If you love this version, which I do, I think you will also enjoy the version by Paloma San Basilo sung in Spanish. If you click on my name, you'll see the video to click on (this version has the best sound). Let me know what you think.
I love this performance by Patti LuPone. However, if I had been presented with the opportunity to attend this live performance or the performance by another singer (in Spanish) at world wide web youtube.com/watch?v=y4J7U2zg94U I don't know which performance would of been selected.
All the women who've sung Evita give something different to the role. LuPone's Evita is different tp Julie's or Paige's. That's all. They're all as good but we have our favourites.
Patti Lupone is Evita. Especially if you were 5 and saw her on Television all the time during the run of the show. My heart stops when I hear her sing.
Great pair of lungs and she can really sing BUT why does she belt it out like this - so fast, so furious? Pretty inappropriate interpretation. Sometime less is more - Simple lyrics which require nuance and light and shade - she sounds likes she's belting out a bawdy song in a bar full of soldiers. "I gotta voice and I'm gonna use it...even if it's not needed!"
@ianjmcbride If you had seen the original performance as I have, you would know the context of this song and the point in Eva Perone's life this song signifies. This is not the "Don't Cry for me Argentina," that is sung near the beginning of the show. You missed an historical performance!
@ianjmcbride Are you kidding? This is exactly what makes her so perfect. Evita Person was an emotional, arrogant diva. The dramatics of Patti LuPone captures that perfectly.
@neppy503 That's pretty interesting considering Patti LuPone was the original Broadway Evita, and she left the show in 1981, and would have been in Les Miserables at the time. Do your homework before you lie maybe?
@AngelorPhantom1359 I am the first one to admit, perhaps my memory fails me sometimes. And no, it wasn't Les Mis.
You seem to know more than the average 20 year old, if that is how old you really are?
And to do my homework, it was an honest mistake. And for you to call someone a liar, I recommend perhaps talking a class in creative writing to enhance your abilities to respond to someone in a more appropriate manner. Unless, you are an average run of the mill yt antagonizer.
This is my favorite version because Patti's voice is POWERFUL! Other singers I've listened to sound too sweet and innocent for me, like they're just softly saying the lyrics. This Evita is strong and defending herself! It has a lot of feeling and there aren't too many pauses. I love it.
As an Argentinian, I feel that the Great Lupone made a MARVELLOUS performance of this song. Yet, It's difficult to express the really strong Evita's feelings for someone who may not know her, and her fight for the poor. HOWEVER, Patti is AMAZING and this perfomance is as amazing as her.
@miguegovick For all the wonderful things Eva Peron did for the oppressed and poor of Argentina it just baffles me that anyone would hate her for it. I understand how the rich and powerful don't like their money taken away from them or being told how they should spend their money(give to the poor), but in Evita's case there is no excuse for backing down in helping the people of your own country.
@ellibrz I couldn't agree more on what you say. Evita was so honest and so strong that she fought against the aristocractic system of my country, which is (and has always been) selfish. She gave back hope to people, and that bothered the richer.
@miguegovick sorry, that is the bullshit myth. she was a Franco loving fascist and a Nazi sympathizer and protector. she should haver been shot like Bin Ladin. Peronism actually is it's own vile form of Fascism. ROT IN HELL PERONS.
With a song as powerful as this it all comes down to the vocal. The result is that a person not appreciating the vocal's style of singing won't find the song that special.
Personally i think she sings way too hysterical, it ruins it completely for me. I prefer Elaine Paige's version over Patti Lupone's by far. Even if i didn't compare the two i wouldn't find Lupone's version appealing at all.
but as i said it is really a matter of personal taste
I have to admit that there are Broadway singers that when they sing these epic songs it became synonymous to them. To me, they are Memory=Elaine Paige, I Dreamed A Dream=Ruthie Henshall, On My Own=Lea Salonga. And ofcourse, Don't Cry For Me Argentina=Patti LuPone. :D
@Maursify Good examples. I had the opportunity to see Betty Buckley in Cats and she was fabulous. Although Elaine's interpretation is fabulous, Betty has an incredible stage presence.
@ipodshasta03 Compared to Julie Covington ? You must be bloody joking.
Compared to maradonna ? Maybe.
You're obviously a fan.....a fan who hasn't heard the original by Julie Covington which is many many times better than this. Even Elaine Paige's version is better.
@PhilK005 ofcourse Julie gets firs props being first to have done the album etc. I am sure she is just as wonderful. I have not heard her but I will go now and see.
I saw Patti LuPone sing this live and it was amazing!!!! They even put the golden lights on her to look like the play BUT these 2 7-8 year old girls were dragged to the show and they did the candle wave during this song which was the only one I was REALLY looking forward to hearing.... >:( It made me sad but the song is still VERY lovely!
