Patti just commands attention and we gladly give it to her. She has remarkable stage presence and a self confidence that doesn`t so much ache to be noticed but knows its being noticed and she is just delighted to show it off. God, I love that woman. I also love how she didn`t take the role so damn seriously and often delivered her lines with a twinkle in her eye or in shameless melodramatic fashion. Went perfectly with the overall tone of the show and the audience GOT it.
@EmilyGloeggler79842 жыл бұрын
Some got it and realized she needlessly overacted which mars her performance.
@Dianaemanuel4 жыл бұрын
Incredible how many folks here simply dismiss Elaine Paige. Let's not forget she created the stage role long before Patti. I suspect the reason people don't rate her as highly is because there is no filmed record of her in the part. Also, I suspect an awful lot of the people posting here are from the USA. But trust me, Paige is a force to be reckoned with. I saw her in Piaf - another punishing belter of a role - and trust me, she was incredible.
@bookemdano75673 жыл бұрын
Patti LuPone will forever be my Eva of choice. It took me many years to warm up to Elaine’s version. After hearing others in the role , I do find Elaine stands out well above them. It’s too bad her Eva was hampered by a heavily edited “highlights” album. Her highlights would have been A New Argentina which included none of the main song and her belts. I just discovered her version from a bootleg recording a couple of years ago and even though the slower tempo is reminiscent of the concept album, I really enjoyed hearing her belt it out. I also think Elaine, after discovering some video of her performing High Flying Adored and Rainbow High, benefits from actually watching her perform the role then just listening to her on the album. On a side note… I’m so jealous you got to see her in Piaf!! I would have loved to have seen that and think that’s a totally under appreciated and little known role of hers!
@larattacattolica23517 жыл бұрын
Patti!!!!! What a difference to the others....They are not bad, but Patti is... Evita. ;)
@fergusmurray18284 жыл бұрын
M B She didn’t, according to her. The singing from the Tony Performance is definitely not from the cast recording, the former is way stronger.
@MatthewPalmerReads3 жыл бұрын
She isn’t! Carline Bowman is Evita! Patti is overrated in my opinion. She bitches about it now and it built her career!
@Roberto_Lopez2028 ай бұрын
She was the worst, super overacted, and hahaha, Evita smoking? Evita never smoked.
@chefnapsol27778 жыл бұрын
I am a Madonna fan but Patti LuPone did it the best!
@mzmiller525 жыл бұрын
Of course, it’s lupone’s role. Don’t forget she had Hal prince pushing her. And the right tempo. Ackerman sounds like her.
@keatondj8 жыл бұрын
I saw Caroline Bowman live and she blew me away at this moment. She is the best Eva I have ever heard; her voice is perfect for the role.
@miamiracer5 жыл бұрын
Patti, no question about it. She attacks those high notes and belts them out without fear. I have seen at least six productions of Evita including Elena Rogers and Loni Ackerman and Patti's performance outshines all of them.
@deagjo16474 жыл бұрын
No one compares to Patti, but, I saw Nancy Opel as her understudy when we thought we were going to be seeing Patti and was so sad....until the curtain rose and she was sublime! Excellent. Historically I would have loved seeing Patti and Mandy together, but Nancy hit a home run. And Mandy was amazing!
@mattd.c.71574 жыл бұрын
Many have said it and I totally agree, "Patti Lupone was born to play Evita!!" No other singer matches her artistry and command of the role.
@chrisjacobs74174 жыл бұрын
I disagree. I think Florence Lacey was a far better Eva then Patti lockdown was. Her rendition of Don't Cry For Me Argentina on the closing night of the Broadway production is unsurpassed
@madamemaximoff98384 жыл бұрын
3:27 Is NO ONE going to talk about Pia!, ( Patti's good but I adore what Pia did)
@iwokeuplikethispod7 жыл бұрын
The Dutch ladies are pretty incredible!
@downtown827 жыл бұрын
I've seen them both live... Understudy Marjolein Teepen was better than the first cast. She could sing the part, great dancer and strong actress.
