If I loved you from Carousel Hugh Jackman Audra McDonald

[Drovers1girl]

How anyone can think this is not a great redition of this song is beyond me. Being a singer myself, I think Hugh did a fantastic job on this song. The video and sound quality need some work, but as for Hugh's voice...absolutely stunning!! I wish I could sing it with him....it's just that good!!

[Robert4770]

Hugh could be the biggest star on Broadway if he did more shows, God what a talent

[MuscleDaddyCMH]

WHy does anyone think Hugh Jackman can sing. HIs voice is thin and nasal, this needs a real singer like Gordon McRae. Good for Boy from Oz, terrible in anything that calls for a REAL voice.

[stevethepirate78]

@MuscleDaddyCMH Hugh Jackman is a very good singer, technically. You may not like his somewhat nasal tone, but he CAN sing. Singing is technique and training, not just being born with decent pipes.

[shelgr3]

Audra McDonald is the perfect singing actress for many of the greatest roles -- Julie Jordan (she should have gotten the lead instead of the supporting role in the B'way show), Nellie Forbush, Maria in WSS -- but people can't imagine her in those roles just because of her skin color. It's a shame. Our loss.

[vpo2g2]

Jackman shouldn't be allowed in the same zip code as this song.

[IndiexhannahxJones]

brotha can sing? lol hes suprisingly good haha the sound quality is awful though

[Kailoa36]

The sound sucks!

[nancydrew5]

dang i wish I were audra kissing Hugh, he planted one on her. Wow

[cards0486]

Wish this was on DVD like Hugh's OKLAHOMA. He is so perfect for this role.

I love hearing him sing!

[wsp67326]

I wonder how many people realize how this one scene changed the musical theater genre forever. There was never such changes within a single scene with differing sub-songs and recitative interpersed between them. Before this, the standard was a song on its own, nothing in between. This really opened up the world of musical theater.

[absoftitanium]

I call him 'Huge Hack-man', for his total lack of talent. He just goes up on stage and hams it up, and the old women eat it up like oatmeal and raisins. He will never go anywhere, he has no star quality.

Just kidding, he's phenomenal. Just think of Fred Astaire playing Wolverine, or Arnold Schwarzenegger doing a song-and-dance routine.

[moonlightsky31]

@absoftitanium, I was totally about to freak at this comment. and then saw your just kidding and had a calm breath haha.

[pianoboyo]

Hugh Jackman is one of the few 'truely' talented stars in Hollywood today. A REAL all rounder, like they used to be.

[yankeejohn58]

NO WAY that Hugh Jackman and "Julie Jordan" on Broadway would EVER COMPARE Favorably with the Combo of Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones in the ORIGINAL Movie by Rogers & Hammerstein "Carousel"!

[bassobaritono]

No one could touch George London singing this not even MacRae... Jackman sounds like a pop singer versus a real dramatic baritone... not that Jackman doesn't actually sing well.

[vpo2g2]

Stick to the movie with MacRae

[imPathogenic]

wow. i just found out hugh jackman was an amazing singer.

[ThePurpledoc]

Hugh Jackman is one of the most talented and yet underrated entertainers ever. His powerful voice is appropriate for Carnegie Hall. I'd love to hear him in the movie. Gordon MacRae was great, but, Jackman is just as good, given the difference in performance standards between 1956 and 2002!

[RPenta]

@ThePurpledoc The standards of performance? They must have decreased. Jackman keeps singing the roles that MacRae (and Raitt) and others exceled in; sorry he just does not have the chops-and that includes acting to-although I admit that MacRae, Raitt, Alfred Drake and Howard Keel could not have been a better Wolverine.

[hphottie34]

@RPenta wow I see haterade being sip.

[madamerotten]

I like Sting's version of this much better.

[baritonobelcantista]

next

[Erdrick345]

Hugh Jackman can't sing but is great as Wolverine. I imagine he got the role due to his good looks and popularity, but that alone doesn't cut it! Listen to Gordon MacRae in his 1956 film role and you will enjoy a fine voice and fine acting ability.