@Kaligurl99 ...aside from the Tony in 1991, Lea Salonga also won a Laurence Olivier, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theater World awards for her role as Kim in Miss Saigon. the first and only artist to win all five awards for a single role. She's also known as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine and Mulan in the Disney movie Alladin and Mulan I and II and the first Asian to play Eponine in Les Miz in both Broadway and West End. The list just goes on and on. Check out her video on the right.
she is amazing...but could not come close enough to lea salonga's rendition of this classic...she lacks the emotion, power, range and connection...she is so technical to the notes...
@TheMav2020 hey i like lea salonga too and i respect your opinin, but lupone won the tony for playing evita peron. i still think, now and forever, that she is the best person to sing this song! :)
I saw Patti perform this live, in Australia with just a grand piano, dark stage. I also saw Elaine Paige too, on the same stage (different night). They were and are both electrifying and bring something to Eva...even though now they are both over 40! I just wish I could go see both Elaine and Patti sing this whenever I wanted - thank goodness for YouTube!
@markjameshowe Patti originated the role of Norma in the world premiere production in London and was contracted to premiere it on Broadway. She received good reviews in London and horrific reviews from the States. Throughout her run, she was constantly hearing that she stank in the part, the she should be fired, that she was going to be fired, and RUG wasn't helping the situation at all. It all finally culminated in her being fired from Broadway and finding out by reading a gossip column.
@AngelorPhantom1359 That is shocking! I really don't like the RUG. So, she was fired from the Broadway production because the reviews were bad, yes? That really is awful - I LOVE Patti...although Glenn Close definitely is the best Norma Desmond. If a movie is made I'm praying Madonna doesn't get the part (I'd still watch of course, as Madonna is awesome as Eva) but Glenn Close, in my opinion, is a far better actress.
I have to agree. This rendition was closer to the way the real Evita Peron spoke. As a steely and determined woman, she spoke with strength and had more balls than her dictator-husband.
In her memoir, Patti says Eva Peron appeared to her as a ghost three times before she opened in Los Angeles (prior to NY). The ghost had no face - as if Eva was begging Patti to create a face that people would remember - the showman Eva wanted the showman Patti to re-create her, to re-live her glory for ever larger audiences. I believe in Patti, and I always will - she is perhaps our greatest living all-around actor, musician, and showman combination.
@monitorwipes09 those people probably only know the soft-voice versions and don't get Pattis version of Evita, whioch is quite close to the original Eva Peron when she spoke...
I have often though I've missed out, because I've never seen LuPone onstage. She is innately theatrical, and I am sure very powerful in the theater. But that makes her somewhat unsatisfying on film and TV, where she comes across as stagy more often than not. Don't get me wrong. I believe LuPone's talent is broad enough that she can scale herself down to film-TV levels when necessary. But she doesn't do so naturally, so she needs a first-rate director when working in those fields.--
@LOOPS125 She's over-acting, using awful phrasing and ruining the song. None of the versions are anywhere near as good as the original album and single version by the great Julie Covington. When you've heard it once, you know how it should be sung, and that she has the best voice and [phrasing - completely effortless and no over-acting.
I had to learn this song in less than a week for a Jr. Idol event. It was the judges pick. I absolutely have fallen in love with this song and I am looking forward to see the Broadway revival of EVITA!
Sorry folks .....but ANYONE who can for one minute think this version is better than Julie Covingtons DEFINITIVE version ...really shouldn't be wasting everyones time ,by even contemplating leaving a comment in the first place !!!!
karen carpenter, while having a nice, sweet voice doesn't have the balls for this song. and as for the julie situation, the only reason she sang them first is because andrew lloyd webber was a snake, just like barbra streisand recorded "with one look" before "sunset boulevard" made it to the stage. get your facts right....this is HER song, she won a tony, a grammy, and is still THE diva on broadway. you can keep your british favorites, but Ms. Lupone is THE broadway DIVA!!!!
so i went to look up karen carpenter since some ppl like it better than patti and all i can say is different ppl certainly like different styles because i would choose patti's version over most others including ms carpenter...
In my opinion, Karen Carpenters' version is better. She sings it much more gently. Patti has a great voice, no doubt about that, but I feel she sings this too powerfull.
Especially the beginning is better apreciated when kept slow and soft. Then the climax can deliver a much greater blow.
And I don't really see someone singing to her people about forgiveness start a song like that.
Great version, but of course it falls short of Karen Carpenter's version. Karen has the greatest English speaking voice this planet has ever witnessed.
Because I'm English and remember Julie Covington from other things she did before her record of this, I already knew and liked her work. Her version is more understated than this, with a vulnerable edge to it that is very English.
Some of Patti's singing made me laugh because of its theatricality but I suppose that is what some of you will enjoy from her stage performances.
Beautiful song whoever sings it but I must admit to preferring Julie
Ms. LuPone has 2 revivals of parts she has played on B-way this season, Evita and Anything Goes, saw her in AG, and have seen her 4 times in concert, and she always blows the roof off the house she sings THIS SONG!