@amybaker46545 жыл бұрын
I agree,you can hear more of them in the Phantom and Les Mis comparisons.I saw Celinde Schoenmaker as Christine in Phantom nearly four years ago and she was wondeful.Her voice is beautiful and she can act which is more than be said for the much vaunted Sarah Brightman.
@ameliamorgan22874 жыл бұрын
Obviously we all love Patti LuPone but one thing that bugs me is when they call her the original Evita. She was the original BROADWAY Evita (and brilliant!)
@anthonyquarles57626 жыл бұрын
Only one Evita....PATTI LUPONE
@markim19947 жыл бұрын
Paula capovilla, patti lupone and pia! Top 3 evitas!
@oneandonlyprecarious9 жыл бұрын
Wow! Louise was an Evita? And an AMAZING one at that?!
@iamfrank51718 жыл бұрын
I take issue with Lupone's (and others') comments about ALW's writing implicating him as a sadist. If certain other composers decided to push the boundaries of the vocally-possible, I suspect it would be heralded as "essential to the musical integrity of the character". In an interview, Lupone also criticized the lowering of the keys for Madonna's performance in the film version, reasoning that it does in fact undermine the character. If the original score is indeed 'sadistic', then please may we have more sadists writing musical theatre scores. The vocally-unsuitable need not apply to perform them.
@belles_library7 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@amybaker46545 жыл бұрын
When she came for the premiere in London she made no comment about Madonna or her singing, apart from "Well at least she's Sicillian"
@alexisgrey36335 жыл бұрын
Patti found working on Evita traumatic, it was a horrible experience for her.
@josephevans57854 жыл бұрын
Wishing I was alive to see this with Elaine Page and Patti Lupone. When I was 12 I seen the debut of the 20th Anniversary US Tour when it opened in November 1998, at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, MI. This production of Evita starred Natalie Toro and Raul Esparza. The production also had an all Latin ensemble for a more authentic show. It was aimed towards Broadway. However, it never made it.
@bookemdano75673 жыл бұрын
I got to see that production also! It was really good and nice to see the original staging/ costumes/ choreography which far surpasses the awful, boring “new” staging that is too reminiscent of the movie.
@aidanmckeon95737 жыл бұрын
11:05 THAT CHOREO
@MRosezhahira7 жыл бұрын
the broadway revival cast had such a good alternate wow better than the main
@musicaltheatergeek796 жыл бұрын
I don't know why they insisted on Elena Roger. I thought she was dreadful in London. I was hoping they would recast for the Broadway transfer. Then again, the whole production was so misguided, unimaginative, and uninspired!
@isaiahbaston4 жыл бұрын
the revival is why i want to become a director professionally!! so disappointed that so many received a bad impression of evita after seeing it.
@renodoolittle3 жыл бұрын
@@isaiahbaston in my opinion the revival was terrible for the sole and only reason of Peronist Elena Roger wanting to portray a manipulative dictatress as a saint. Yes, she’s a rounded character, and the audiences must see “both sides”, but everything Ms Roger did (from her “oh yes” in “I’d be suprisingly good for you”, her everything but fierce Rainbow High, to her feeling of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina as a “real speech” and not the ironic discourse Tim Rice and Hal Prince viewed it as; made Eva Perón, one of the most corrupt, manipulative and authoritative politic figures in Argentina, seem to the audience that she was a perfect saint. Grandage’s awful direction didn’t help either, turning scenes where the real populist propaganda and the persecution opponents had to face into mere balls and “representations of the Argentine life”. This happened especially with Money Kept Rolling in, A New Argentina (the blocking for “and no dissent within” is disastrous) and Perón’s Latest Flame. I do agree with making Che an “Everyman” instead of the “ghost” of the homophobic revolutionary Che Guevara, and think that the new orchestrations are way better. The choreography was also wonderful. The sole problem, as I said before, in my opinion, was Roger’s shrieky, uncontrolled and out of place vocals, and, especially her interpretation of the character as a saint (making the audience see how Peronist Ms Roger is in real life and how much of her political views she wanted to incorporate into her character), that, sadly, her alternates had to follow, and so had to the Evas for the US tour. Yes, the staging was nice, so was the choreography. But it’s not a show about “daily life in 1940s Argentina”, but, the rise to power of a poor girl through manipulation and love, and the rise of Peronism, an ideology that turned Argentina from one of the most prosperous nations in the world, into a place full of injustice and with a dictatorial government.
