OBSESSED!: Alli Mauzey Proves "Head Voice" and "Belting" are NOT Interchangeable

[@catbentley3625]

plot twist. Glinda kills Elphaba and performs Defying gravity instead

[@butterflytaster5553]

I feel terrible for choking on laughter at this

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

Yes please

[@azwrathfrost]

And became the wicked witch of the south?

[@facedown8069]

I’m wheezing

[@azwrathfrost]

Mikael P. Nessarose is East

[@mollydonahue9837]

*The phantom cries tears of joy in the distance*

[@Niqhtmusic]

I CAME BACK TO THIS COMMENT AND I FINALLY GET UT

[@rachelberrythegleequeen.3221]

Yes without a doubt yes.

[@rhianonanniemcdowell7369]

How how HOW has she not been Christine yet....

[@cherrycola3604]

Rhianon Annie McDowell I know right! How has she not jumped on that?

[@destinydemakeas.3682]

Or Carlotta tbh.

[@aw1379]

She would be the most amazing Carlotta! She's a fantastic comedic actress and she obviously has the pipes the role requires.

[@crazyguy98456978]

She'd have to wait about 20 years in order to play Carlotta

[@Tillysnow1]

ANDDDDD NOW SHE'S CHRISTINE!

[@AddisonRamirez]

he's right that was the most horrific yet amazing thing ever

[@emmabeckett6451]

They are so right! Defying Gravity in head voice is strangely amazingly horrific! It sounds so good yet is so wrong.

[@TheIndigoSystem]

Emma Beckett I have to do it in head/mix lol

[@TheIndigoSystem]

Emma Beckett I sing it in a mix tbh

[@olivia-sv3wq]

this is why i never liked when kurt sang it on glee lmao

[@zharagould1853]

@@TheIndigoSystem lol same. And the way she sang it was not how i sing it when using my head voice. She sounded more like she was at an opera.

[@emalaw1329]

​@@zharagould1853that's also because she is singing it an octave higher (or maybe a little less, a sixth or a seventh) than the original, to accentuate the horror of it

[@Clemidreams]

It looks so effortless when she does it... I wish I had such a great head voice!

[@Dara.D-M]

Clem you wish you had such a good HEAD voice?!?! I wish I had such a good VOICE!!!! Like in general

[@larkin2404]

2:16 Glinda saying "or was" I think is amazing :D

[@drengillespie]

Michael Larkin really shows her range that she could drop down and go back up.

[@woohooboy]

That rendition of "Defying Gravity" was horrendously great. Meanwhile all the glass in a five mile radius has been shattered into a million pieces........

[@cas-cos]

*trickle of blood drips from ear

[@WeLoveElphie111]

Alli deserves to be a bigger star than she already is. She's fantastic in ever yway.

[@annabaker9173]

WeLoveElphie111 Glenda is a very big role in wicked lol

[@annabaker9173]

It’s pretty hard to find a good Glenda so she is a pretty big shining star

[@annabaker9173]

Glinda* whoops

[@elithewholeshebang]

I found her through Screw Loose and Lenora and GOSHH she is so talented 😭😭

[@thatoneguyinthefront1440]

I'm flying hiiiiigh, GLINDAFYYYYYYYING GRAVITY

[@melly9204]

ThatoneguyinthefrontI see whacha did there! :)

[@butterflytaster5553]

I can't believe gravity is now fabulous sparkles

[@json1824]

Still can't believe that head voice

[@dionysusfilms165]

Honestly defying gravity in head voice is one of the most impressive yet scariest things I’ve heard

[@dwtime]

Holy Moly the mic craps out she goes so high!

[@melly9204]

Steve OHoly crap my headphones blow out she goes so high!

[@melly9204]

No, I take that back. My head explodes from this stupid headache she goes so high! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@glaireantonio4833]

I think she'd make a Fantastic Christine Daae

[@christinedaaewannab4559]

Right?! Can someone please make this happen?

[@seram313]

YASSS

[@nicoleparisi9944]

An amazing Carlotta as well!

[@ernyrosales6736]

Whoever is directing Phantom right now...cast her as Christine!!!

[@lilsisasu]

That's exactly what I was thinking! She would be a great Christine. She could hit that E every night without trouble.

