@MelosAntropon Agreed. She is a beautiful broadway soprano; but does she match up to the likes of Dessay, Damrau, and Jo? Hell no. She does make it rather funny and kitschy.
@rekupp She's a very light soprano- She can hit all the notes in Queen of the Night but it doesn't match her voice at all... but this performance was golden :)
@ethalinia No she cannot. She sounds very strained on notes past C6, there is no way she could ever do Der Holle Roche. She has imitated it in her song 'The Girl in 14G' but it was sung an octave down. Hardly impressive.
@rekupp She absolutely CAN and has hit those notes. She's done it on stage during a performance or two of Wicked. You can find evidence of it on Youtube. The woman is phenominal. Now...she DOES have a very shrill voice but it is of no strain to her.
Okay, to the people hating on Cheno: until you can star in one of the most famous musicals on broadway during our generation- Wicked- hit a high e flat without breaking a sweat, and get applause that trumps that of the President, then I just don't want to hear it.
@littlestarlettegirl so basically what you're saying is that we cant state opinions about people unless we accomplish what they have accomplished? So by your logic we couldnt complain about the president unless we we managed to become a president ourselves.
@Crazygingerfreak I never said her pitch was off. There is a dramatic color change when she starts doing the coloratura cadenzas/runs (Ha hahah hahaha, etc.). She is a good broadway soprano, but this piece is definitely not her forte, when compared to the likes of Jo, Damrau, and Dessay.
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Barbara Cook still shows how to do it. You don't need to overplay the "jokes". I think we "get it' without all the underlining. She makes it "all about her", rather than the character and the song itself. Too bad that she wants to upstage the material.
@AndrewRudin Barbara Cook is vocally better, but I don't think the overdoing is Kristin's fault, the whole show is like that. There's a really cheap Donald Trump joke in Auto-da-fé.
I admire Kristin so much for this! I mean, her voice is just so amazing! It always blows me away how she can hit that E flat above the staff with such ease and make it totally comedic to boot! <3
I must say, I love her version of the song because she makes it her own. She has such a different take on the song, and I love it. I've heard many other performers sing this song and I think they are all fantastic, but there is something about Kristin that makes me love this more then others. No disrespect to anyone who isn't a big fan, I just think Kristin has so much fun. I might just be a little biased since I'm in musical theater, but I feel showmenship is just as important as the singing
For those complaining about the crowd not laughing at her… Can you like watch the video to the end.. Hear that applause.. that is ridiculous. Well she deserves it :D She is kinda AMAZING
This is the first time I've heard her sing, but it's obvious from her performance she has real comedic skills to go with her brilliant voice. You can't learn to get big laughs (especially if the crowd is a bit stuffy) like that, unless you've got a great sense of humour, and a natural ability ( and willingness) to be a clown. I love her!
I think she sings this better than anyone I ever heard, but I could do with just a little less clowning around. Maybe I'm wrong, though. June Anderson is pretty lugubrious by comparison--and I don't think she sings it as well, either.
@LearningCurve9 Well it wouldn't really if in the play if she didn't clown around.... granted, she does kind of milk it, but I don't really think she would be doing that if it was a more serious production. And I agree, she is an AMAZING singer!!!
@LearningCurve9 I agree completely. I couldn't find the word to describe June's performance but lugubrious fits. Considering it was a satire to begin with and the original concept for the libretto was to make it a more comical operetta, Chenoweth does this perfectly. In different performances she hams it up a bit more, but generally she does a good job of the stark irony of the situation and the humor.
I love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love heeeeeeeeeeer!!!!!!!!! She is so amazingly talented!
I love opera and musical theatre performers like Kristin Chenoweth. It's one thing to have a great singing voice, but to be able to sing in character makes for a really enjoyable performance.
Kristen is amazing and you have to appreciate anyone that can do opera and musical theatre and do them both amazingly. For those people bashing classically trained singers you should try and sing a role in an opera then you can maybe give out your opinion.
Her coloratura is spot on, and no, she does not sound like a canary in pain above C6. She plays Cunegonde as light and fluffy, with a touch of psycho, and it's great. A little purposeful ugliness within a performance is way more interesting than constant bel canto prettiness. It's sad when some classically trained snobs can't appreciate that musical theatre people can pull off what they, as such serious opera people, train so dililgently for.