@jobond33175 жыл бұрын
I love Evita and find it rather amazing that to find coverage of the show is difficult unlike Les Miserables. I wonder why this is so
@fludu19 жыл бұрын
Patti clearly
@divadayton14 жыл бұрын
Wish there were recordings of West End Eva’s- Rebecca Norman and Rebecca Storm
@billyflynn23 жыл бұрын
So many of my favourite musical theatre women here and such a crazy vocal range too. Any of the girls keeping this in their chest voices get my full praise. I'm a baritone and find the higher 'belt tricky sometimes.. Caroline Bowman is stunning as are so many others. Though I'm proud to say a lot of the UK girls are really up there too.
@alejandromorales95163 жыл бұрын
I love Madonna and LuPone, but Eva has always been LuPone LuPone LuPone ... watching this though I was impressed with Madonna's phrasing (I believe though the music was transposed for her ... which is my biggest problem with Madonna in Evita, she truly sounds lovely but it's very very careful and almost polite and I prefer my Evas really brassy) ... I also have to echo that the alternate for the Bway revival Christina DeCicco was impressive. Had I known, I would have tried to catch her on the nights she was on.
@hernancuevas96319 жыл бұрын
ELENA ROGER AND PATTI : THE BESSSSSSSSSSSSSST
@JosephJohnson-gu5fw7 жыл бұрын
And who could leave out Julia Murney. She is 7 different kinds of incredible.
@chasehulsey82448 жыл бұрын
had no idea pia was an Eva.. and she did not disappoint
@kikihappy546 жыл бұрын
At this point, I don't think that there's a female lead role she HASN'T played...
@lamisere83374 жыл бұрын
She disappointed me. I was very surprised she lowered the key on the belty part. Of all singers, I totally expected her to do that bit justice so it was jarring to hear her go down a whole octave. Maybe it was just that one night. I hope so.
@emilynguyen14084 жыл бұрын
La Misere She was suffering from severe burnout during this run, so she was doing what she could to survive.
@antheiheiant3 жыл бұрын
Louise Dearman, Gemma Atkins, Julia Murney, Caroline Bowman and Desi Oakley! So many Elphies! 💚
@WickedlyMe3282 жыл бұрын
Laurel Harris in 2012 Broadway
@emilynguyen14084 жыл бұрын
Lots of Elisabeths on this list. Respect to anybody who can pull off these vocally demanding roles.
@giovannirastrelli98215 жыл бұрын
I think that’s my recording of Desi Oakley. 😂
@NULL7489 Жыл бұрын
1. Elaine Paige Um she is Granada fit of the role but we are not going to see her in the role 2.Gunilla backman She is top notch but there isn’t a video of her singing this 3:liz callaway Pretty good but she has it in every different way 4:Nancy opel She is singing top notch but I am gonna rate it a 4 5:Andrea McArdle She was fit for the role but she sings perfectly 6:Daphne Rubin-Vega She sings in a very different way but she sings this in a different key 7:Patti lupone She sings in a good way she was belting and singing 8:loni Ackerman She is very good she was also belting she was also singing 9:Gemma atkins She sings really good she was the 2nd uk tour alternate Eva peron 10:Gemma wardle She was fit for the role but she sang really good 10:Shanice She was also fit for the role but she sang in anger she was like FOR HE LOVES YOU UNDERSTANDS YOU IS ONE OF YOU she was not good at all 11:jenine desi She was fit for the role she also sang in anger she was also not good 12:madalena Alberto She sings the song really good but she belts 13:Natalie toro She sings really good but she belts
@selina55987 жыл бұрын
Someone posted a couple of songs that Gemma Atkins did from Evita. The videos have been taken down but I have the audio and she's a wonderful singer
@deedragongirl4 жыл бұрын
Saw the movie with Madonna, she rocks as Evita.