[@TheRealityfades]

Holly Shue That high E is pre-recorded. On Broadway, most of the title song is.

[@jtcarey2]

R Beth The entire title song is pre-recorded always.

[@thedandomaster]

She sang a high E every night in Wicked.

[@kmasucci]

***** I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A WHILE!

[@the_pug_of_doom398]

2:16 THE “or was” KILLS ME EVERY TIME

[@Niqhtmusic]

Her “or was” was amazing! Also, THOSE HIGH NOTES

[@kristine9823]

Very nice, but the reason Defying Gravity would be amazing and not more of "I can't hear you" is only because she did it an octave up. At that point it's not the song or the belt vs head issue, it's just the fact that you HAVE those notes in the first place. That's a high F, people. Although, if you can regularly do high Fs, you could have a career just doing Queen of the Night.

[@zacdavid9919]

+Kris Gibbons Actually, unless the recording bent the pitch, the high note was an E. I know in the original is an F, but I'm quite certain that was not the note that she hit. Does she have it? Sure. She just sang an E instead.

[@vacalota]

+Kris Gibbons thank you for pointing that was an octave up....I was thinking "OMG D. Gravity never sound so high before!!!"

[@austinwolfe3120]

Im a 16 year old male and can go up to a G6 so does that mean i can be in wicked as glinda or Elphaba

[@JacobWay-White]

+Austin Wolfe i'm afraid not. You wouldn't have as long enough hair for you to do her famous hair toss. And even with the wig. I don't know, I just don't see it. But then again All Glinda's are played by girls. Not trying to be mean

[@Anna-xh6fk]

Austin Wolfe boy do it !! Defy Gravity and I'll chase down 24601

[@luluramirez5278]

Holy crap I knew Alli Mauzey could sing but...HOLY CRAP!!

[@AlexHurleyMusic]

She was actually going to audition as elphaba, then she decided to go for Glinda..I'd love to see her as elphaba

[@seranes_silence]

I'm SO glad that she went for Glinda I'm not sure wether I've EVEr enjoyed a musical character THAT MUCH

[@hayleysmit2800]

that note at 2:05 is so high! she reaches it so effortlessly.

[@MorbidMoonflower]

1:19 me when I attempt to sing On My Own because I can't belt

[@caton_andrew]

1:54 Here is Alli’s “amazing yet horrific” performance of Defying Gravity, if you just want to skip to that part

[@Lionloverky]

I can totally picture Glinda singing Defying Gravity, or Elphaba doing a Glinda impersonation using her own song

[@PupCake1025]

So we got some examples of using head voice instead of chest voice... But what about people who think it's ok to belt Think of Me (PotO) or Maria's part in A Boy Like That/I have a Love (West Side Story)?

[@greenmousewitch]

PupCake1025 I've also heard a completely belted version of I Feel Pretty... Needless to say, it wasn't very pretty.

[@mithramusic5909]

PupCake1025 Well, I posted a video of someone belting Think of Me but it got deleted for some reason.

[@greenmousewitch]

***** It really was. She had a nice voice, it was just so cheesy and unnatural lol

[@CaptHayfever]

+PupCake1025 Yeah, I was hoping to hear swaps in both directions.

[@annikagreen6424]

Alli, my friend, you have the highest voice I have ever heard. That... was horribeautiful. Ten out of ten on making my ears bleed in my ear buds. You are also the PERFECT person for Glinda!

[@TheSongwritingCat]

I love how casual she is as that amazing voice comes out of her mouth.

[@Ignorance96]

this is really funny, but the beginning segment is so inaccurate. It's equating head voice as being pulled back and breathy. With proper placement, a transition from chest to head voice shouldn't be very noticeable, and even if one does notice it, it still keeps its resonance and power. Obviously her head voice is super strong as shown by the later part of the segment. So this really should be titled BAD head voice and belting aren't interchangeable.

[@michellewaffle]

as a fairly new voice student, that's what i was thinking based on what i've learned so far... glad to see someone mention this

[@Natenoooo16]

I think it's just to exaggerate how wrong it is!

[@edwardgonzales2731]

yeah, lol. it's not that deep guys.