@aalg4c I knew she was classically trained, but because she does musical theatre, many people in the opera community find fault with her technique just for that. I don't - I think she's awesome! She would totally kill "Der Hölle Rache"! (Heck, she does the hard part of it in "Girl in 14G").
@mkdivajaime that'd make sense. I suppose it depends which ones you talk to, i love coloratura soprano's because they're amazing pretty much, people are odd.. haha
@mkdivajaime Don't call bel canto lame or boring or uninteresting, just cuz people singing are mediocre and say they were schooled in bel canto. Maria Callas, Lauri-Volpi, Eva Turner, Zeani, Ponselle, Rossi-Lemeni, etc, etc are certainly anything but uninteresting or boring. [But, yes... yes... I know what you mean]
@mkdivajaime I don't agree, and I think you are rather arrogant to assume that criticism of her comes from snobbery. I prefer classically proficient singers performing this, but the UK National Theatre version was sung by a Broadway-style singer and it didn't sound half so unpleasant.
@mkdivajaime couldnt agree more. You put it perfectly! she pulls off the opera in character and with beautiful note and a true operatic tessitura but lets that amzing personality of hers shine through too which makes her performance 1000 times more interesting than some arrogant diva who thinks too much of herself to stray at all from what is written and perform beautifully but stilted with noooooo personality. Yawn. I would rather watch Cheno any day! :)
my house is surrounded by dogs. so one day when they wouldn't stop barking i played this w/ the windows open. when she hit that really high note, all the dogs that were barking quit barking and haven't really barked since. i love her voice and thanks for posting the vid
@skitscuddlydoo To you, maybe she does. But a student in the second or third year of a performing arts degree in a good conservatoire would be making a better sound than this. She gets away with being mediocre through showmanship.
@Kavafy Well i can personally tell you that coming from the cincinnati college conservatory of music, which is annually ranked top 3 in the nation every year, that she is anything but mediocre and has in fact come and taught a masters class here. So you are incorrect in saying that a second or third year student in a good conservatoire would be making a better sound.
@fireballoh09 Well, I'm sure there has to be at least ONE person who sounds better in their second or third year of college. But I have to agree that she is so far from mediocre that's it's just unquestionable.
@Kavafy She's hardly vocally mediocre. Obviously you just dislike the timbre of her voice. She handles what she's got masterfully. And the fact that she can have that much showmanship all the while singing that well is a miracle. You don't get the notoriety she has with a 'mediocre' voice. Give her at least a little more credit and stop being so pretentious.
@skitscuddlydoo Since we're trying to argue by mind-reading, I'd say that "obviously" you're just annoyed because I've criticised a singer you like. I dislike her sound because she's doing it wrong. That's my opinion. Deal with it.
@1066anglophile OK, well at the risk of being flamed, I'll say that I have two big dislikes about this performance. 1. Dramatic and off-putting shift in vocal colour whenever she goes into coloratura register. Her voice suddenly goes squeaky. 2. Over-the-top interpretation. I prefer something a bit more subtle, where the singer trusts the material more and doesn't feel the need to add to it!
Can she be any more awesome? She is the best in the field she enjoys and she has A lot of fun doing it. I am sure it won't go any more awesome than that. But knowing Kristin - she can suprise us with more and more awesomeness!
Can I just say this Kristen chenoweth is one of if not the best performers in the world. I voice like that and yet she has enuf creativity too be extremely entertaining. Can I please be Kristen Chenoweth in my next life?
Critics, critics everywhere, but you just try what this performer has done with this song! Lenny would have been enthralled!!! I know that I was and will continue to be so.
Haha, I've seen the concert DVD and Chenoweth is just STUNNING! :D
But I hate her tho! XD such a barbie bitch and sooo arrogant in private life. <.<
And the audience was lucky, that Lupone didnt start a riot, cuz she didnt get an important role. haha, or if someone took fotos. XD (like in roses turn - Gipsy) <3
@HSBDeafToOurPrayers Listen to Barbara Cook or Madeleine Kahn, then. Kristen is in the top 5, but she clowns too much and doesn't trust the material. But Babs blows the roof off the place...even if I think it's about the last good thing she did. Kahn is terrific, funny and charming.