If you don't like her style of singing, that's ok; it is quite obviously a huge difference from Madonna's as pretty much every comment has pointed out. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of the crazy vibrato either, but I adore Patti LuPone, and believe that this was simply her being the best she can be. It was her take on the role, and it was beautiful. Maybe not the best in opinion, but still BEAUTIFUL
The musical ' Evita ' belongs to Patti and cast without a doubt. Patti's original Broadway performance captured Eva's spirit completed.Of this there is no doubt.I wish that I had a DVD of that original performance.Ah! But than again I would probibly wear it out in no time.Long life and the best Patti.Oh! I almost forgot.How do I know about the SPIRIT thing? As a teenage boy I watched the Senora's speeches in Bs As where my family came from.This old man shouts.VIVA EVITA
P.S. My apologies if I scared anyone OTHER THAN the clown that was sent in. If ever I go to far, it's because of the things you are. Beautiful Patti, I love you. LUPWND!!!
@odple1314 WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???????? HOW CAN YOU SAY MADONNA IS BETTER THAN PATTI???? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???? Patti is the top!!! Madonna is a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop!!! There is no actress as Phantastic as Señorita Patti Lu! You must be Rainbow High! You're proof of the low mentality of River City folk! Go stab yourself with a spark or I'll do it for you!! My rant here is over. Good night and thank you.
@PattiLuPWNd96 You have no idea what you are talking about to even say the things you say shows your immaturity. Patti is great but she needs to sticks to Anything Goes. At least there she is only the second best to play the part.
To idparkinson: Elaine Paige sang in the version presented in the London Stage production. It's also true that Julie Covington sang in Rock Music concept album of Evita. However, the one and only Grammy award winning Patti LuPone sang in the original Broadway production of Evita which also won the Tony Award as well. I was there to see the Broadway production in NY and she gave a most convincing and mesmerising performance. A immensely talented diva with a powerful vocal ability.
I visited Argentina 5 years ago, and one of the first things I did upon arriving in Buenos Aires was to go to Recoleta Cemetery and visited Evita's tomb. Love her or hate her, but she did something for Argentina that will be remembered for decades. In fact, she did more than the "gorillas" who overthrew her and Peron in '55. Evita is not exactly as the western press portrayed her.
Hello,Being originally from Buenos Aires (leaving with my parents and comming to the US at the age of 16) I remember very clearly watching Eva at the Aug.22 political gathering.I also remember the somber events that went on after she passed away.I guess what I'd like to ask these commenters who down Evita what have they ever accomplished in their lives.Millions of people cheer for Eva Peron today.Who knows and cheers for these idiot bad mouthers.Case rests.
I ADORE pre-1996-ish LuPone, but lately .... oh, dear. I'm just surprised she's lasted this long singing with her throat, rather than diaphragm. I miss old Patti! :(
All of that vibrato and the gaudy arm movements- you know she is supposed to do that, right? It's part of her character she is portraying, Eva Peron. Both in real history and in the musical, Evita was known to throw her arms up dramatically to garner the crowd's affection. She isn't being an overly done attention whore; she is just playing the part of the character like she is supposed to.
I think that sometimes Patti LuPone gets caught up in being Patti LuPone. She's incredibly talented and there's a lot of emotion here, but there are times when she loses it because she goes crazy with the vocal tricks. She's using way too much vibrato on "the truth is I never left you" and it's completely unnecessary. And the arms at the end? Just calm it down a bit. It's supposed to be about the song, not all about the singer.
Evita was the very first Broadway play I saw years ago and it is still my favorite to this day. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin were amazing. It was an experience I will never forget.
She seems to be in a hurry....
Wunderbarlife 2 weeks ago
If you love this version, which I do, I think you will also enjoy the version by Paloma San Basilo sung in Spanish. If you click on my name, you'll see the video to click on (this version has the best sound). Let me know what you think.
olemusicman1955 3 weeks ago
Just beautiful and lovely song, I attended one of her shows at the Shubbert theater, just unforgettable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bluelatigo1 4 weeks ago
Madonna, eat your heart out
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I love this performance by Patti LuPone. However, if I had been presented with the opportunity to attend this live performance or the performance by another singer (in Spanish) at world wide web youtube.com/watch?v=y4J7U2zg94U I don't know which performance would of been selected.
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olemusicman1955 1 month ago
Sinead O'Connor's version is by far the the best!
Nevermore1953 1 month ago
I love Patty.
I went to the matinee performance yesterday.
She's still great.
So is Mandy.
One name not mentioned here is Sinead O'connor.
You should listen to her rendition.
It's different .
I think if I was casting the role now I would pick her no question.,
bornbillsmith 1 month ago
All the women who've sung Evita give something different to the role. LuPone's Evita is different tp Julie's or Paige's. That's all. They're all as good but we have our favourites.
lloy0076 1 month ago
Patti Lupone is Evita. Especially if you were 5 and saw her on Television all the time during the run of the show. My heart stops when I hear her sing.
Janayime 1 month ago
Diva.
jotasjorge 2 months ago
i love the fact that she is Kurt from Glee his idol!
afbakbroodje123 2 months ago
This is the first time I have heard this version of this song and I love it. Never knew she could sing like this. I am really impressed.
grammy2121 2 months ago
I've never seen Lupone perform Eva..... (I've only seen the movie...)
