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  • Wicked in London was my first musical. I was with my father and recently deceased mother, and I have to say that it was my absolute favorite musical! Alexia made my heart skip a beat with her amazing voice. Every time I listen to her performances, it brings me back to that amazing time with my father and mother. I cannot let this moment escape my heart :)

  • Alexia Khadime - over a year has passed and still the best Elphaba :D

  • Wow... she holds that note FOREVER! Amazing!

  • @lovelystrings yeah, she is one of the few to hold the last note for that long, it is hard to believe that before her run in wicked and the lion king, people didn't appreciate her singing, they knew her as an actress, well know we all can, i hope she does an album soon, with a version of defying gravity on it and maybe a few more selections from the show, Alexia did always say she prefered no goo deed out of all her solo songs in wicked so if she does an album that song should be on it.

  • i've seen alexia in both the ion king and wicked, and she is amazing.

    her voice is ridiculously powerful, how she can sustain notes like that is beyond me. she made a fantastic elphaba x

  • I love how long she held that first "Meee" for! She is amazing!

  • she sang this the best than anyone eles

  • Shes One Of The Better Elphabas By FAR!! but no one can beat IDINA MENZEL!!!!! xxxxx

  • she rocks. Lol. She would be a good choice for Elphaba in the Wicked movie, more important than her voice being powerful, her acting also is similar to the witch of the west from the original Wizard Of Oz. a lot of elphabas have made me say WOW but not as much as her or kerry

  • @palmtree5678 I'd agree with your comment about Alexia taking on the movie role.

  • Her voice is amazing  -I LOVED her performance!! :)

  • She has got such an amazing voice that when I saw her on the 24th March she made me want to cry. Fantastic. So pleased I got to see her before the cast change.

  • I saw it on Wednesday and it was soooo amazing awesome. *-*

    Alexia´s got such a wonderful voice.!

  • wow!!! I didnt realize that many people are being replaced. I hope to goodness someone recorded both Matinee and Evening shows!! and I hope someone gets the March 29th show!!!

  • When I went Alexia was Elphaba, but half way through she got taken out and replaced. I was like WTF.

  • Saw her in it the other day. Absolutely amazing, although our seats were right at the back haha but at least I got to see Alexia in her last month as Elphaba :) She performs so well, it really was incredible :) x

  • Were yuu still able to see the performers clearly?

  • Aren't they replacing her this month? :( She's sooo the best one!

  • Yeah, the 27th of March is her last show as Elphaba :( And i have tickets for her last show! I don't want her to leave either! She the best Elphaba!:D

  • LOVING ALEXIA!

    My first and best Alphie :D

  • I love Alexia so much! Her voice is so amazing, and I much prefer her performance over Kerry Ellis' (calm down Kerry fangirls, this is just my opinion and Kerry is still awesome).

    However, Alexia has been ill a lot lately. I saw her Saturday afternoon and she wasn't as good as she normally is. I guess that's why Ashleigh Grey is on more. I hope she gets well soon, cos she truly is the BEST Elphaba, and I have tickets for her last show! It's gonna be immense.

  • Ashleigh hasnt been on unscheduled since the end of November :s Alexia's a lot healthier now.. still maybe not 100% but still sounding a lot better.. x

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  • @wickedexpert i know, it is so great to see her inmprovment as a live performer, i remember alexia in the queens nose and she was good then but when she joined wicked, she was brilliant, it is such a shame i never got to see her, i really wanted to, but louise dearman and rachel tucker were still fantastic.

    do you think alexia could ever return to wicked, ah well at least we can remember her two runs on wicked, her first run in 2008 and then her return from 2009-2010.

    :)

  • I saw the play yesterday. Alexia was awesome!

  • THE best elphaba ever!!

    This gives me tingles. Love her!!

  • I saw Wicked yesterday!

    Oh-my-god is all i can say!

    Alexia is THE most mindblowing singer - I was shaking at the end of this song when she held her note.

    Her voice is just OUTSTANDING, so how on earth you can say she isn't good is a mystery to me!