[itsthequietones]

@Erdrick345 He can't sing?? Dude, he won a Tony Award AND an Olivier Award for his work in two separate musical productions - he got his start in musical theater. I think most of the world would disagree with your assessment of his singing ability! Sounds great to me!

[EnchantedMind0]

If I Loved You one of the greatest american songs ever written, also one of the hardest to perform, he and audra were magnificent

[audiesgirl]

We should start a campaign to have HJ in a video of the full production of Phantom so we can see what might have been had be been available for the movie version. I can't bear to watch Butler massacre the part. If Webber can resurrect Christine from the dead to do Love Never Dies, anything's possible.

[Pattifish]

The song is one of the romantic classics from a timeless musical of all time. I love the original cast.

[TomCrossleyMusic]

I bet one of his influences was Anthony Warlow, a fellow Australian haha! They sing similar!

[scgtlp]

i think they should redo carousel with hugh as billy, like they recorded oklahoma from the 1998 London production and put it on dvd. i know i would def buy it! he's def this generation's gordon macrae! LOVE YOU HUGH!!!!!!!! he has such a classic deep voice.......*sigh*

[Broadwaybaby1384]

Thank you SO much for putting this up! Hugh Jackman would be the most perfect Billy. And WOW what a kiss at the end, made my knees go weak lol!

[RPenta]

@Broadwaybaby1384

I am sorry; as a singer Jackman cannot hang with the immortals: John Raitt, Howard Keel, and most of all Gordon McRae in this role or any other singing role either. It always amazes me that people jump on the bandwagon of the new guy on the block.

[ciroalb3]

@RPenta you're quite right. Wonderful talent, charming, very winning, but vocally it is a stretch at best, he just doesn't have the weight behind the voice needed to do justice to the song.

[lulamidge]

Proper acting and singing at a recital. Gorgeous.

I saw Hugh Jackman in Oklahoma in London years ago and I had no idea who he was but he had so much charisma and personality. He lights up the stage.

[Drovers1girl]

I listen to this over and over and never tire of it. Hugh is amazing.

[blkchk]

Now THAT is a kiss.

[marley01]

amazing

[trilingual28]

Oh that kiss...ooooh that kiss...If I were here I wouldn't be able to pull away!

[bkmac10]

What a lucky b*tch to be able to kiss Mr. Jackman. She fulfilled both my fantasies: singing on Broadway and kissing Hugh.

I love this. This is fantastic! Thank you for posting.

[JillHill7]

WOAH!! Hugh Jackman sure can Kiss a woman well! ^_^

[Sharpefan8]

Maybe I'm just not following everything, but I didn't know he could sing.

[Rodn]

thats a kiss

[musicaltheatrenut]

Do you have Audra's part of "If I Loved You"?  I would love to hear it.

[Drovers1girl]

Hugh is so believable in every role he plays. He is truly blessed as an all around "natural" entertainer. His voice is mesmerizing. His acting is superb. AND!! He's not hard on the eyes!! To add to all of that, he is a wonderful human being, inside and out. A true MAN. All men around the world could learn from him.

[rhomp2002]

I was shocked when I heard him in Oklahoma. He is really very good. He just seems so real in the role, so believable. Besides being pure, unadulterated sex on two legs!! I love how he seems to really like women in his roles, nothing fake about it.

[cdawgisarockstar]

Anne Hatheway has an amazing voice, and is rumored to be playing Elphaba in the Wicked movie.

[Arctophile2000]

Hugh Jackman and Audra McDonald kissing is the best event that could possibly occur ever.

[goerizal]

the accoustics are terrible.

[blkchk]

@goerizal Not the acoustics, it's the recording device. This is Carnegie Hall. Unfortunately this one night performance was not recorded, legally that is :) but I have South Pacific's one night performance and the sound is wonderful.

[SpazzyHazzy]

I really hope they do remake Carousel with Hugh Jackman :D

Supposedly he'd be acting beside Anne Hathaway.

[maracujaronda]

Hugh Jackman really is perfect for this role, but I don't think Anne Hathaway would be the best Julie Jordan.

[ajwox]

@maracujaronda I agree, can Anne Hathaway even sing? She can't hold a candle to Shirly Jones

[TheBohemianTenor]

@ajwox Can she sing?? she sure can! she's classicaly trained soprano, her voice is very beautiful and pure sounding.

