Audra Mcdonald - La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice)

[fossilkid4life]

Wait a minute...she came to the houston grand opera and i wasn''t aware....i live in Houston!!!...i hate my life...

[fluffynamedkimba]

shes amazing. she does it all. brava.

[BirchBarlow]

She's wonderful. It's too bad that her talents are being wasted on that cyclone of suck, Private Practice. Then again, she's employed and good on parts of the show that I've seen. S++++o, brava. You're the tops, Audra!

[baracine]

This is my favourite 46 seconds form "La Voix Humaine". I have never heard of Audra McDonald but I must admit I like the English words the way she sings them.

[grig035]

This woman can not only do anything in the American Songbook as though she's living every note, I saw her do the toughest aria in Verdi's Macbeth effortlessly in the play Master Class, and here she is in total control of another operatic master, Francis Poulenc! As if that weren't enough, her Lady Percy in Shakespeare's Henry IV obliterated everyone else off the stage: she knows how to make every word distinct yet utterly internal. There's been no such talent this total since Lawrence Tibbett.

[BGSourgas]

@grig035 i'd love to hear her sing The Ballad of Baby Doe, or some menotti or Vanessa? anything like that around?

[uniquebfly]

@grig035 Do you know where, or have her performing this Macbeth aria? I'd love to hear it.

[crharrington1]

does anyone know if a video version of this production exists? i would give ANYTHING to see it!

[chaserooface]

I want to see this whole fucking thing, can anyone help me out?

[lalaland2581]

OMG!!! That's how it happened for me too. I was 15yrs and just by chance turned on PBS. The reception was horrible but she was singing "Wheels of a Dream" with Brian Stokes M and ever since i have been hooked. she is brilliant!!!

[Misty15big]

We should totally be like best friends. LOL wat a weird coincidence:D

[Misty15big]

I discoverd audra by accident. when I was watchin tv and suddenly turned on PBS and she was up there singing and I have been listing to her since then. She's my inspiration.

[Misty15big]

wow this is so cool. i only found out about her last year when I was 15 and now she is totally my favorite entertainer of all time!

[studdd22]

you didnt watch her in Disneys remake of Annie in 1999.. You must watch it, she played secretary Ms. Grace and she was brilliant,sexy, and pure perfection. They dont have it online so u should rent it or by the DVD or VHS

[Misty15big]

actually I did watch Annie a month ago... Lol kind of late but it was really really awesome :D She was fantastic.

[ChicagoSouthDan]

@studdd22 It is now posted on youtube. Search on "Annie (1999)". It is posted in ten parts and you are correct, she was wonderful. And of course, she has a much better singing voice than Anne Reinking, who played the part in the 1982 movie. The first time I saw the 1999 Annie years ago, I did not realize that Rob Marshall directed it, the same guy who directed the oscar-winning movie musical Chicago.

[renethel]

i looooooooooooooooooooooooooove audra mcdonald. since i was in a production of ragtime, i couldn't stop listening to her!!!

[jarvisantonio]

I WANT MORE!