    I nearly cried it was just so powerful..

  • She is my favourite Elphaba, better than Idina (dare I say it)! And I totally agree with everything you wrote there, except I did cry when this was sung... and about 4 times during the second half as well :D

    Best musical in the West End, no doubt about it!

  • @IrmaXrox Yes I believe she's better than Idina too as her voice is so powerful yet it has so much soul to it [:

    It was incredible - so so touching.

    xx

  • @LuluHorseCrazy Amen. C:

  • @LuluHorseCrazy i know, its a shame that some audio's on youtube don't do her justice, most of them are fantastic but some are not good in quality, you needed to see her live though, that was where Alexia was at her best, and it was so nice to have an elphaba lead with a real witchy tone to her voice, that was the best of Alexia, yes Idina Kerry and Rachel and all there undertudy's and stanby's were fantastic but Alexia had something extra special in her performance.

    GO ALEIXA :)

  • she dont arf hold her first meee on

  • I didn't like that she used to growl alot, i saw Wicked in August - she didn't growl anything!

  • I love her, when she's powerful, she blows me the fuck away! but I think she sounds too... childish most of the time?

    I dunno, it's unfortunate because like I said, when she's belting it's goddamn breathtaking.

  • i think she sounds really childish, she sounds like an 8 year old girl and very nailsly too.

    she has a weird way of pre-nounseating words aswel. =/

  • She is A Pretty amazing singer ! The only thing i dont like about her is that she sings defying gravity the same every time , But apart from that shes perfect (:

  • Agreed, but you could say that about a lot of the Elphies. Kerry always does the growl in "Look to the western sky!" and the same unbridged "me down".

    She is pretty amazing though :)

  • Im really starting to LOOOVE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for real it took some warming up but Damn once u really listen to her she is friggon fantastic!!!!!

  • going to see her this saturday but i wish it was kerry shes my fave!

  • You might have Ashleigh Gray. Alexia was off sick yesterday and today.

  • i thought sabrina carter was understudy for london? x

  • Sabrinas understudy (2nd cover) and Ashleigh is the standby. Ashleigh waits offstage and goes on whenever the lead cant. Even if the lead knows she is gonna be off the standby goes on. Sabrina never gets planend u/s dates unfortunately, except for today for a special reason. She only goes on on short notice when Alexia is gone and Ashleigh is too.

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  • Honestly.. Ive seen both numerous times and on power; You can't BEAT Alexia. She's even rivalling Kerry on that now. And I'm not saying because I'm a big fan, I'm saying it cos it's true. She may not have a voice that you like but she is CERTAINLY more powerful than Ashleigh...

  • LOL! Ive never heard that before xD. Dont be honored! We're all the same here! But yeah I've seen Alexia and she is amazing. I prefer Ashleigh they're both fantastic.

  • I think she upstages everyone, shes absolutely incredible! :)

  • Saw this show 2 nights ago - the whole show was fantastic, but Alexia totally stole it - what amazing, incredible, beautiful performer.

    Standing ovation from 2000 people - wow!

  • shes is fucking amazing, end of. go and see her live. then you can have opinions.

  • Went to see her in Wicked on Saturday she was absolutely amazing she brought you to tears. Don't think that you get the full effect on Youtube you have to see it live, the notes that she hits are amazing.

  • I was there as well and I was blown by her voice and by the scale of the show, every tiny detail

  • yeah i felt the same when i saw her she is sooo brilliant

  • best defying gravity ever done. i saw this.

  • Where does she distort your recorder then?

  • On the word "care" in the first phrase of the end, you kind of hear it. and on I....and defying....on the the phrase: Tell them how I...etc.

    I love Alexia lots. She's the first I saw live, when I was visiting London.

  • I turned the volume down so it's not as bad as it was on the orginal recording :)

  • my brothers in it haha:) boq u/s (danny mac) love it:)

  • Really?!?!? OMG cool!!!!

  • i lovee wicked its imeensse!