[turkeylion]

@ajwox having heard her sing call from the vatican from nine, i will tell you...she can sing....she can SING

[pudgeuncle]

@ajwox Few people alive or dead can hold a candle to Shirley Jones. She should have been a MAJOR musical star instead of mostly being mostly remembered for The Partridge Family. That pure voice and her acting combined....peerless. Hathaway does sing well and acting-wise, she would be a perfect Julie. Personally I hate the show. I thik all of the characters are so unsavory.

[blkchk]

@pudgeuncle Well I must be from a different generation because I remember her for her Oscar winning part in Elmer Gantry AND Carousel...never the Partridge Family.

[BernardProfitendieu]

@pudgeuncle she WAS a major musical star - she was the star of Oklahoma, Carousel and the Music Man - (and then went on to win an Oscar for acting, just for kicks) ...how much bigger do you want?!?

[pudgeuncle]

@maracujaronda Hathaway is perfect for the role You haven't heard her sing have you?

[kennyalancramer]

@pudgeuncle She does not have the voice required for the role... She can sing, but she does not have the training for that role. Jackman is wonderful. I hope he plays Valjean in the upcoming Les Mis film that was annouced today (we'll see if it gets made this time... here's hoping)

[pudgeuncle]

@kennyalancramer For a FILM, she will sound just fine. She has a lovely voice and I sincerely doubt you know the intimate details of her vocal training. She did a wonderful job at Encores in NY.

[royalnt1]

@maracujaronda Hugh's a bit old for it now. Billy is supposed to be late 20's (at the oldest). Hugh is in his early 40's.

[broadwaymaniac92]

@maracujaronda i agree. they'd have fairly decent chemistry maybe but at the end of the day, anne's voice isn't quite up to par to handle a role such as julie

[ohjawillkommen]

@maracujaronda I can easily see Hugh Jackman in this part, but he needs to be less charming. He has this natural charisma that he had as Curly in Oklahoma! that doesn't work as well for characters like Billy Bigelow. That being said, he would definitely be my first choice for Billy Bigelow if Carousel was revived on Broadway. If he can train his voice more, and switch up his acting methods, then he'd be absolutely amazing, I'm convinced of it.

[Riola123]

wie denn, singen kann er auch noch :) !!

[violetcloud]

i dont know if im more jealous of audra or hugh O_O!!

[twinpower90]

Godddd they are beasts!

[sarah07091978]

Great singing, Hugh! And that kiss...WHOA!!!!!!!

[minimegz]

Get your hands off him women! Ha ha.

[Aritul]

Some girls have all the luck!

[sparrowcrazy]

Good but that's not Jackman;) Either that or very bad qulity on video.;P

[minimegz]

It is. Anyone who knows his voice can tell it's him.

[sparrowcrazy]

Well, yeah the vocie fits ok, guess it's the video then;P

[tiernan87]

@sparrowcrazy uh, are you blind and deaf?

[sparrowcrazy]

Uh, no are you living in the stoneage or are you simply not capable of civilized conversations? Do you have to be rude?

[rakshasa7]

Ohhhhh, that KISS! Lucky broad...

[Jenarielxox]

when i was 5 i saw audra in this at lincoln center. I wish i could remember it better. I met her the other day and told her...she was so sweet. What a talented woman.

hugh jackman is flawless.

[Misty15big]

You are soooo lucky! i would give anything to meet her :) she seem like such an awesome person

[Jenarielxox]

I hope you do one day!! She was soooo nice. I was really happy. She was with her boyfriend Will Swenson and it was amazing to meet them :) haha

[machinegunvibrato]

ORGASMIC

[onenightonly759]

She did not play julie...

[blkchk]

You're right, she played Carrie Snow. My mistake. Still wish they had taped this Broadcast tho the way they did for South Pacific.

[blkchk]

I love this as sung by Shirley Jones (of the patridge Family) and Gordon McRae in themovie version. Still my favorite.

[Juliaflo]

Jan Clayton sang it first.

[blkchk]

In the original play. But I was speaking about the movie.