@paulg55484 жыл бұрын
Elaine Paige and Patti LuPone are the best
@willwalker246015 жыл бұрын
Patti LuPone is by far the best.
@Roberto_Lopez2028 ай бұрын
For me the best one were Elaine Paige and Madonna. Very natural both and not overacted as the other ones. But, I saw the play in London with the argentine Elena Roger and of course she was much better that all of them since she knew very well the character and gave Evita the correct character and personality.
@HaydenofEverything3 жыл бұрын
5:18 And now for a nice bass drum & mezzo solo
@katekocich89869 жыл бұрын
Radka,Caroline,Julia and Louise
@mmerliss6 жыл бұрын
its amazing to think back when Evita was first done, there were VERY few women who knew how to sing that. NOw i feel like most girls coming out of conservatory can do it. Kinda like Defying Gravity or baritones singing high A's. The voice can stretch if you teach it to do so.
@JosephJohnson-gu5fw6 жыл бұрын
It's just standard repertoire requirements now. Very few popular roles are written for baritones or true sopranos anymore in the theatre. The belter makes a more versatile performer, having low notes and high notes, often in unfathomable range (like Evita). Baritones should at least have a G. An A is pushing it but isn't out of reach. With guys like Jeremy Jordan being vocal role models for many of us guys, were trying to get solid B's and C's now because they make it seem so effortless.
@peterroberts69335 жыл бұрын
Elaine Paige outclasses them all.
@alexi87416 жыл бұрын
Lol would’ve seen the revival if the alternate was the main or if the understudy was the main tbh
@JohnCrawford1979 Жыл бұрын
If the recordings were of equal and good quality, it would be easier to compare.
@christopherbrewster83244 жыл бұрын
you left out Derin Altay who was the SECOND Eva in the US after Patti. Patti definitely has the bigger chops but in all fairness the clip you chose is her lip synching to her album on the Tony’s.
@lamisere83374 жыл бұрын
That's not true. A lot of people say that because of a literally 2 second delay on a couple of words, which was the result of technical issues. The Evita Tony performance was 100% live and you could tell because it is very different sounding than the cast album, where Patti sings that song in a much more subdued fashion. On the Tony's she belts the crap out of it.
@bookemdano75673 жыл бұрын
@@lamisere8337… Yes! Anyone who has listen to the OBC album more then once can tell that the Tony performance is NOT a lip synch of the album. They are totally different!
@morvenkane34124 жыл бұрын
They are all good
@SCJ78127 жыл бұрын
Elaine Paige tops my list!
@gabrielmarques61595 жыл бұрын
Paula Capovilla e Bianca Tadini ❤
@ThomBoleyn8 жыл бұрын
The Elena Roger clip is mislabelled. That clip is from the London Revival.
@downtown827 жыл бұрын
Maike Boerdam was in the Belgium tour and not in the Dutch tour.
@alessandrahah4 жыл бұрын
Some of these got a really low quality audio it kinda hurts my ears even if they re all good (its a really difficult role ya know) btw I ll go with Patti and the Dutch ladies
@mooniemuk4 жыл бұрын
Elaine Paige lives and acts Evita. Patti Lupone sings
@musicalaudios5497 жыл бұрын
Personally my favourite here was Rachael Wooding
@tonyparadise78012 жыл бұрын
No question-it's Patti, "Now and forever"
@intern2345 жыл бұрын
valeria lynch was rlly good
@polarbear17542 жыл бұрын
You're joking with us, right? You want us to compare apples to oranges to bananas. The live stage is only as good in quality as the camera audio can render. Madonna's is recorded in a studio, not on a live stage. Some language versions are incomparable. Patti Lupone's version on stage is okay, but compare it to the studio version against Madonna and any of the others. I'm not saying all these stage versions are unworthy, but I know from experience, watching and hearing the music live is the best way to judge (to be fair)
@chrislavin95813 жыл бұрын
Elaine Paige every time.