Holy Moly... that was fabulous.. Her voice drips with emotion...
MrEricrockinout 2 months ago
FANTASTIC!!! LUPONE was born for this moment!
Cynbad1957 2 months ago
Patti LuPone; the perfect mix of smoking, poor vocal technique and hammy acting.
uknowwho889 3 months ago
Great pair of lungs and she can really sing BUT why does she belt it out like this - so fast, so furious? Pretty inappropriate interpretation. Sometime less is more - Simple lyrics which require nuance and light and shade - she sounds likes she's belting out a bawdy song in a bar full of soldiers. "I gotta voice and I'm gonna use it...even if it's not needed!"
ianjmcbride 3 months ago
@ianjmcbride If you had seen the original performance as I have, you would know the context of this song and the point in Eva Perone's life this song signifies. This is not the "Don't Cry for me Argentina," that is sung near the beginning of the show. You missed an historical performance!
jengagirl1 3 months ago
@ianjmcbride Are you kidding? This is exactly what makes her so perfect. Evita Person was an emotional, arrogant diva. The dramatics of Patti LuPone captures that perfectly.
stefan103 3 months ago
the piano is fabulous as is patti
pdgolf99 3 months ago
fabulous.....oh my god. she is my idol.
adriannelovesNYC 3 months ago
It was around 1986, I had a trip to London and got the ultimate pleasure to see Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin sing in Evita,
I love Patti's voice better than the others who have sang the song.
neppy503 4 months ago
@neppy503 That's pretty interesting considering Patti LuPone was the original Broadway Evita, and she left the show in 1981, and would have been in Les Miserables at the time. Do your homework before you lie maybe?
AngelorPhantom1359 3 months ago
@AngelorPhantom1359 I am the first one to admit, perhaps my memory fails me sometimes. And no, it wasn't Les Mis.
You seem to know more than the average 20 year old, if that is how old you really are?
And to do my homework, it was an honest mistake. And for you to call someone a liar, I recommend perhaps talking a class in creative writing to enhance your abilities to respond to someone in a more appropriate manner. Unless, you are an average run of the mill yt antagonizer.
neppy503 3 months ago
@AngelorPhantom1359 i think you are acting like a snotty little bitch no?
zaleachic13 2 months ago
@zaleachic13 That's because I am a snotty little bitch.
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AngelorPhantom1359 2 months ago
omg such power!
Kfulo 4 months ago
Patti Lupne is my hero!
pantherpatty 4 months ago
I just love that "look at me"! A-mazing!
luciansacara 4 months ago
Patti is an extremely talented woman!!!
kayleighcolfer 4 months ago 4
Amazing. I love Patti. Always have. Always will.
StreisandGirl 4 months ago
A goosebumps performance.
rainbow6562010 4 months ago
Amazing!
rainbow6562010 5 months ago
@LuPonefan you do realize that Elaine Page was the first Evita right?
theatrekid32 5 months ago
@theatrekid32 You do realize that Eva/Evita Peron was the first Evita right? :p
tinbrugs2007 5 months ago 2
@tinbrugs2007 The movie/play was based off her.
kayleighcolfer 4 months ago
@theatrekid32 Julie Covington was actually the first to sing this. Much more subtle performance
rayson700 5 months ago
@LuPonefan The London show - with Paige as Peron - started a year BEFORE the Broadway show. :)
jeannonin 5 months ago
@LuPonefan Elaine Paige was the original Eva Peron, my friend. :)
jeannonin 5 months ago
This is my favorite version because Patti's voice is POWERFUL! Other singers I've listened to sound too sweet and innocent for me, like they're just softly saying the lyrics. This Evita is strong and defending herself! It has a lot of feeling and there aren't too many pauses. I love it.
SuperTrixie88 5 months ago
what a classy, talented, wonderful woman. She's an idol for me.
CaliCaliente00 5 months ago
As an Argentinian, I feel that the Great Lupone made a MARVELLOUS performance of this song. Yet, It's difficult to express the really strong Evita's feelings for someone who may not know her, and her fight for the poor. HOWEVER, Patti is AMAZING and this perfomance is as amazing as her.
miguegovick 5 months ago
@miguegovick For all the wonderful things Eva Peron did for the oppressed and poor of Argentina it just baffles me that anyone would hate her for it. I understand how the rich and powerful don't like their money taken away from them or being told how they should spend their money(give to the poor), but in Evita's case there is no excuse for backing down in helping the people of your own country.
ellibrz 5 months ago
@ellibrz I couldn't agree more on what you say. Evita was so honest and so strong that she fought against the aristocractic system of my country, which is (and has always been) selfish. She gave back hope to people, and that bothered the richer.
miguegovick 4 months ago
@miguegovick sorry, that is the bullshit myth. she was a Franco loving fascist and a Nazi sympathizer and protector. she should haver been shot like Bin Ladin. Peronism actually is it's own vile form of Fascism. ROT IN HELL PERONS.