[@stone8193]

You're correct Melissa. I think they meant pulling the voice into head voice before one has to resonate into the head to hit the note. Ie, head resonance on a note that wouldn't normally be in head voice automatically makes the note weaker, because you're placing resonance in a place where the note isn't normally found

[@corygasparich]

BINGO.

[@amysingsthings]

Holy God her soprano voice is so amazing :0 that defying gravity is OUTSTANDING

[@flowerbit4137]

Alli Mauzey is my favorite Glinda. She's just did Glinda perfectly every time. Her characterizations were hilarious

[@AngelaJeanBarr]

Alli owes me $500 for the glass tablet screen she just cracked! LOL. THAT was ridiculous!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! :-)

[@khianasizemore]

I saw Alli as Galinda at the Gershwin just recently, and she is absolutely hysterical! She adds her own spin, and I really loved her performance!

[@Pyramid132420]

ERMAGERD! Shall we say that was...Alli Mauzing?

[@kailyn1011]

Pyramid132420 LOL

[@maciegoodspeed4097]

She is amazing. Imagine Kristin and her doing it in a durt though 😍 soprano duet.

[@mustangmooney21]

WOW! Her pitch is so high, it broke the glass on my computer monitor. Bravo!

[@JoelARTPOP88]

"Im out" is from Shoshana Bean when she was mad that she had a no fly show so she did alternate note riff. Seth thinks she said im out and walked off stage before it the lights went out. Something like that.

[@TenorReacts]

Amazing 6th octave! 👏🏻

[@orchishmamukherjee5250]

Am I the only one who noticed that she did, like, the soprano version of Willemijn's end riff? SHOOKETH

[@hannahyep]

holy crap

[@GreatBroadwayFan]

That wasn't head voice, that was legit soprano!!! Go Alli!!!

[@TheresaTV1]

FYI, soprano = head voice most of the time

[@erink2076]

@@TheresaTV1 ya but singing legit soprano isn’t head voice and is different than just being a soprano

[@ChristopherSchiebel]

She sounds just like Glenda the good witch from the original movie Wizard of Oz singing "Defying Gravity". LOL I totally saw her dressed as Glenda. Yet she sounded like Eponine when singing Les Mis except for the last note she purposefully dropped. She has quite a chameleonic type of voice. :)

[@jimenadominguez9860]

Well she was Glinda in Wicked which is musical that takes place before and during the wizard of oz's time period 😂

[@priscillawolfgramm415]

I loved her in Wicked as Glinda. ❤️

[@marrukis4]

I just saw her this week in Wicked on broadway AND SHE IS AMAZIIINNNNNNNGGGGG! Im so glad I got the oportunity to see her perform SHE'S LITERALLY THE BEST GLINDA

[@ixaaicactus]

God! I love her, her voice is just perfect!! And that's why she's one of my favorites Glinda.

[@Donde_Lieta]

People: why did you decide to persu opera instead of music theatre? Me: 1:55

[@tankmaster1018]

This guy has a radio show right? I SWEAR i've seen him before! Edited because I didn't finish the video before commenting and now I'm in love with this woman. I cannot believe I haven't heard of her before! She is the best thing since sliced bread.

[@CaptHayfever]

+tankmaster1018 Look up her singing "Screw Loose" from Cry-Baby.

[@jaijackson3818]

I want GALINDA TO SING DEFYING GRAVITY INSTEAD

[@edwardgonzales2731]

Louise Dearman... lol!

[@itsdune079]

Jai Jackson This comment made my day. Thank you. xD

[@CountryCowboy008]

It's *GLINDA* now!!

[@AkitaAndMutt]

the camera can't handle alli's amazingness

[@DHernandez5]

1:57 THAT HIGH NOTE MAD ME THROW MY PHONE ACROSS MY ROOM AND I LITERALLY SAID “I’m done...”

[@MrJeanysunnyd]

I disagree with this slightly because she was doing memory and on my own in a weak head voice instead of a strong classical one like she did in defying gravity. I think it's fine to do things in head voice as long as it's strong.

[@reganfisher8180]

You are missing the point....

[@into.the.wood.chipper.]