[Juliaflo]

My bad. I have tendencies to be somewhat of a purist.

[blkchk]

No apologies necessary...I totally understand. But even in the original play/movie, I'll bet no one got kissed like Audra McDonald got kissed by Hugh Jackman, huh? sigh

[ChemicalUber]

OMGGGG I adoreee "If I loved you"!

I first heard this song sung by Charlotte Church and it became one of my favorites, and now listening to it with Hugh Jackman which I admire and like so much! it's heavenly!

Thanks a million for sharing this video!

[CircusFreaksPresents]

Has anyone else heard the rumors about Jackman playing Billy in a remake of Carousel? Supposedly it's going to be in modern times, though. IMDB won't give any info on it unless you upgrade to Pro. D:

[NewWindwolf14]

I have

[Kaileo1]

I think setting it in modern times would be a mistake... what do you think?

[CircusFreaksPresents]

I agree. Though I'm not positive that it's going to be modernized. I hope not. =[

[Kaileo1]

Yup. Altho I wouldn't mind some changes... you know how Moulin Rouge seemed to be in a world of it's own, and almost timeless? Well, if they could make that happen for a remake of Carousel but without all the frenetic energy of M.R. i think that could be ideal. OR, make it especially lush and romantic, like the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice.

[blkchk]

Big mistake. I think some things should be left alone. There was an innocence in Carousel (along with some dark themes too) that just doesn't exist in a modern day setting. It ain't broke, so don't fix it, I say.

[Kaileo1]

I never said that it should be modernized. I said that it could be done in styles similar to recent films that were set in the past. Both Moulin Rouge and Pride and Prejudice were NOT modern.

[Kaileo1]

OK, I did a search and apparently Anne Hathaway is being considered for the part of Julie Jordan. She and Jackman had a LOT of chemistry at the Oscars. And some people on this bulletin board want Queen Latifah in the role of Nettie... that would be incredible....

[blackpython]

I don't think it can be modernized, there are far too many time and culture references in the lyrics themselves.

[natavivi]

hmmm i think his voice takes u past the words besides music theather just too much fun

[lskarin]

Does it not occur to anyone that the audio is shitty because of a microphone far away?

Yes - you can say the performances were good from the essentials, but I'll buy the recording.

This is not worth posting other than telling you what you're missing without a proper recording.

[cremolosa]

Thank you so much for posting this!

Ever since I had read that they sang together I was so sad to have missed this wonderful event. Thanks to you I could eventually enjoy it!!! :-D

[TumbleAbout]

wow, hes amazing:)

[GKSchneider]

He is awful - watch Jon Raitt, or even Gordon Macrae, for the anything worth watching.

It is obvious from every clip of his performanes that he is not even nearly in touch with his breath. Why else speed through the best aria in classic music theatre.

[veganWiccan]

Um...maybe because the first section is the recitative, and the second section...oh, wait a minute, the second section(the actual aria) IS slower than the first. Any slower than how it was just done and it would drag BIG time. So, just because a song is called an aria, doesn't mean it has to be sung like a funeral durge. But then, I'm only a classicaly trained singer and actress who's studied and performed music and theater for 22 yrs. So, hey? What do I know?

[chrishot10]

You have know idea what's good and correct singing. I study opera for more than six years in the best conservatory of Athens, Greece, with one of the best teachers we have here and I can tell that this man knows how to sing and control his breath. And if you think I don't know much (besides, I'm not a pro like veganWiccan who definetely knows better than me), well know that my teacher thinks Hugh Jackman is amazing, and she is always very strict when she is to judge a singer...

[Luchino]

You must be kidding. The man has incredible magnetism....here before he grew those steroided Wolverine muscles.

[GKSchneider]

If a person really thinks that this performance is better than Raitt's, they must be deaf.

I can't help but feel that Jackman's acclaim for stage work is tied up in his film career. Though he may give a good performance in terms of his relationship with Julie, as well as with the audience, he does mangle phrases. The music has is also much faster pace than any performance I've ever heard.

It saddens me that a person must boast about their supposed career to make themselves seem important.