  • omg i went to see this musical this is the best song in it !!!!!!!

    i defo recomend everybody to go see it i saw it in victioria omg i love her she has the most amazing voice i have ever heard and i love her character aswell she and glinnda are fantastic performers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x p.s i have seen alot of musicals but this by far is the best one ever !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • When was it`I saw her the 12th august! 2nd row

    I filmed it.on my channel

  • i saw the show when she was in it and hearing this live gave me goosebumps

  • same haha :)

  • I saw her a year a go, and she has so improveddd!!!

  • Waaa so excited in 15 days!!! waiting for like a year eeeek!!!

  • Alexia is amazing. Such an amazing voice. I went to see Wicked when she was in it and her voice was just phenomenal! I could listen to her all day. I was just blown away by the power in her voice. Just fantastic, i had goosebumps.

  • Correction.. I'm in love with this Musical after seeing it live with Alexia and the London cast!

  • Alexia is so good that when I bought the cd at the show and realized it was the original cast singing on it I was disappointed. I had to go see again before I left London.. I was in love with it that much.. and for me that's huge because I am not a huge musical fan. This is the first one since "The Sound of Music" or "My Fair Lady" that I can actually stand.

  • "LLLLLOOOOK to the WESTERN sky!" I think her growling on that phrase is just as good as Kerrys ;) if not better. She just has so much energy! She's fantastic! =)

  • I've had enough. Kerry and Alexia are not " better" or worse" than one another.

    They are both amazing at Elphaba in their own way.

  • Can the silly person who keeps doing " thumbs down" on perfectly nice comment splease STOP!

    You're being an idiot.

  • I saw her 23rd July and I hadn't heard any audios of her singing so I was really worried that she wouldnt be good but she was absolutely phenomenal!!!

  • minimarsbars, not meaning to be rude, would she be playing this role on the West End if she wasn't good?

  • Oh HazelCharlesworth I wasn't meaning that she wouldn't be good, of course she was going to be fantastic as it is a very demanding role, I just meant that having Kerry being the Elphaba before and all the hype surrounding her as she was a great Elphaba would mean that she wouldnt be as good but she was 100x better than I had expected!! :D

  • You mean you weren't sure she wouldn't be as good as Kerry?

    My personal opinion is that both Kerry and Alexia are fantastic in this role.

  • she's lost a lot of that awful growling.

    it used to be like a tiger singing this.

    but now it's amazing!

  • JonnyLikesToVlog, I'm not arguing with you, but I never noticed too much growling.

  • you can't hear it? I heard lots.

  • Well, I heard her audios from her first night. Couldn't hear it.

    Saw her live for the first time october

    2008. Didn't notice it then.

  • shes really amazing. im glad to see her back in wicked. they should send her to broadway like they did to kerry. id love to see her live.

  • Saw her July 2nd - and she blew me away, i'd heard a few audio's before hand but seeing her live was a whole other thing. I especially loved her No Good Deed, she's amazing.

  • Alexia Khadime is simply incredible, shes improved so much! Really want to see her again next month.

    Kerry will always be my favourite Elphie, but the thing I like better is that Alexia nearly always puts her full effort into her performances, but some of Kerry's have been a bit flat, which is sor'ta understandable.

    It's still amazing that they do it nearly every day and yet each performance is just as amazing as the last!

  • I'm seing her 14th August, Orchestra stalls row B seat 20 :) I'm so excited

  • I Seen Her On Thursday! She Was Amazing! :) The Audios Don't Do Her Justice! Go Lexxi! :)

  • wow shes suddenly holding her notes for much longer!! thank godd

  • Wow, I have always liked Alexia Khadime, but always thought she needed to hold her notes lonnger. I think the priducers have had a word with her. This was Amazing. Well done Lexxi!

  • Woops.

    Longer*

    Producers*

    I type to fast then look over it and realise how many typo's there are!

  • Same here lol shes amazing anyway!

  • Does it really matter how long she holds the notes?

  • CANT WAIT TO SEE HER

  • wow, she almost broke your microphone!! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G ;]

  • wow.. what a great voice..