Most people think the hard bit of this number are the high notes. No! Sure they require a find technique. The real challenge is the change in tempi and where the solo part is intentionallly away from the orchestral score. This is probably the single hardest song in the coloratura repertoire.
Chenoweth not only displays great musicianship, vocal technique but is a comic genius. All that goes together to make this an incredible performance.
@donaldrose I completely agree. What's even harder is that that happens during the "haha" section with requires incredible breath control and staccato technique that many coloraturas do not possess. My friend was learning this and we were using an instrumental background we found and she was so confused when the orchestra shifted away. Then on top of that, there are some high E-flats thrown in there to make it even harder. Oh and the singer does this for 5 and 1/2 minutes....
she so small and such a big voice wauw!
goldenlockie 2 days ago
To everyone who commented about the conductor turning around: Marin Alsop is a SHE.
DatBugler 2 days ago
This was so wonderful, I Love Kristin Chenoweth; she's perfect in this!
KalahariKAri 5 days ago
As I've read time and time again in comments here people making this mistake, I'd like to point out that Marin Alsop, the conductor, is a woman.
eduardodu86 1 week ago
Uhuhuhuhuh... PEARLS.
Daphnegirl93 2 weeks ago
This exemplifies exactly why Candide should remain in the Musical Theatre canon and not the self important opera form.
aavauxhall 2 weeks ago
How could ANYONE dislike this???
MelonJMusic 4 weeks ago
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Simplysw33t4you 1 month ago
Edward Cullen:
Glitter and be Gay
meeee46 1 month ago 4
I am a lifelong musician, and hold two degrees in music, theory and voice (honors graduate in voice). My take:
Her technique is STAGGERING.
Her comedic instincts and timing are first rate.
Her voice, while beautiful, is rather thin.
Note that this is not a complaint, merely an objective view. Bottom line: A helluva talented woman.
MelosAntropon 2 months ago in playlist Candide 4
@MelosAntropon Agreed. She is a beautiful broadway soprano; but does she match up to the likes of Dessay, Damrau, and Jo? Hell no. She does make it rather funny and kitschy.
rekupp 1 month ago
@rekupp She's a very light soprano- She can hit all the notes in Queen of the Night but it doesn't match her voice at all... but this performance was golden :)
ethalinia 1 month ago
@ethalinia No she cannot. She sounds very strained on notes past C6, there is no way she could ever do Der Holle Roche. She has imitated it in her song 'The Girl in 14G' but it was sung an octave down. Hardly impressive.
rekupp 1 month ago
@rekupp She absolutely CAN and has hit those notes. She's done it on stage during a performance or two of Wicked. You can find evidence of it on Youtube. The woman is phenominal. Now...she DOES have a very shrill voice but it is of no strain to her.
MelonJMusic 4 weeks ago
i love diane damrau's Queen of the Night aria.. but this is amazing too
gymini29 2 months ago
Don't know where this is from but love it lol
CoreyCanadian 3 months ago
Kristin Chenoweth is seriously amazing... how does she hit those notes? she makes it look easy
mayaastor89 3 months ago 3
"Paris.... Fraaaaaaancccccccce." I love her.
cocokrispiis712 3 months ago 4
Bahaha Patti <3
Abberssssssss 3 months ago
Okay, to the people hating on Cheno: until you can star in one of the most famous musicals on broadway during our generation- Wicked- hit a high e flat without breaking a sweat, and get applause that trumps that of the President, then I just don't want to hear it.
littlestarlettegirl 3 months ago 2
@littlestarlettegirl so basically what you're saying is that we cant state opinions about people unless we accomplish what they have accomplished? So by your logic we couldnt complain about the president unless we we managed to become a president ourselves.
mtakenM 2 months ago
24 people tried to sing MY SONG. They need to go.
bibliophilecb 3 months ago
BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
ianislavus 3 months ago in playlist Leonard Bernstein
i would've enjoyed that more if i hadn't just watched diana damrau own it.
iminyourhead100 3 months ago
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How can you say that!!!!!! Diana is awful next to Kristen! She is the master of comic timing and the notes she throws out are truely epic!