BrickLaneBetty 4 months ago
@BrickLaneBetty Agree, when I first heard about this I thought what's next - Hitler, the Musical?
ryoushii 4 months ago
@ryoushii It's called Springtime for Hitler XD
zaclovespenguins 4 months ago
I was expecting to hear some angelic voice and then she opened her mouth. It was like a train wreck in a bottle.
blooper74 6 months ago
and your comment is like a fart going past a hemorrhoid on a frog's a ss. Just say'n.
ellibrz 5 months ago
this song is just so beautiful it makes me want to cry. I'm glad i'm not Argentina or i would be crying an ocean! lol Patti sounds amazing :D
doubleDdog09 6 months ago
I saw her perform this twice in her cabaret act at the Mohegan Sun Casino - and it was breathtaking.
tarotbear 6 months ago
you can get the whole concert on ioffer
matt1corey 6 months ago
With a song as powerful as this it all comes down to the vocal. The result is that a person not appreciating the vocal's style of singing won't find the song that special.
Personally i think she sings way too hysterical, it ruins it completely for me. I prefer Elaine Paige's version over Patti Lupone's by far. Even if i didn't compare the two i wouldn't find Lupone's version appealing at all.
but as i said it is really a matter of personal taste
Malestrazj 6 months ago 2
Wow what a powerful beautiful voice!!!
iamthelioness 6 months ago
Heard this goddess was coming to my town on tour with Mandy Pantinkin. My life is now complete.
sabrinafair2 6 months ago
I have to admit that there are Broadway singers that when they sing these epic songs it became synonymous to them. To me, they are Memory=Elaine Paige, I Dreamed A Dream=Ruthie Henshall, On My Own=Lea Salonga. And ofcourse, Don't Cry For Me Argentina=Patti LuPone. :D
Maursify 6 months ago 18
@Maursify Good examples. I had the opportunity to see Betty Buckley in Cats and she was fabulous. Although Elaine's interpretation is fabulous, Betty has an incredible stage presence.
Rodeo6521 3 months ago
who allowed freakin Madonna to sing this in the movie? this woman over here is the legend!
mconstanta 6 months ago
Fabulous Diva
CMitvVLOG 7 months ago
all other performances of this fall short and leave EVERYTHING to be desired. Patti Lupone will always be the best Eva.
ipodshasta03 7 months ago 43
@ipodshasta03 Patti is best, but you can't deny, Elaine Paige gave it a good run.
Espeonpwnsuall 5 months ago 2
@ipodshasta03 (Except for the original).
TheEndOfScientology 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Patti LuPone
@ipodshasta03 Patti Lupone owns this song and always will.
stefan103 3 months ago
@ipodshasta03 Bullshit. This is awful.
G58 2 months ago
@G58 I agree with you. Here on YouTube there are so many other versions, all better than this one.
jimnpatcavell 2 months ago
@ipodshasta03 Compared to Julie Covington ? You must be bloody joking.
Compared to maradonna ? Maybe.
You're obviously a fan.....a fan who hasn't heard the original by Julie Covington which is many many times better than this. Even Elaine Paige's version is better.
This is awful. Good voice, thats it.
PhilK005 2 months ago
@PhilK005 ofcourse Julie gets firs props being first to have done the album etc. I am sure she is just as wonderful. I have not heard her but I will go now and see.
Janayime 1 month ago
Evita en musicales, la imagen del Che estampada en remeras, y las cosas en Argentina siempre igual.
pillowdoor 7 months ago
I saw Patti LuPone sing this live and it was amazing!!!! They even put the golden lights on her to look like the play BUT these 2 7-8 year old girls were dragged to the show and they did the candle wave during this song which was the only one I was REALLY looking forward to hearing.... >:( It made me sad but the song is still VERY lovely!
thebroadwayparisian 7 months ago
i love this version! its the best...Madonna or sinead o connor or anybody will just not sing the song the like her.
ItsSYDNEYY123 7 months ago
Patti LuPone you are a GODDESS! Bravo!! <3
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omg, so beautiful :)
Btw, in my channel there's a video of me singing this song! Please, take a look! i would appreciate it! thanks :)
melyfarrajota1 7 months ago
when was it? which year?
dontwannasayaname 7 months ago
@TheMav2020 words from my own mouth. couldnt agree more with EVERY word you say.
WEEZERman1212 8 months ago
@WEEZERman1212 No offense but who the heck is Lea Salonga?
Kaligurl99 8 months ago in playlist Don't Cry for Me Argentina
@Kaligurl99 she won the tony in 1991 for her performance as kim for miss saigon. :)
mrsralbinopumpkinhea 7 months ago
@Kaligurl99 ...aside from the Tony in 1991, Lea Salonga also won a Laurence Olivier, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theater World awards for her role as Kim in Miss Saigon. the first and only artist to win all five awards for a single role. She's also known as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine and Mulan in the Disney movie Alladin and Mulan I and II and the first Asian to play Eponine in Les Miz in both Broadway and West End. The list just goes on and on. Check out her video on the right.
bryantpark88 7 months ago
she is amazing...but could not come close enough to lea salonga's rendition of this classic...she lacks the emotion, power, range and connection...she is so technical to the notes...