JeanysunnyD It's really a question of style...And what was intended by the composer(s). If you're being cast for something, you can't shove your unique self into it, "warts and all", and hope it stretches until you fit. You have to be able to fit in it to begin with. It's akin to Cinderella's wicked step sisters trying to jam their big feet into her little slipper. If "the shoe fits" and you have a pleasant and agreeable personality, you're hired, or you're at least "in" as an understudy for a minor character (or, if the production is small enough, one of the leads). So if they're looking for a Broadway belt and you give them opera, that's not what they were looking for. If they're casting someone who can sing in covered classical but at the audition you sing in a bright belt, same problem... You wouldn't vocalize an angsty rock song in falsetto, would you? It would sound unintentionally humorous. Imagine Chester Bennington sobbing his way through "All I Ask Of You" in a hooty, disconnected falsetto that occasionally cracked. Or Trent Reznor screaming "Bring Him Home" as though it were a hate anthem. That's the whole point of casting singers for parts... It's a way of weeding out the stylistically undesirable or underdeveloped singers from the ones who have the sound the director wants for the role- especially if it's a well-established musical that has been around for decades. They already have in mind what they want, and nothing else will do because they're not just trying to please themselves- they're trying to also please the audience who will be paying-and watching- with high expectations.

[@wanderingfandoms]

Holy Mother of Oz! That high note!!!! *o*

[@annajoy9359]

I’m laughing so hard yet staring in awe at her singing Defying Gravity! Oh my gosh, that’s insane!

[@jlim0385]

omg. she 's such a nut case. I LOVE HER!!!!

[@rais14]

i'd like to see mariah and ariana try that.

[@JLe3HCa1SLa2]

***** that is incorrect... you might have read that somewhere but if you play the notes on the piano Alli sings at least a whole step higher than Mariah could ever do

[@ItsXDaniC]

Well, Mariah reaches these notes in whistle register and can phrase in that register too. Ariana can only reach these notes but she only uses falsetto

[@McFatteh]

Hey hey hey everyone, we can bag out pop stars, but let's leave Mariah alone...

[@KarinaSoro]

A good singer is not only based on high notes that they can sing.

[@JLe3HCa1SLa2]

***** I wasn't trying to start an argument, so sorry about that... But I meant not in falsetto or in whistle tones :) I know Mariah can sing higher in whistle tones but in this case that was not what I was talking about so sorry for the confusion!

[@aislinnbail5346]

If you can make your head voice really resonant then some songs don't require belting. Alli has very smooth soprano tones. So I wouldn't say you can never sing something like On My Own in your head voice, because it's all about tone

[@annabenchimol2463]

HAHAHAHAHA I HAVE DONE THAT WITH ON MY OWN. That explains why I didn't get a call back LOL

[@gpturner0924]

How the fuck do you belt in head voice and make it sound so good?!?!?

[@musikmadchen3]

She sounds like she's straight out of the Wizard of Oz film with added Ozsome-amazingness. WOW. :O

[@TheBabysittersReview]

SOMEONE GIVE THAT WOMAN A COOKIE!

[@thatoneguyinthefront1440]

My jaw has dropped and it still has not closed... I cannot just... Alli is my favorite.

[@sydneyschultheiss9577]

her amount of talent shouldn't be allowed

[@elizabethrussell3028]

OMG! This is one of my pet peeves! Thanks Seth for putting this out there!

[@BoHista23]

I come back to this video every now and then to die and live again.

[@XxxxXzedXxxxX]

2 years later (check comment date), she is still outstanding. Ive listened to pretentious singers and read pretentious comments. She, (Alli Mauzey) is fucking good.

[@redsuns03]

Blew my mind with Defying Gravity.. Gave me shivers. Wow.

[@taisgrim]

I was lucky enough to see her Glinda!! It was very cool

[@MorbidMoonflower]

"Sing whatever you want at auditions!" YES THANK YOU SETH WONDERFUL POINT. It's how it's sung that matters.

[@Countfoscolikesmice]

educate me. is there a reason why she holds her hand to her right jaw while singing or is it just a tic? 1:58

[@caliaguilar4]

At that moment, she's just trying to make sure she's in tune for such high notes, so she's covering her ear in an effort to hear herself better.

[@Countfoscolikesmice]

Carla Aguilar but she's not covering her ear. ?