Crazygingerfreak 3 months ago
@Crazygingerfreak Um, no. This is over the top. Her coloratura is not that good. She sounds like a shrieking harpy anything over a D flat.
rekupp 2 months ago
@rekupp NO FRIKIN WAY!
I dont see how you could possibly think that!
Kristen is pitch perfect always!
Crazygingerfreak 2 months ago
@Crazygingerfreak I never said her pitch was off. There is a dramatic color change when she starts doing the coloratura cadenzas/runs (Ha hahah hahaha, etc.). She is a good broadway soprano, but this piece is definitely not her forte, when compared to the likes of Jo, Damrau, and Dessay.
rekupp 2 months ago
eu vejo esse video o dia todo! ela é muito engraçada e talentosa!
muito boa ela chega muito perto da perfeição ao vivo!
savioalves1234 3 months ago
I only use the word "perfection" to describe 2 people: Barbra Streisand and Kristin Chenoweth!
jcdbrown 4 months ago
@andrewrudin. You mean the director, asked her to overplay the jokes....
mridley6 4 months ago
I love the "I did it!!! Did you see me?" face Kristen makes for the high Eb. So adorable.
Amylasia 4 months ago
patti was getting more applause then kristen was like "yeah.... GO!" :D lol and patti leaves with her head high :D i love this!! :D
NeuwirthFan 4 months ago
one of my favorite versions! She is so so so funny, gorgeous, and a great voice
mayapapaya89 4 months ago
Wow!!...shes so funny!!...amazing voice and charisma
TiANr0ckst4r 5 months ago
She gives me absolute chills.
LittleLotte1410 5 months ago
fraaaaaaaaaaaaance
broadwaybound121492 5 months ago 3
quite nice, but I definitely prefer Diana Damrau's interpretation ... and no, that's not because im German
fritzbespoke 5 months ago 17
@fritzbespoke I agree with you, and I'm not German either. ;)
zflauta92 4 months ago
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Barbara Cook still shows how to do it. You don't need to overplay the "jokes". I think we "get it' without all the underlining. She makes it "all about her", rather than the character and the song itself. Too bad that she wants to upstage the material.
AndrewRudin 5 months ago
@AndrewRudin Barbara Cook is vocally better, but I don't think the overdoing is Kristin's fault, the whole show is like that. There's a really cheap Donald Trump joke in Auto-da-fé.
Cunegonde IS all about her, though.
shanshii 4 months ago
i love kristin, but Dawn Upshaw sings this better
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22 people do not know what a high Eb is...
Broadwaybaby9492 6 months ago
Kristin Chenoweth is the goddess of musical theatre!!!
gothkid2009 6 months ago 2
Check out the channel :) Oh and feel free to send me your videos! I'll check them out :)
BatDee 6 months ago
she both funny and impressive...
kaqcruz03 6 months ago 2
The most amazing part of this, is that she does it all in those heels she's wearing
nblsoccergurl 6 months ago 4
I imagine Lenny from his haven clapping and approving this.
olmaleo 6 months ago
She's beautiful both inside and out! Lenny would have loved this!
YRebBugleman 7 months ago
I admire Kristin so much for this! I mean, her voice is just so amazing! It always blows me away how she can hit that E flat above the staff with such ease and make it totally comedic to boot! <3
horrorlvr12 7 months ago 4
She is the best.
JoelleDunn 7 months ago 3
fraaaance.
hahah!
AClumsySheep 7 months ago
I love how when she hits the high E (E flat?) at the end, the conductor turns around on his podium and looks at her.
TheiKatt 7 months ago 31
@TheiKatt You mean "her podium"? That's Marin Alsop.
moltoallegro19 6 months ago
@TheiKatt Looking at her for cues, man. It's a cadenza
dulkoski 2 months ago
@TheiKatt That would be her podium.
DatBugler 2 months ago
@TheiKatt It's E flat.
gamefreek41795 1 month ago
@TheiKatt It's a cadenza...
rekupp 1 month ago
@TheiKatt hahaha even though that is very funny. I think the conductor turned around to make sure, when he should conduct the rest of the music. ha
gogo245 2 weeks ago 2
she looks so much like cameron diaz
AnimalsAddiction 7 months ago
PEARLS! *Everyone LOLs*
srmelomano 7 months ago 2
AAH I'm singing this! <3
Imagine watching this live?