@lalomedinac9 жыл бұрын
Patti and Loni are the queens!!!
@EVITANDY7 жыл бұрын
The footage you have used for Elena Roger is from the 2006 London Revival, not the subsequent Broadway revival, as stated. This is evident due to Philip Quast playing Peron.
@DesertDweller13 ай бұрын
Looks like Patti Lupone set the standard and it took three decades for the standard to be met again by Caroline Bowman.
@jaycejohnson68464 жыл бұрын
Patti of course, but Christina DeCicco gets a vote from me
@ShanteeHaynes5 жыл бұрын
Paila Capovilla delivers as well
@TheVioletOwl946 жыл бұрын
Three words: Patti fucking Lupone
@mollsnickel2 жыл бұрын
I mean, who won the tony?? The one and only legendary Patty LuPone!
@Mariposang_gala5 жыл бұрын
florence valerie lupone and madonna...impressive
@RuffDuddie7 жыл бұрын
Julia Murney was amazing!!
@edwinorlandodoriancruz26102 жыл бұрын
Wow. Patti LuPone was so intense.
@deedragongirl5 жыл бұрын
Elena Rogers, hands down! She's the only Argentinian cast to play Evita! Do correct me on this!
@JoshuaPers Жыл бұрын
Valeria Lynch from the Mexican cast is Argentine too. Elena Roger is the first Argentine to play the role in the West End and Broadway.
@kimberlywitycyak22882 жыл бұрын
Patti LuPone, HANDS DOWN!!
@prismaticmarcus Жыл бұрын
there's an album of the original Australian cast...sigh...
@TheLKMproject6 жыл бұрын
Louise is incredible!
@wseabuck6 жыл бұрын
Patti Lupone...all else pales.
@misery123ablea95 жыл бұрын
I really love Ann Mandrella!
@benramsay14268 жыл бұрын
My Fav. is deffo Elaine Paige, but I love Patti, Elena and Caroline!
@frankmnn13 жыл бұрын
I prefer Madonna, the best sound...maybe because it was a studio recording....the best melody and music.
@neilbadders99265 жыл бұрын
Where is Valerie Perri? Kathy Voytko?
@thekermitkid19927 жыл бұрын
Madalena Alberto and the original Elaine Paige!!
@DRW11076 жыл бұрын
All are great singers to even get the role. You're all right, Patti has some pipes on her! All good though - Madonna didn't scream in her version and her words were clear!
@nappybunny82215 жыл бұрын
Perhaps that was because hers 1. Was pre- recorded 2. Was lowered 6 semitones 3. wasn't sung live with a full orchestra to compete with. Anyone off the street could've sung it 'well' under those circumstances.
@giannis_tar5 жыл бұрын
Madonna lowered the shit out of the key. She literally sang it in a key for tenors
@victorhunter89002 жыл бұрын
Madonna didn't scream because she can't. Lol She was cast for Evita because of her superstar status, but she was still a fraud of a singer.
@ifsaica6 жыл бұрын
Entertainers are so full of themselves... Madonna’s version...I could actually hear the words. It didn’t sound like screaming. I’d like to hear Miss Patty Labelle sing it with all her flare?
@Lewich14045 жыл бұрын
Louise Dearman is fierce!
@ShanteeHaynes5 жыл бұрын
PATTI!!!
@mikeanderson92058 жыл бұрын
God that is pitched at a horrible place in a woman's voice. Like Patti LuPone says, ALW is a sadist, and she is right.
@Hegder7 жыл бұрын
Yep and this is why I really like the key changes in the movie.
@sonospiacente14055 жыл бұрын
aubrey flick is so bad, that is basically a crime
@darrenlumby70917 жыл бұрын
wow Caroline Bowman!!
@berstl22358 жыл бұрын
Flo Lacey!
@JorgeAl4 жыл бұрын
The Greek Evita kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqPIimupd8yclac
@tymbarb6 жыл бұрын
Elena
@UltimoDogLover6 жыл бұрын
Some of these alternates are legitimately terrible...great job by many of the leads.