  • I think her voice really suits her interpretation of the role. I saw her on the 16th May and she just blew me away! I literally had to pick my jaw off the floor, it was that amazing. It was the first time someone sent shivers down my spine singing that song, it was just amazing.

    Love Lexi! <3

  • oh. my. god.

    my jaw has literally dropped. one of the most powerful EVER. perfect. amazing. she is truly amazing. i have so much love for this woman!

    XD and she did the growls again on 'western sky' !!! im so glad, cos shes been cutting them out!!

  • Just got tickets for July 28 cant wait to see her live, i love her, unless shes not on that night, but I hope she is

  • wow. such an improvment from last year. I saw her in August last year and she was no where as good as this. Superb!

  • Now...that's an improvement on last year!

  • shes gotten a lot better but i'm still not convinced shes singing to her full potential with the larynx of steel that being black genetically blessed her with

  • she isnt mature enough... er ok??? just to let you know she is supposed to sound like a school girl, if you actually watch the show and look at the picture above it is a bit of a give away???

  • Yes but only for the first act! She is supposed to be older, more mature and more fierce in the second which I, as well, think Alexia is still lacking!

  • lol this is the first act.

  • Well... yes of course! I know that! I've seen this show countless times! However, DG is the very end of the first act and is basically the turningpoint for elphaba and her countenance! And I was more speaking in general about Alexia's performances thoughout the show than DG in particular! But u are right, of course!

  • ...she can't help her vioce

  • atleast she doesn't shout and scream her way through the songs with obnoxious gasping like idina

  • I totally disagree with you. Have you seen her live? Because I've never seen such a physical and emotional change in any other Elphaba I've seen.

  • Yes I've seen her three times! Once last July, once last October and then just last week! And I have to say that I really think she imrpoved since her first run when Kerry was in NYC but I still don't like the chíldish sound of her voice! Generally I like her though so I don't want to take this discussion any further! There will always be favourites for any fan so it is useless to ditch other performers! However, have u seen Idina live?Cause if u haven't u shouldn't make comments like that!

  • I didn't make the comments about Idina ;) and I hate comparing Elphabas cos I really don't see the point. But no I haven't seen Idina, she and Shona are the only two London ones I didn't see.

    If you've seen her live, I have respect for your opinion because you have something solid to base it on :D

  • Sorry about that Idina thing! So I guess we better stop discussing this for good! Cause I totally agree with u that there is no use in comparing Elphabas cause each and every one of them is unique and that is just the way it has to be and is supposed to be!

  • Exactly :D

  • i like the childish voice :). i never really thought it was childish in the first place though lolsss :) i never saw Idina, was she good???? ovb their all good, but was on a scale of 1-10 how amazing :P (1 being good) LOL. i'm rambling soo badly. Sorry!

  • I've seen Idina ... I was lucky enough to see her like two days before she left. At the time, I knew nothing about Wicked and I didn't have a clue who Idina was, other than the fact that she was a random actress playing the witch. Yeah she was really good live - I was sooo blown away. However, I've also seen Kerry and Alexia and IMO Alexia is by far the best. Idina is good live, but when you listen to her audios she can sometimes seem to struggle. Kerry is amazing, but her acting isn't great.

  • i thought alexia was best too. i didnt like kerry, her accent kept changing and it kind of ruined it for me. she was a good singer though

  • :O!

    IdinaBALLET!!

    have you seen her live?

    If not, you can't fully judge her

    And to me, She IS more mature and fierce in the second act.

  • she soudns completely worng for this roel.. her voice isnt mature enough no denying shesa godo singer just doesnt soudn right for elphaba

  • personal opinion.

    she sounds like elphaba to me and obviously the producers so..

  • I love the orchestra in this recording, it sounds so full, most london recordings are like overloaded by one instrument, but this sounds so much fuller, love alexia, love this recording!!!!

  • i didnt like her when she filled in for kerry but she sounds so much better now!

  • simply brilliant! she has got so much better- and the ending is just immense!

  • damn...she is off the hook....lol......:) :)

  • Shes AMAZING! SOOOOOO much better than kerry!! i really thing kerrys pathetic at acting and shes good at singing but theres nothing special at all aout Kerry!