I mean the whole thing.
Mind you, the only problem is, if I saw Patti Lupone and Kristin Chenoweth on the same stage.. I might just die.
laceyflower 7 months ago 3
AMAZING
huc92 7 months ago
Her outfit! Eh-Mah-Gawsh! I want it!
sparklygirl03 7 months ago
@LittleShopofMusic- Oh my gosh yes. I laugh at that every time I watch this.
bwyfan19 7 months ago
"Here i am in Paris, Fraaannce" comedy gold.
LittleShopofMusic 7 months ago 2
No one puts a smile on my face like Miss Kristen Chenoweth does. =D
cwsmith92 7 months ago
Excellent performance!
I still prefer June Anderson's performance of this great Leonard Bernstein opera.
acts10565 8 months ago
I really can't see how Galinda's "Popular" dress COULD NOT have been highly influenced by this outfit. It's really just too much of a coincidence.
KekoaOnorati 8 months ago
I must say, I love her version of the song because she makes it her own. She has such a different take on the song, and I love it. I've heard many other performers sing this song and I think they are all fantastic, but there is something about Kristin that makes me love this more then others. No disrespect to anyone who isn't a big fan, I just think Kristin has so much fun. I might just be a little biased since I'm in musical theater, but I feel showmenship is just as important as the singing
cruzicalthemusical 8 months ago
She makes it look so easy...
kopjetheemethoning 8 months ago 3
Just keep pushing 9! haha Kristen is amazing!
rst323 8 months ago
is there a proper recording of this song??
supercalifragili1000 8 months ago
Not the best vocal of this song I've ever heard, but by FAR the best performance. Sorry Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau, Dawn Upshaw... Kristin wins.
KirkStapley 8 months ago
if they did a remake of Singin' in the Rain she would be perfect for Lina Lamont (and she could voice herself!!)
adiandreas123 8 months ago
22 people don't know how to glitter and be gay...
holaalohalucky 9 months ago 3
@holaalohalucky Sad day for them, eh? :)
1066anglophile 8 months ago
@zflauta92 oh hell yes. love chenowith but damrau is just... amazing. then again i'm an opera person so i'm a bit biased.
FBL667 9 months ago 2
so amaaaaaaaziiiiing!!!!!!!!
ferrykalos 9 months ago
5:54 to the end is the best
JackSparrow2600 9 months ago
A powerful voice, and a true sense of comedy.
lurgymadness 9 months ago 2
A powerful voice, and, even more to the point - a true sense of comedy.
lurgymadness 9 months ago
amazing
karamilray 9 months ago
For those complaining about the crowd not laughing at her… Can you like watch the video to the end.. Hear that applause.. that is ridiculous. Well she deserves it :D She is kinda AMAZING
Mussso 10 months ago
I would [kill] to see this little gal and NATDES pound it out on the same stage!!!!!
dessay1 10 months ago
This is the first time I've heard her sing, but it's obvious from her performance she has real comedic skills to go with her brilliant voice. You can't learn to get big laughs (especially if the crowd is a bit stuffy) like that, unless you've got a great sense of humour, and a natural ability ( and willingness) to be a clown. I love her!
terrybeaton 10 months ago
Nice song... unfortunate title...
ClareBElsey 10 months ago
Patti LuPone just got out diva-ed. I didn't think that was possible.
theatricalexpression 10 months ago
the way she stares into the camera at 1:26 is scary and hilarious all at the same time!!!!
Red41658 10 months ago
I played Cunegonde in 9th grade and this is my favorites song!
biggestChenofan 10 months ago
úžasné, vtipné...dokonalé...
soffi557 10 months ago
MOOD SWINGGGGGSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
DawnDP26 11 months ago
Only Kristin could say that to PATTI LUPONE
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@thegaythespian if i could give that comment a thumbs up twice i would!