@dianastandefer31723 жыл бұрын
1:29 to 1:50 R.I.P. Headphone users
@elphbwckd2126 жыл бұрын
What the he'll is going on in the Hot production? Terrible all around imo
@johnrjohn259 жыл бұрын
My opinion is Gemma was the best.
@JosephJohnson-gu5fw7 жыл бұрын
Pleased with Florence and Susan Carl George. Patti is just......so unlikeable at times......she has phenomenal presence on stage and is a vocal powerhouse.......but she is just so EXTRA.
@marycondon55078 жыл бұрын
great voice if you have time listen to i. dreamed a dream .sang by Mary. Condon o Connor from Ireland she is ,18
@mrjamiecrawford5 ай бұрын
Madonna ugh. Even that much lower and with the help of an entire studio couldn't sound half as good as any of these other women. Patti and Elaine rule.
@paulwebbiweb7 жыл бұрын
Madonna's version has words you can understand. All the others screech.
@racebaker97076 жыл бұрын
paulwebbiweb Yeah but can she sing it the octave up?
@amybaker46545 жыл бұрын
@@racebaker9707 She doesn't need to does she,just because you can belt out a song doesn't make you a good singer.It can sound ugly.
@daniellafritchy1455 жыл бұрын
Amy Baker But patti doesn’t. You can understand if you listen. I understand it isn’t the easiest to understand but she was doing the notes how the writer wanted it. Get use to Broadway.
@amybaker46545 жыл бұрын
I know that Elaine Paige was the first to play Evita on stage and she was disappointed not to go to New York ,but listen to her,she crucifies these songs.
@rabidrabbitshuggers7 жыл бұрын
I thought Madonna was the best. *ducks to avoid incoming mortar shells*
@christiandorey33817 жыл бұрын
rabid rabbitshuggers PLZ tell me your kidding.
@musicaltheatergeek796 жыл бұрын
*Christian Dorey* believe it or not, many people who aren't into musical theater prefer Madonna's rendition. It's intelligible and easy on the ears. To many, the belting style can be off-putting, especially the way it's done in EVITA. To them, it sounds like Patti (or whoever) is screaming.
@amybaker46545 жыл бұрын
@@musicaltheatergeek79 Many people that go to the theatre actually go to hear someone sing, not ugly screaming or shouting.
@AlexeBriand20025 жыл бұрын
rabid rabbitshuggers being a huge musical theater nerd, Madonna’s voice is the least annoying and honestly the best. but that’s also probably because i’m a fan of hers
@katweaver32754 жыл бұрын
i tried to watch all of this, but that is one awful song.. wdv thought julie covington as she did such a beautiful job of dont cry for me.. but still an awful song nonetheless.. :D
@jenkosegi77196 жыл бұрын
Can't stand that the role was dumbed down for Madonna
@musicaltheatergeek795 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just because Madonna couldn't hit the high notes. Acting on film is different from acting on stage. In the theater, you need to project loudly so that the back row can hear you. But film is more intimate. No one wants to be screamed at (which is how belting comes across on film) while watching a movie. I think the way Madonna sang worked well for the film. I would certainly be disappointed if any actress playing Eva performed that way on stage. But it's forgivable and works better on film.
@amybaker46545 жыл бұрын
@@musicaltheatergeek79 The days when you had to scream to make yourself heard at the back are over.They wear microphones so they can be and should be more subtle.
@AlexeBriand20025 жыл бұрын
Jen Kosegi she came across as the least annoying version
@tearoses99404 жыл бұрын
Amy Baker Not necessarily. Microphones can only pick up so much, so they still have to be loud enough for the mic to pick up their voice. Some theaters/directors (not as often with broadway, but more with smaller theaters and seating sizes) will actually not use the mics because 1, to show off actors with voices that can naturally fill the room, and 2, because depending on the mic’s quality, it can cause a weird reverb sound that can be distracting.
@Caroux844 жыл бұрын
I wish the Madonna version would just disappear. What a disgrace.