[@ThomasEmain]

***** She's putting her pointer finger to her ear to block it. This changes the acoustics so you can hear the actual pitch better.

[@fanofpets]

Very strong soprano voice! Wow.

[@real90sjesus]

when I die, I want her singing on the gates of heaven for me!

[@madisonkeenoy]

obsessed with this video

[@contranimal]

going to my piano I think that riff at the end she scaled up to a Bb6 ( either that or my ears are completely askew ) and I think its a different key than the stage production of it.

[@kellibee1008]

Um....no. It's "just" an F6. I say just loosely, because it's still insanely impressive.

[@KEW13rocks]

Owww. It's beautiful and amazing, but I think Alli's pure awesomeness broke my headphones and my eardrums.

[@joejoeawsome21]

RIP all headphone users

[@overthemoo]

Okay way to go, though.

[@bookkittenlover]

............speechless. I have no idea what to say

[@ntjhnssntn95]

I think she'll do great as a Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. Hahahaha.

[@Bleppity]

I grew up with her family and her sister choreographed many shows I was in as a kid.

[@TheKarenvincent]

Why were the "head voice" substitution examples in the beginning so breathy and bad? They may have worked if sung with support and power ;)

[@vacalota]

+Karen Vincent and it sounded different than the head voice example in D. Gravity O.O maybe because she is a soprano and Memory is for a mezzo...

[@JSandwich13]

I cant even... I really am obsessed with Alli now!

[@eljordinio7647]

Ngl that was pretty good. Takes a lot of skill to sing defying gravity, let alone belt out those really high notes like that. Alli, ur not only gorgeous but u nailed those high notes perfectly! 😍😍 U defs should play Christine in Phantom if u haven't already

[@notjebbush]

Glinda as Elphaba is probably the funniest thing I've seen so far this year.

[@tonystark3459]

Does anyone know what the highest note she hits in this is?

[@thejoyfulelizabeth]

Actually in the final riff she hits the Gb6. !

[@JacobWay-White]

+Alan in other words, the chino note. Right?

[@denniswarrink4761]

the cheno note is an f6 (which she did in Thank Goodness)

[@osahju914]

when in thank goodness does cheno hit that?

[@kenneythekoala]

josh miller it was an optional thing she did like once

[@butterflytaster5553]

I'm terrified but in awe at the same time... my ears...

[@barbarjinks8170]

Just saw her live with an elphaba actress doing a little Broadway review. It was fabulous!

[@azwrathfrost]

Now I can't stop imagining her singing this, inside her floating bubble. 😆

[@hollyhalay6895]

I love Seth Rudetsky so much!

[@shinydavidhowell]

Hilarious. MT soprani are more likely to use their high passaggi than their high notes per se these days - it was very apt to hear this immediately after the Eden Espinosa episode with the Wizard and I riff!

[@cookycandy4]

THAT GODDAMN HEAD VOICE FUCK!!! BEAUTIFUL

[@witchqueen1296]

O.o How on Earth did she reach that high note?!

[@stone8193]

YuiLovesBooksandGames soprano upper extension. She's a high soprano. Biologically she has those notes. Hitting them so cleanly and openly requires training and muscle memory. If one isn't a high soprano, forget it. Not possible without damaging technique

[@jenniferanderson9695]

Holy cow! My brain can't even think that high of a note.

[@colleen6227]

her head voice is to die for oh my

[@rebeccakean8194]

I love Seth.

[@nathangraham1611]

She is so fierce.

[@WeLoveElphie111]

Me at 2:05 - =O Seriously, my mouth just DROPPED open! Amazing!

[@Confessional24]

Gretchen Weiners in the Mean Girls musical

[@ladyturantulo]

even though her voice didn't fit that was jaw dropping amazing! D:

[@amandas8356]

do you know what song she is singing at 1:00?

[@ashley15416]

memory from cats

[@amandas8356]

ashley15416 thanks!

[@alyssalawrence9759]

does any one know where she bought that shirt ? seriously I need it!!!

[@bregieirofernandes]

WTF SHE'S SO GOOD

[@superdupercorp]

1:47: "Okay, so we're all ready?" *_I'M NOT_*