222jazzman 10 months ago
@thegaythespian And Jack McFarland
julesnr2 4 months ago
he dress looks like the one she wears in Wicked when she sings Popular
jadem1122 11 months ago
@jadem1122 ikr!!!! i was just about 2 say that!!!! its a good thing i read the comments first
Red41658 10 months ago
I think she sings this better than anyone I ever heard, but I could do with just a little less clowning around. Maybe I'm wrong, though. June Anderson is pretty lugubrious by comparison--and I don't think she sings it as well, either.
LearningCurve9 11 months ago
@LearningCurve9 Well it wouldn't really if in the play if she didn't clown around.... granted, she does kind of milk it, but I don't really think she would be doing that if it was a more serious production. And I agree, she is an AMAZING singer!!!
lvrboi86 10 months ago
@lvrboi86 a serious production of Candide?! wow, that would suck.
himan87 10 months ago
@LearningCurve9 I agree completely. I couldn't find the word to describe June's performance but lugubrious fits. Considering it was a satire to begin with and the original concept for the libretto was to make it a more comical operetta, Chenoweth does this perfectly. In different performances she hams it up a bit more, but generally she does a good job of the stark irony of the situation and the humor.
Keeane 10 months ago
My song. You go. Kristin cracks me up!!! She's so talented and cute!
crazysquirrel7 11 months ago 25
I love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her i love heeeeeeeeeeer!!!!!!!!! She is so amazingly talented!
emily4thebiglights 11 months ago 5
Patti Lupone needs to scram at the beginning.
Let the princess sing! ♫
TheSanguineOne 11 months ago 3
1:26 best
aaron1728 11 months ago
I wanna be like this in a store when I see something I like!
gluedhand 11 months ago
I love opera and musical theatre performers like Kristin Chenoweth. It's one thing to have a great singing voice, but to be able to sing in character makes for a really enjoyable performance.
Kimokeo15 11 months ago
Kristen is amazing and you have to appreciate anyone that can do opera and musical theatre and do them both amazingly. For those people bashing classically trained singers you should try and sing a role in an opera then you can maybe give out your opinion.
msandor6489 11 months ago
I really want to learn this song after my Spring auditions are over.... I love that woman!! lol The song is also just incredible.
0ThisIsDistivia0 11 months ago
simply A M A Z I N G ........
pocodotpinky 1 year ago
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it blows my fuckin mind OMFG how could people listen to such a shit
therealasdzizz 1 year ago
She obviously has a fabulous voice, but her humor and the joy she puts into her performance make her flippin' amazing!
Sylvesterelle 1 year ago 4
Her coloratura is spot on, and no, she does not sound like a canary in pain above C6. She plays Cunegonde as light and fluffy, with a touch of psycho, and it's great. A little purposeful ugliness within a performance is way more interesting than constant bel canto prettiness. It's sad when some classically trained snobs can't appreciate that musical theatre people can pull off what they, as such serious opera people, train so dililgently for.
mkdivajaime 1 year ago 2
@mkdivajaime she is classically trained, i'd love to hear her sing the queen of the nights first aria. or la carlotta :)
aalg4c 1 year ago
@aalg4c I knew she was classically trained, but because she does musical theatre, many people in the opera community find fault with her technique just for that. I don't - I think she's awesome! She would totally kill "Der Hölle Rache"! (Heck, she does the hard part of it in "Girl in 14G").
mkdivajaime 1 year ago 5
@mkdivajaime that'd make sense. I suppose it depends which ones you talk to, i love coloratura soprano's because they're amazing pretty much, people are odd.. haha
aalg4c 1 year ago
@mkdivajaime Don't call bel canto lame or boring or uninteresting, just cuz people singing are mediocre and say they were schooled in bel canto. Maria Callas, Lauri-Volpi, Eva Turner, Zeani, Ponselle, Rossi-Lemeni, etc, etc are certainly anything but uninteresting or boring. [But, yes... yes... I know what you mean]
AOG93 1 year ago
@mkdivajaime I don't agree, and I think you are rather arrogant to assume that criticism of her comes from snobbery. I prefer classically proficient singers performing this, but the UK National Theatre version was sung by a Broadway-style singer and it didn't sound half so unpleasant.
