"Aldonza" (Man of la Mancha) - Marin Mazzie

Marin Mazzie sings "Aldonza" in the Broadway revival of Man of la Mancha, along with Brian Stokes Mitchell. I think it skips a big, sorry. This is one of my all time favourite performances - amazing acting and singing.
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[@sgtdroxie]

So sad to lose her...way too soon. Saw her in several Broadway shows and she never disappointed! She left us with an amazing body of work and thank God many of her performances are preserved on cd and in video clips. She will never be forgotten.

[@richardmayora1289]

Amen. I saw every show she was in, on and off Broadway, but I missed this one because her run was so brief. I recently found the program to a production of Where's Charley she was in in the early 80s. An incredible performer. What a loss to the theater world.

[@darrenlumby4772]

Wow great. She should have been on the cast recording.

[@BrianRIngram]

Rip Marin Mazzie, such a loss.

[@BearLite]

Such a loss! I didn't hear of her passing, how incredibly sad.

[@tomtoland01]

Watching her was always a Master Class in how to interpret song and earnestly convey what the character was saying

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Leaves me in tears everytime i watch/listen to this...because it reminds me of a girl I knew. She didn't deserve her fate and she was always a "lady" to me. :'(

[@willec7105]

I was fortunate to see Marin in her final Broadway appearance in The King and I at Lincoln Center. I love the raw, and even primal emotion, rage, pain, and despair she expresses in this performance. She has such an expressive face, even when she is all gowned and glammed, delivering one of her fine ballads. She also has a very versatile voice ranging from belting to the last row to operatic.

[@allwinds3786]

one of the best renditions I have heard

[@chgem.2658]

Wow!

[@sharonmontella9404]

She's incredible. So sad to lose her and this incredible talent. My heart goes out to her family friends and colleagues

[@chersteencolby6344]

You can watch the whole production at Lincoln Center at the library of theater on film and tape. She was brilliant and so was he. This song always gets me.

[@ptoppy8430]

Mazzie is sensational !! Had forgotten how much I adored this show.

[@swvacollings290]

Vocally, the only one who has ever got into the same class as Diener. Funny but I actually saw a certain physical tameness, presumably to keep the incredibly controlled voice going. Having worked with inmates (many survivors of horrific abuse) the explosive rage would be fiercer. Remember though, she's doing what her Director told her to do. Ive read some give whatever acting faults they might to Ms Diener's portrayal, but this scene was the one where she truly "let it fly" vocally and physically. Saw her do it w/ Kiley in Boston 1981. I think Ms Mazzie deserves some true props for what she did here.

[@makeittrue]

I agree. Many need to remember that the actor is often doing what the director told her to do. The performance of the song is uneven but of course I am comparing her to Joan Diener. Please take into account that I absolutely LOVE Marin Mazzie ever since I heard her sing "Happiness" on the 1993 Tonys. "Man of La Mancha" has one of the most difficult scores in musical theater. I need to hear the vocals of Mary Elizabeth. I don't think she is nearly as strong a singer as Marin. Hell, who knows. Many of us have no idea what goes on behind that curtain.

[@bigred8432]

That’s not exactly how directing works but yes to a certain extent. The other thing people need to remember is this has to be achieved eight times a week. There have to be certain alterations made in order for the human body and voice to achieve that

[@dgerdi]

I don´t know anything of what you told, but a "thumbs up" for your last scentence.

[@jonstein1392]

Wow, an unbelievably great performance. Ranks right up there with the best ever. A big loss for all of us.

[@frostylunetta]

Marin 😢 you are so forever missed

[@jtab4994]

Amazing voice. RIP

[@brianimoto4634]

I cant quit watching this.

[@nanborg65]

That said, THANKS so much for sharing this. I never heard her in this role before and it was wonderful to see. Of course, I will watch it many more times and give it a chance. Thanks again.

[@RaspberryIceTea]

I love this song! She did a really good job :)

[@codysalis5190]

Oh wow, I just saw this. Marin Mazzie is wonderful as Aldonza /Dulcinea. I loved this version and I think she is much better than Joan Diener who did the role on Broadway (1965) with Richard Kiley and Irving Jacobson, and reprises the role 2 years later .

[@allwinds3786]

You have a very powerful, beautiful voice, thank you for this. WOW!

[@user-qh3hv3fv9w]

Literally a Masterpiece....

[@avocat215]

amazing performance

[@ernlwjr2]

Wonderful!

[@everyngo]

Linda interpretación.

[@sunlightcaller6219]

Bravo!

[@karamiaxel]

Wow. I saw the play this year with Danielle de Niese who was great, but this is just wow.

[@redbrian3655]

I had seen this with Mastrontonio and I had no idea that Marin took over. Her voice is way more powerful and confident IMO.

[@LeoraGuillot]

Wow

[@saroltareti3585]

Micsoda szenvedély ! Micsoda hang ! (Y)

[@Manhiper]

Unique

[@johne6081]

Thank you for using the original lyrics, instead of the G-rated ones.

[@flatfingertuning727]

Listening to various videos including the movie, I notice the movie uses "a virtue a blind man can see that I lack" as opposed to "a virtue I somehow suspect that I lack", but I didn't notice any other lyric differences among the versions I've listened to.

[@johne6081]

@@flatfingertuning727 "I am only Aldonza, the whore" versus "I'm no one, I'm nothing at all."

[@gregoirdefaoite]

Exposing the shadow of the quixotic knight. Powerful.

[@balletpoint3207]

lyrics please???

[@trex1563]

The fact the incandescent Marin never won the TONY is a travesty..... One word, 'Mother'

[@nanborg65]

I've always loved Mazzie, but this is grotesquely over-sung. She makes an operatic Mad Scene out of it. I mean, the dramatic portrayal is great in its own way, but its TOO real, too raw, and she winds up sacrificing vocal musicality to do it. It's not a tragic movie drama, it's a Broadway show, for crying out loud.

[@dfsnsdfn]

+wwonka2 So its bad to sing with emotion in a broadway show? Get with the times, this isn't Guys and Dolls.

[@nanborg65]

You didn't read (or didn't understand) what I said. A PROPERLY emotional performance is a wonderful thing in any genre, Broadway or otherwise. But context, context, context. Cervantes' play is not about the tragedy of a bar slut's life. It is about the tragedy of Don Quixote's life and his eternal optimism in the face of a jaded world (among other things). This over-raw, over-acted rendition upstages this point, and the character of Aldonza thereby oversteps her function in the story. There is a certain tongue-in-cheek component to Aldonza that is missing here. It's toooo much.

[@codysalis5190]

+wwonka2 For this particular song in the show, Aldonza has been brutally abused by the muleteers and turns her anger on Don Quixote. Don Quixote does change her in the end. I did this show in the summer of 1995 (playing the Barber) but I thought Ms. Mazzie played this very well

[@andrewrudygalindo2646]

+wwonka2 you literally make no sense, whatsoever.

[@hthesmith7915]

She wasn't "abused". She was gang raped.