  • DONT SAY THAT ABOUT KERRY!!!!

  • OOOOMMMGGG!!! that must have been standing ovation!!! she is sooooo mindblowingly amazing!!! i love her so much!! cant wait to see her in a few weeks!! that was the longest 'bring me down' ive ever heard!! wooooww

    i miss her growling though!! bring it back!!!

  • WOW this has to be Alexia's best!!!

  • Alexia sounds fantastic!!!!! Can't wait to see her again.

  • YAY SHE SHORTENED THE GAP!!!!

    if you know what i mean...........

  • Omg The " MEEE down " Well blinking hell ... go alexia!

  • i doubt dianne will leave soon.... i should think its hard to find someone to replace her!

  • Dianne is there til April 2010 x

  • Damn!!!!!!! Not that it wasn't good before...but Alexia worked on some BREATH CONTROL while she was gone! Even more fantastic than before!

  • I'll definitely go to her last show again! Should be an amazing night!

    :o Do we know when Dianne is leaving then?

  • I think I'm gonna go to her last show. Anyone know when that is yet? Hopefully it'll be Dianne's last too. That would be a good show.

  • hasnt been announced yet but i dont think she'll leave with Dianne. I think she'll stay on another year. But it's early days as she's on an 11 month contract..

  • 11 months? bloody hell thats long.

  • Not when you compare it to 30 like Kerry.

  • she could extend again yet, you never know :)

  • Ah no, definatly. Just didnt realise each contract would last probably around 11 months. Well at least Alexia's good. ha

  • is dianne definately leaving next year then?

  • damn homegirl held out those last notesx

  • The audio never does her justice, but if you're still unsure about her, listen to how long she holds those notes ;)

    ALEXIA FOREVER!!!! :D <3

  • Just cos you can hold notes for a long time doesn't make you a good singer - in her case she is. Although I think she is totally miscast for the part, she is a great singer.

  • Have you seen her in the show live?

  • Yes.

  • Fair enough then! :D

  • scootyscoot4, why do you think she's mis cast?

  • omg alexia ....... :D so amazing

  • Singing quiet good... but her acting... not for me.

  • how can you judge that fairly from an audio?

  • I saw her twice ;) Before and after her break.

  • and she REALLY holds the notes - WAI, DG and NGD was just phenomenal last night! EVERYBODY: get down there and watch her!!!

  • WAI TEEEEEEEAM was the best i've ever heard it.

  • she was sooooo amazing last night! this audio does it NOOO justice.... her meeeee was just incredible.... WOW WOW WOW

    u/s dr. dillamond was really good (sean) - brought back chchchchclinda - which was nice :D

  • I KNOW RIGHT. Obvs I was at the front but wtf..she blew out my recorder. I'm not impressed!!!

  • had dr dillamond stopped doing the 'glglglglinda' part then? he cant have, it was a subplot of the show!!

  • stoller (+ most americans) kind of go kklinda, as opposed to andy chchchchchlinda - which sean brought back.

  • who played dr dillamond last summer?

  • Andy Mace (in London)

  • i saw him. i cant differentiate between them....who is sean and when is stoller back?

  • Wow - listen to how long she holds her 'me'. Her control is impeccable. She's absolutely amazing.

  • Yes. Yes. Yes. She is!!! More Alexia love, yay!

  • Where is the picture from?

  • on the website.

  • eh, she's alright

  • You really have to be there. The power in her voice is incredible. I had to turn it down on the recording because it was really distorted from her power.

  • Was this the Evening? if it was i was there! love it!

  • It was :D

    Ash was on for the matinee.

  • Did you go to both????

  • I just relised she like didnt growl here at all ! apart from the look which siunds brill shes has improved so much ! :D

  • She doesn't growl anyway, it's usually just the quality of the recorder and alexia's voice.

    But yes she has improved :D (although she was pretty damn fantastic before anyway!)

  • Shes holding her mee down long woohoo :D shes amaizng !

  • Yesss, she's been doing that since she came back :D

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