Kavafy 1 year ago
@mkdivajaime couldnt agree more. You put it perfectly! she pulls off the opera in character and with beautiful note and a true operatic tessitura but lets that amzing personality of hers shine through too which makes her performance 1000 times more interesting than some arrogant diva who thinks too much of herself to stray at all from what is written and perform beautifully but stilted with noooooo personality. Yawn. I would rather watch Cheno any day! :)
emily4thebiglights 11 months ago 5
my house is surrounded by dogs. so one day when they wouldn't stop barking i played this w/ the windows open. when she hit that really high note, all the dogs that were barking quit barking and haven't really barked since. i love her voice and thanks for posting the vid
zac613 1 year ago
Very good ;)
xxxrustxxx 1 year ago
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Not much point being able to sing above top C if it sounds like a canary in pain...
Kavafy 1 year ago
@Kavafy She sounds amazing. Whatever.
skitscuddlydoo 1 year ago
@skitscuddlydoo To you, maybe she does. But a student in the second or third year of a performing arts degree in a good conservatoire would be making a better sound than this. She gets away with being mediocre through showmanship.
Kavafy 1 year ago
@Kavafy Well i can personally tell you that coming from the cincinnati college conservatory of music, which is annually ranked top 3 in the nation every year, that she is anything but mediocre and has in fact come and taught a masters class here. So you are incorrect in saying that a second or third year student in a good conservatoire would be making a better sound.
fireballoh09 1 year ago 5
@fireballoh09 What masterclass? In musical theatre?
Kavafy 1 year ago
@Kavafy no she taught the masterclass to our opera program.
fireballoh09 1 year ago
@fireballoh09 Well, I'm sure there has to be at least ONE person who sounds better in their second or third year of college. But I have to agree that she is so far from mediocre that's it's just unquestionable.
Wagnerlover777 10 months ago
@skitscuddlydoo And for the avoidance of doubt, I meant vocally mediocre.
Kavafy 1 year ago
@Kavafy She's hardly vocally mediocre. Obviously you just dislike the timbre of her voice. She handles what she's got masterfully. And the fact that she can have that much showmanship all the while singing that well is a miracle. You don't get the notoriety she has with a 'mediocre' voice. Give her at least a little more credit and stop being so pretentious.
skitscuddlydoo 9 months ago 2
@skitscuddlydoo Since we're trying to argue by mind-reading, I'd say that "obviously" you're just annoyed because I've criticised a singer you like. I dislike her sound because she's doing it wrong. That's my opinion. Deal with it.
Kavafy 9 months ago
@Kavafy What is she doing wrong in your opinion? Do you prefer a different interpretation or what?
1066anglophile 8 months ago
@1066anglophile OK, well at the risk of being flamed, I'll say that I have two big dislikes about this performance. 1. Dramatic and off-putting shift in vocal colour whenever she goes into coloratura register. Her voice suddenly goes squeaky. 2. Over-the-top interpretation. I prefer something a bit more subtle, where the singer trusts the material more and doesn't feel the need to add to it!
Kavafy 8 months ago
@Kavafy No worries - you're entitled to your own opinion. I think it's just that you found way too many Kristen Chenoweth fans all in one place! :)
1066anglophile 8 months ago
i love her (:
popprincess6253 1 year ago
My song. You go.
hamiltoncarley 1 year ago 3
She is absolutely awesome! That song is F... hard to sing. Thanks so much for this performance.
josroara 1 year ago 3
@josroara actually the highest not is an Eb not and F
tndipinto 1 year ago
i actually got tears in my eyes are her high note at the end, absolutley jaw dropping and amazing!
avenueyay 1 year ago 2
Can she be any more awesome? She is the best in the field she enjoys and she has A lot of fun doing it. I am sure it won't go any more awesome than that. But knowing Kristin - she can suprise us with more and more awesomeness!
trinxikene 1 year ago
no words can truly describe how amazing she is.
Sasszers3 1 year ago 3
My song. You go. (Claps) GO.
Loozer3rz 1 year ago 92
4:10 makes me die every time. She's AMAZING.
CrazyXForiXChan 1 year ago
1:26 is by far the funniest thing ever
retoricalanswers 1 year ago 4
my song. you go.
pinkjaguar12 1 year ago
Wow!