[chrishot10]

That's just YOUR opinion. Don't try to make it sound like it represents as all. I'm not deaf, I just love Hugh Jackman's rendition more that anyone else's. Is there a problem with that?

[chrishot10]

Whether you like it or not, Jackman is an acclaimed theatre actor, a Tony, a Drama Desk, a Theatre World Award winner and a nominne for an Olivier Award when he starred in Royal National Theatre's revival of Oklahoma, BEFORE his MOVIE career. Plus an MO Award back in Australia for Beauty & The Beast.

I saw in your profile that you're a singer. Why don't you get over your complex towards mr Jackman and show some respect for his notable career? At least HE has proved to audiences his value...

[GKSchneider]

I understand that he has received numerous awards for playing himself in numerous productions.

Please - listen to the australian Beauty and the Beast cast recording. As I have said, time and time again, he is a talented actor but should learn to support his breath.

And believe me, I don't have a complex towards Hugh Jackman - I like his work. I just feel that he should stay away from repertoire that does not suit him.

[chrishot10]

I've listened to the australian Beauty & the Beast as well as Oklahoma! and The Boy from Oz. I too am a singer, training for opera though, not musical, and I love Jackman's voice. I don't think he has a breathing problem and I think his performance in Carousel is top notch. For me he is ideal for Bigelow and Curly, the way he acts, the sound of his voice, his manly looks. He is imposing on stage. We just have different opinion which is natural when it comes to such subjects as singing.

[Just1Hitch]

Unfortunately the audio is woefully inadequate. If anyone is interested, there are YouTube clips with the original stars, John Raitt and Jan Clayton.

[kassdiamond]

i am sooooooooooooo jealous!! i want to kiss HJ like that!!!

[JuhiSRK]

Hugh gave me chills. Thanks for this. SO want to see him and Anne do this, even if "Carousel" isn't a favorite musical.

[sarah07091978]

YES!!! Hugh and Audra are awesome together.

[studdd22]

Audra did an outstanding job she deserve every tony she has gotten

[treehuggervsvamps]

huh i didnt know he could sing...wow

[coconuttytree]

Way before he got into movies, Hugh graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Notable stage performances include "Beauty and the Beast", "Oklahoma!" and "The Boy from Oz". I was lucky enough to see him as Gaston in B&B -- he's just wonderful. Very excited about this remake!

[meredith33333]

*sigh* oh, how I love this......just makes me melt...

I hear that Hugh's working on a remake of this film and trying to get Anne Hathaway to co-star!

[QueenBensley]

Really? That would be amazing! Loved them at the Oscars :)

[tappytb]

wow that would be outstanding!!!! that makes alot of sense!!! thats what he was playing @ this year @ the oscars!!! buttering up to anne hathaway !!! so she will co star in this remake!!! it would be truly beautiful!!! i am rather excited!!!

[meredith33333]

Yes! Let's just keep our fingers crossed that it actually happens! :)

[sk8phan]

I love Anne Hathaway but wouldn't she be a tad bit young opposite Hugh?

[meredith33333]

It's been a long time since I've seen Carousel but I think there's supposed to be an age difference....I could be wrong about that though. She's 27, he's 40, not that much of a difference. Didn't bother me during the Oscars.

[ObediahFults]

Do you know "Carousel"? Of course Julie Jordan is MUCH younger than Billy Bigelow! Julie is 18 in the show, if that...wide-eyed and innocent, easily taken advantage of by the older, more "experienced" cad, Billy. I think Hathaway would be perfect opposite Jackman and I hope I live long enough to see this production become a reality.

[sk8phan]

I have indeed seen Carousel, once on stage and the movie. I just didn't realize there was that much of an age difference. Sorry.

[finny505]

Oh wow! My favourite R&H song sung by my favourite actor - it doesn't get any better than that! You're an absolute star for sharing it with the world, egazeba. Thank you thank you thank you!

[LuneyCorn]

wow --- I mean, I knew he could sing, but that was wonderful

[showtunestarpower]

Beautifully fresh, thrilling and funny. Hugh is the ultimate R&H leading man of today. It's so nice to hear a man's voice on these songs instead of these guys who go up into that falsetto sound. Rodgers would have been very satisfied indeed!