TheMav2020 8 months ago 3
@TheMav2020 hey i like lea salonga too and i respect your opinin, but lupone won the tony for playing evita peron. i still think, now and forever, that she is the best person to sing this song! :)
mrsralbinopumpkinhea 7 months ago
@TheMav2020 @WEEZERman1212 ,
Lea us gorgeous, but Patti has the character for this piece, which Lea, despite her tremendous skill, lacks. Lupone is Eva : )
harantheman 7 months ago
I LOVE HER!!!
Kershin221 8 months ago
@lloy1976 they are both over 60!
edirne1972 8 months ago
I saw Patti perform this live, in Australia with just a grand piano, dark stage. I also saw Elaine Paige too, on the same stage (different night). They were and are both electrifying and bring something to Eva...even though now they are both over 40! I just wish I could go see both Elaine and Patti sing this whenever I wanted - thank goodness for YouTube!
lloy0076 8 months ago
WOW!
scriptulike 8 months ago
that THE VOICE! :)
sasky84 8 months ago
What's the Patti LuPone 'Sunset Boulevard situation'? I read something about and am intrigued?!
markjameshowe 8 months ago
@markjameshowe Patti originated the role of Norma in the world premiere production in London and was contracted to premiere it on Broadway. She received good reviews in London and horrific reviews from the States. Throughout her run, she was constantly hearing that she stank in the part, the she should be fired, that she was going to be fired, and RUG wasn't helping the situation at all. It all finally culminated in her being fired from Broadway and finding out by reading a gossip column.
AngelorPhantom1359 8 months ago
@AngelorPhantom1359 That is shocking! I really don't like the RUG. So, she was fired from the Broadway production because the reviews were bad, yes? That really is awful - I LOVE Patti...although Glenn Close definitely is the best Norma Desmond. If a movie is made I'm praying Madonna doesn't get the part (I'd still watch of course, as Madonna is awesome as Eva) but Glenn Close, in my opinion, is a far better actress.
markjameshowe 8 months ago
I have to say of all the women I hae heard try to sing this song no one tops Pattie LuPone!
popejoanofarc 8 months ago
I have to agree. This rendition was closer to the way the real Evita Peron spoke. As a steely and determined woman, she spoke with strength and had more balls than her dictator-husband.
MrDuggie1968 9 months ago
I wont lie and say her voice isin't dad and gone, but as of evita, she was a god.
danielkolodkinrulz 9 months ago
Elaine Paige is much better
martom888 9 months ago
i wish i had found out i loved broadway instead of the crappy teen justin bieber selena gomez pop when evita was still running on broadway.
iluvbroadway15 9 months ago
In her memoir, Patti says Eva Peron appeared to her as a ghost three times before she opened in Los Angeles (prior to NY). The ghost had no face - as if Eva was begging Patti to create a face that people would remember - the showman Eva wanted the showman Patti to re-create her, to re-live her glory for ever larger audiences. I believe in Patti, and I always will - she is perhaps our greatest living all-around actor, musician, and showman combination.
JohnWilmerding 9 months ago 2
@JohnWilmerding Wow... I would love to read that memoir.
monitorwipes09 9 months ago
Why are there so many dislikes??? There shouldn't be any!!!
monitorwipes09 9 months ago
@monitorwipes09 those people probably only know the soft-voice versions and don't get Pattis version of Evita, whioch is quite close to the original Eva Peron when she spoke...
dasYavanna 9 months ago
Awful. What terrible phrasing.
G58 9 months ago
I have often though I've missed out, because I've never seen LuPone onstage. She is innately theatrical, and I am sure very powerful in the theater. But that makes her somewhat unsatisfying on film and TV, where she comes across as stagy more often than not. Don't get me wrong. I believe LuPone's talent is broad enough that she can scale herself down to film-TV levels when necessary. But she doesn't do so naturally, so she needs a first-rate director when working in those fields.--
stevevandien 9 months ago
oh, waw.
laceyflower 10 months ago
she's great, but I have to say I like Shirley Bassey's version the best. but Patti is very good too, it's just my preferance
ShameAndBlame 10 months ago
Aint nuttin like da orignal
JimMLINY 10 months ago
Patti fucking LuPone. this woman will forever be Eva Peron. and my idol...obvi
<3
prettyyoungthing816 10 months ago 91
This is a very good version.. I thought Patti was tops until I heard Elaine Paige's version.. wow.. Elaine rocks it.
LOOPS125 9 months ago
@LOOPS125 She's over-acting, using awful phrasing and ruining the song. None of the versions are anywhere near as good as the original album and single version by the great Julie Covington. When you've heard it once, you know how it should be sung, and that she has the best voice and [phrasing - completely effortless and no over-acting.