Kailoa36 1 year ago
6:34
meglilly 1 year ago
Once my mum came into my room just on 1:26 ... she burst out laughing and couldn't stop for 15 mins. :)
NewAlive 1 year ago 3
great performance! ...sometimes it sounds like she's on helium though....
natureschild1 1 year ago
Why can't I have pipes like hers?!
But in all honesty she has one of the most beautiful soprano voices I have ever heard.
WE LOVE YOU KRISTEN CHENOWETH!
TheWritingShadow 1 year ago 3
oh yea, i love the sexy English horn....
aaron1728 1 year ago
Is this the most talented woman ever?
myhamsterable 1 year ago 4
I love this woman. Dammit she is a fantastic singer and actress! :)
SuperMurton 1 year ago 2
AMAZING. the best rendition
cleanmyroomforme 1 year ago 2
Incredible,not only the wonderful voice but the acting as well! I love both Ms, Chenoweth and Ms.Lupone!
mpullella26 1 year ago 2
fantastic!
angeladwyermusic 1 year ago
Brilliant!
MachoChacho76 1 year ago
This fierce bitch!!!
calguy85 1 year ago
Can I just say this Kristen chenoweth is one of if not the best performers in the world. I voice like that and yet she has enuf creativity too be extremely entertaining. Can I please be Kristen Chenoweth in my next life?
pentime6 1 year ago 121
@pentime6 Diana Damrau is better. :P
zflauta92 9 months ago 3
Anyone know where I can get this song cause I can't find it on iTunes maybe it's on an album or sumtin!
kevingames08 1 year ago
@jtg10795 Well I know, but she's not that important in that show like Candide or Kristin. :)
ITSnicoNASTY 1 year ago
@ITSnicoNASTY well yeah, those are the real true leads, but lupone still has a big part, but i no exactly what u mean
jtg10795 1 year ago
I never knew she could sing like that. WOW
scenepuppyluv 1 year ago
Critics, critics everywhere, but you just try what this performer has done with this song! Lenny would have been enthralled!!! I know that I was and will continue to be so.
YRebBugleman 1 year ago
Haha, I've seen the concert DVD and Chenoweth is just STUNNING! :D
But I hate her tho! XD such a barbie bitch and sooo arrogant in private life. <.<
And the audience was lucky, that Lupone didnt start a riot, cuz she didnt get an important role. haha, or if someone took fotos. XD (like in roses turn - Gipsy) <3
ITSnicoNASTY 1 year ago
@ITSnicoNASTY actually, Lupone had one of the leads. They just added that little section to be funny
jtg10795 1 year ago
fantastic!!!!!
TheMusetta 1 year ago
Cheno is beyond awesome. She's a force of nature. There aren't enough words to describe her genius.
JuhiSRK 1 year ago 4
for me, she does the best performance of this song ever...just fanstastic!
HSBDeafToOurPrayers 1 year ago
@HSBDeafToOurPrayers Listen to Barbara Cook or Madeleine Kahn, then. Kristen is in the top 5, but she clowns too much and doesn't trust the material. But Babs blows the roof off the place...even if I think it's about the last good thing she did. Kahn is terrific, funny and charming.
rockmedrzaius 1 year ago
Patti Lupone... LuPwned.
gabyz777 1 year ago 3
FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCE
marnozzle 1 year ago 3
Kristen, you are my hero. If only you were ten years younger. :(
BenjaminDLarsen 1 year ago
Most people think the hard bit of this number are the high notes. No! Sure they require a find technique. The real challenge is the change in tempi and where the solo part is intentionallly away from the orchestral score. This is probably the single hardest song in the coloratura repertoire.
Chenoweth not only displays great musicianship, vocal technique but is a comic genius. All that goes together to make this an incredible performance.
donaldrose 1 year ago 2
@donaldrose I completely agree. What's even harder is that that happens during the "haha" section with requires incredible breath control and staccato technique that many coloraturas do not possess. My friend was learning this and we were using an instrumental background we found and she was so confused when the orchestra shifted away. Then on top of that, there are some high E-flats thrown in there to make it even harder. Oh and the singer does this for 5 and 1/2 minutes....
jtg10795 1 year ago
Cette fille est géniale !
Jacktonio 1 year ago