Patti sounds phenomenal here!!! And Joan’s “You’re not in it this spring so we don’t give a damn what happens to it here!” Cracks me up all every time!!
Wow !!! Patti LuPone before she became PATTI LUPONE . She took on the mantle of "THE Grand Dame " of Broadway since the passing of Elaine Stritch and Angela Lansbury .
Patti!!!!! Cheerful and singing two iconic songs she made famous and chatting with another legend, Joan Rivers. She’s so talented, and thankful we still get to see her artistry today. Thanks for posting.
Lots of slurring, strangely pronounced words, indulgent, jarring dynamics.. the whole thing was just affected, screeching, and very unpleasant. Very unnatural. Would be perfect if Fantine were having a stroke or some kind of medical emergency.
@@bigred8432 No, it is too loose on the upper body. When she sits down, it is incredibly loose and actually reveals her breasts as she settles into the chair. It is not fitted properly to her body.
I'm very curious how you find these gems! Of course, I'm ever thankful. These two songs are my current obsessions (aka Spotify repeats) and her in that exquisite dress??? Amen!
The way women and gay men live for women tearing down one other is sad and not something worth celebrating. Funny it's rarely this way with men in the industry.
J. Rivers: "La Misera-blis,. did I say it right? Observer: "No, Joan. It's Lay Miserab, (Les Misérables,) you miserable harpy. It's French. No "s" sound." (facepalm.)
Yuck, this performance is a reminder of how simple and unnuanced broadway singing technique was back then. No straight tone, no inflections, all belt. Yuck yuck yuck. Amateur hour in this performance.
I realised many years after that I had seen Patti in the show's debut in London with the original cast - Colm Wilkinson, Roger Allum and Alan Armstrong as a wonderfully seedy Thenadier. As she says "I sing this wonderful song and then I die and come back nearly two hours later as a ghost".
But why can’t she hear the nasality and slurring. It’s such a great great voice box Why can’t she enunciate. There’s legato and then there’s blurgh. How did she come through the training she did. Her voice is stunning it’s such a small controllable detail. She becomes a stereotype x
I am surprised at how stunning Joan looks in this. She certainly knew how to present herself. Patti looks and sounds fantastic. And she is singing Susan Boyle's song! LOL Seeing her as Lady Bird (alongside Randy Quaid as LBJ) is a revelation. I had no idea Lady Bird might ever complain about her life married to that tall Texas galoot.
@@XPRT10Rit’s a part of Italy, but it’s not really Italy. It was it’s own kingdom until the 1860s, Sicilian is considered a different language, and the two populations never really Intermingled like that. I’m a quarter Sicilian, and a quarter Neapolitano
@@TheModerateMillenial What's that got to do with anything? The northern regions were also part of a different kingdom, you don't identify different regions of Italy as different countries. 1861 was the UNIFICATION of Italy, made up of 20 regions. Sicily is one of them. If you're Sicilian, you're Italian. Full stop. There's no two ways about it.
I tend to agree.. but so much has to do with the medium of the production: stage VS cinema. Evita was originally conceived as a theatrical production and in that medium, LuPone owned the role. Yet, Madonna's screen interpretation is marvelously effecting.... nuanced,... human - not the over-the-top diva that the stage role requires.
Uh no. Madonna couldn’t sing Evita the way it was originally written so they had to rewrite songs for her by lowering keys and removing notes both high and low out of her range. Literally the worst Evita ever. But for the record Julie Covington sang Evita the best on the original white album.
I don't dislike Madonna bit Lupone blows Madonna out of the water. In the movie they tried to make Evita more sympathetic. In that case they should have written a different musical because that's not the way Tim Rice and Andrew lloyd webber wrote the character. The movie drained all of what was exciting about the stage show out of the material. I thought the movie was a snooze fest while seeing Patti Lupone onstage was the most exciting night I ever spent in the theater.
No matter what she sings, she NEVER lets you forget you're hearing and seeing PL. Yes, silent movie pathos, but no nuance, no true 'in chareacter' emotions. She's WAYYYYY too long in the tooth to have played Fantine.