G58 9 months ago
@G58 It is called showing emotion, not "over-acting". I applaud this performance.
monitorwipes09 9 months ago
@G58 which means that you do not like the theatrical voice of Patti Lupone. It is the best theatrical voice I have ever heard.
Nonie46 9 months ago
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Maursify 6 months ago
@prettyyoungthing816 She'll always be Libby Thatcher to me. :)
HellBlazerRaiser 6 months ago
This is THE version, most excelent, THE original, THE show -stopper. This is THE real broadway!!!!!!!!!!!!
ED284140 10 months ago
She's my hero.
lanabelle219 10 months ago
I had to learn this song in less than a week for a Jr. Idol event. It was the judges pick. I absolutely have fallen in love with this song and I am looking forward to see the Broadway revival of EVITA!
breibren 10 months ago
I saw Patti do this show on Broadway years ago, and this still gives me chills. Patti LuPone rocks!!!!!!!!!
charlie06840 10 months ago
This is another version that's too pompous. Maybe the version the wealthy like to say got to see. But give me donna summer any day.
acoustic61 10 months ago
Sorry folks .....but ANYONE who can for one minute think this version is better than Julie Covingtons DEFINITIVE version ...really shouldn't be wasting everyones time ,by even contemplating leaving a comment in the first place !!!!
1969boot 10 months ago
karen carpenter, while having a nice, sweet voice doesn't have the balls for this song. and as for the julie situation, the only reason she sang them first is because andrew lloyd webber was a snake, just like barbra streisand recorded "with one look" before "sunset boulevard" made it to the stage. get your facts right....this is HER song, she won a tony, a grammy, and is still THE diva on broadway. you can keep your british favorites, but Ms. Lupone is THE broadway DIVA!!!!
pcan01 10 months ago
Magnificent voice.
ThePartySample 11 months ago
so i went to look up karen carpenter since some ppl like it better than patti and all i can say is different ppl certainly like different styles because i would choose patti's version over most others including ms carpenter...
jukaufman 11 months ago
In my opinion, Karen Carpenters' version is better. She sings it much more gently. Patti has a great voice, no doubt about that, but I feel she sings this too powerfull.
Especially the beginning is better apreciated when kept slow and soft. Then the climax can deliver a much greater blow.
And I don't really see someone singing to her people about forgiveness start a song like that.
Also, she seems to overarticulate.
pearldragon5 11 months ago
she acted the shit out of that song
theatrecr8zy 11 months ago
Great version, but of course it falls short of Karen Carpenter's version. Karen has the greatest English speaking voice this planet has ever witnessed.
mrbobevans 11 months ago
If people like Patti that's all that matters.
Because I'm English and remember Julie Covington from other things she did before her record of this, I already knew and liked her work. Her version is more understated than this, with a vulnerable edge to it that is very English.
Some of Patti's singing made me laugh because of its theatricality but I suppose that is what some of you will enjoy from her stage performances.
Beautiful song whoever sings it but I must admit to preferring Julie
boggym1999 11 months ago
Ms. LuPone has 2 revivals of parts she has played on B-way this season, Evita and Anything Goes, saw her in AG, and have seen her 4 times in concert, and she always blows the roof off the house she sings THIS SONG!
TheSpencer1960 11 months ago
Chris' version is also very passionate. Check it out. (Kurt from Glee) It is his solo version.
kv0363 11 months ago
If you don't like her style of singing, that's ok; it is quite obviously a huge difference from Madonna's as pretty much every comment has pointed out. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of the crazy vibrato either, but I adore Patti LuPone, and believe that this was simply her being the best she can be. It was her take on the role, and it was beautiful. Maybe not the best in opinion, but still BEAUTIFUL
RealRealityInHD 11 months ago
The musical ' Evita ' belongs to Patti and cast without a doubt. Patti's original Broadway performance captured Eva's spirit completed.Of this there is no doubt.I wish that I had a DVD of that original performance.Ah! But than again I would probibly wear it out in no time.Long life and the best Patti.Oh! I almost forgot.How do I know about the SPIRIT thing? As a teenage boy I watched the Senora's speeches in Bs As where my family came from.This old man shouts.VIVA EVITA
GRAYBARN1 11 months ago
P.S. My apologies if I scared anyone OTHER THAN the clown that was sent in. If ever I go to far, it's because of the things you are. Beautiful Patti, I love you. LUPWND!!!
PattiLuPWNd96 11 months ago
@odple1314 WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???????? HOW CAN YOU SAY MADONNA IS BETTER THAN PATTI???? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???? Patti is the top!!! Madonna is a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop!!! There is no actress as Phantastic as Señorita Patti Lu! You must be Rainbow High! You're proof of the low mentality of River City folk! Go stab yourself with a spark or I'll do it for you!! My rant here is over. Good night and thank you.