[abo1493]

i have yet to see a production of carousel where billy isn't wearing a striped shirt, and hugh wears it soooooooooooo well : )

and of course, audra...perfection

[bagwalker102]

I am crying like a baby! I love this song!

[cscentrlTV]

Wolverine sings!

[broadwaybound6230]

THE MUSICAL IS BACK. 8DDD

[vintagefish921]

He's a Tony winner. Lol where have you been?

[cscentrlTV]

And he's also the Wolverine of those X-men films.

[vintagefish921]

Well...yeah...

[chrishot10]

wh1048, apparently you know nothing about music and what makes a good voice and a great performance, so leave such things to people who know and it's their profession.

[hermione278]

OMG!!! How'd you record this? I tried to record Brian Stokes Mitchell at Carengie, and one of the ushers saw the light on my camera x_x

[blkchk]

I would have KILLED to see him in South Pacific. As it is, I play the DVD to death!

[SmartStart24]

Eeeh! I love him! :D

[FitandBushy]

Hugh Jackman: proof that there is a God. Perfection! :)

[teri175]

how true

[calanais06]

I absolutely agree - he is so perfect...

[alisadm]

Oh GOD, I'm SOOOOO jealous of Audra right now! *sigh* That was a NOICE kiss!!

[Bmoreviewer]

He's got a great voice! Great voice, great everything! I sat through 3+ hours of the Oscars just to see him.

[danimae1210]

oh my gosh!!!! he sings!!! ahhhhhhhhhh he is offically perfect!

[corvus13]

He got his start outside of Australia in "Oklahoma!" at the Royal National Theatre in London. And he appeared on Broadway in "The Boy from Oz", for which he won a Tony.

[AtLastOnTheGround]

Of course he does : ] Jackman's first love was musical theater, his first big gigs were Gaston in "Beauty and the Beast" and Joe Gillis in "Sunset Boulevard" on Melbourne (the Australian equivalent to Broadway).

He's a real gem of a person.

[carrotjuse]

Magic, just for a moment! Even in a concert performance, Audra and Hugh make it real.

[blackpython]

Lovely! I only wish the video included the first half where Julie sings because Audra is always divine. And I'm going to be immature and to the last 30 seconds of this clips say: GET IT, AUDRA!

[jvcurtis]

Thank you so much!! I was in the audience for this concert and couldn't believe they didn't preserve this!

[Zhagatlentlika]

NICE!

[Crenmagicman]

he sang it well enough....but, i would have liked some words to have been sustained more...

[Megarucci]

Fabulous performance. Hugh's incredible. I have to say, though, that I think the big make-out moment at the end is a bit much for a concert-style performance! Kinda awkward! Strange.

[lauredilian]

OMG.

The voice.

The voice.

*swoon*

[blkchk]

Forget the voice...The KISS, the KISS!!!

major swoon

:)

[meredith33333]

This song is so beautiful it makes my heart ache. It has always made me weep every time I hear it. And to hear Hugh sing it is just more than I can bear.

I think I'll watch it again.... *sigh*

[teri175]

me toooo. I met him in person 7 times at the boy from oz, what a wonderful kind spirit,and he remembered me when I went for the 7th time . I was a real pain, I kept bothering him to talk to me and he got back out of his car to come back and sign his autograph

[calanais06]

Lucky, lucky you!!! I would be thrilled just to be on the same continent... I would just swoon if I saw him!!

[salomeyee]

surprised to see and hear H. Jackman sing!

[cognitogrrl]

Dear GOD that was FINE !! I love Hugh Jackman, but I did NOT know he could sing like that. SAWOOOOON !!!

[renethel]

Hugh Jackman is going to star, as Billy Bigelow, and direct the revival movie adaptation of "Carousel". :)!

[Chriswren9]

CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

[shmoogle14]

NO WAAAAAYYY!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!!

[AngharadHudson]

Carousel is not my favorite musical, but I do love Hugh! Thanks!

[glendonovan]

It will be

[mustriseabove]

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for sharing.

[Buddymom]

This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[Gruntilla]

Ohhhh, he's sooo goooood.