7/20/08 at 1:02am

I 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.
#117

re: 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.

Why do we follow leaders who never lead?
Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution?
Tick Tick BOOM

#118

re: 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!
"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy
#121

re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?

Posted: 7/20/08 at 6:53pm

Hm, 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.
#122

re: 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

#123

re: Who has the perfect, pure voice?

Posted: 7/20/08 at 11:49pm

I'll add Patrick Wilson and Cheyenne Jackson on the male category.
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#125

re: 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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