PattiLuPWNd96 11 months ago
@PattiLuPWNd96 You have no idea what you are talking about to even say the things you say shows your immaturity. Patti is great but she needs to sticks to Anything Goes. At least there she is only the second best to play the part.
idobelieveinfairies8 11 months ago
WHAT A PERFORMER. MY GOD
jukaufman 11 months ago
To idparkinson: Elaine Paige sang in the version presented in the London Stage production. It's also true that Julie Covington sang in Rock Music concept album of Evita. However, the one and only Grammy award winning Patti LuPone sang in the original Broadway production of Evita which also won the Tony Award as well. I was there to see the Broadway production in NY and she gave a most convincing and mesmerising performance. A immensely talented diva with a powerful vocal ability.
chaplin4me 11 months ago
Madonna was waaaaaaay better.
odple1314 11 months ago
The best Eva
2627deb 1 year ago
@EZYCHEESY lol, srsly
mythicaljuls 1 year ago
Nobody sang this better than Julie C NO-one!
hunkhk 1 year ago
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Nah, really, the best version is the one from glee.
mythicaljuls 1 year ago
Does anyone know what year this is from?
Castrolvalva 1 year ago
Does anyone agree that this pianist isn't awfully good?
senoramariposa 1 year ago
too much vibrato....go sing opera patti. madonna killed that role
TheVentusVanitas 1 year ago
@TheVentusVanitas she does also sing opera dumbass
SnoopRoyale98 1 year ago
@TheVentusVanitas SHUT YOUR MOUTH, THAT IS BLASPHEMY!!!
puccinilover 1 year ago
chills chills chills -- greatness!
sonson226 1 year ago
Fuckin born to this role! Go Patti!
sonson226 1 year ago
I hated I prefered Madonna's version. It is more emotional.
Cvmagalhaes1 1 year ago
how elegant can 4:39 be?
liv2act 1 year ago
NONONONO just singng loud does not make it good....
aintnonerd 1 year ago
@aintnonerd Oh stop haha.
Selftime2007 1 year ago
You can't imagine the pathos of LuPone's presentation unless you saw her in character in the show. This is nice.
dm5401 1 year ago 22
@dm5401 u are so absolutetly correRT!!!!!!
barochial 8 months ago
without pathos technically perfect but cold I prefer the imperfect Madonna's version with real emotions!!!!!!!!
andreamaddy 1 year ago
@andreamaddy are u 2 greek pathos is greek for passion
nikokalo39 1 year ago
@andreamaddy You are a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaadass
KuldeepPatani 1 year ago
I prefer Patti Lupone to Julie Covington, but she's still great
awsomesauce7 1 year ago
I love you and hope you love me....! In my opinion the best Evita.
masterpiecelover 1 year ago
I visited Argentina 5 years ago, and one of the first things I did upon arriving in Buenos Aires was to go to Recoleta Cemetery and visited Evita's tomb. Love her or hate her, but she did something for Argentina that will be remembered for decades. In fact, she did more than the "gorillas" who overthrew her and Peron in '55. Evita is not exactly as the western press portrayed her.
elcondorpasa100 1 year ago
OMG!...Miss Lupone gives me goose bumps with her majestic portrail of Eva Peron.
masterpiecelover 1 year ago
Hello,Being originally from Buenos Aires (leaving with my parents and comming to the US at the age of 16) I remember very clearly watching Eva at the Aug.22 political gathering.I also remember the somber events that went on after she passed away.I guess what I'd like to ask these commenters who down Evita what have they ever accomplished in their lives.Millions of people cheer for Eva Peron today.Who knows and cheers for these idiot bad mouthers.Case rests.
GRAYBARN1 1 year ago 2
@GRAYBARN1 Well said ..........
jpnam68 1 year ago
I ADORE pre-1996-ish LuPone, but lately .... oh, dear. I'm just surprised she's lasted this long singing with her throat, rather than diaphragm. I miss old Patti! :(
ChrisStockslager 1 year ago
agree i love julie covington!
DavidoffGustav 1 year ago
What a racket you if like this song listen to the original by julie covington.
Belogvorn 1 year ago
@MarieTherese821
All of that vibrato and the gaudy arm movements- you know she is supposed to do that, right? It's part of her character she is portraying, Eva Peron. Both in real history and in the musical, Evita was known to throw her arms up dramatically to garner the crowd's affection. She isn't being an overly done attention whore; she is just playing the part of the character like she is supposed to.
CapinAhab 1 year ago
when was this?
castaneda79 1 year ago
I think that sometimes Patti LuPone gets caught up in being Patti LuPone. She's incredibly talented and there's a lot of emotion here, but there are times when she loses it because she goes crazy with the vocal tricks. She's using way too much vibrato on "the truth is I never left you" and it's completely unnecessary. And the arms at the end? Just calm it down a bit. It's supposed to be about the song, not all about the singer.
MarieTherese821 1 year ago
@MarieTherese821 I second that!!
ChrisStockslager 1 year ago
Evita was the very first Broadway play I saw years ago and it is still my favorite to this day. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin were amazing. It was an experience I will never forget.
jbee807 1 year ago