Sondheim teaches 'Later' from A Little Night Music
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I'm sorry but no matter how good of an actor you are, you cannot sing Sondheim. This guy obviously has little classical vocal training, and therefore can't preform the piece close to mediocre. His voice sounds like it's dying.
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@elh666 - Neither I suspect. Can't take direction
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@brth77 sorry but even after three attempts to take the anger out of the "all you ever hear is later Henrik" he cannot do it, he has programmed himself to perform it one way and there is no flexibility, If anything he is too dumb to take any changes on board, A performer who has a sharper character would pick up on what is being said and deliver on the second run not still getting angry on the third.
Not surprised we have not really heard of this performer since.
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"We had everybody carrying an instrument around and it started getting....pretentious."
Tell that to John Doyle.
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@hottieho13 seriously? lol
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lol "a scandanavian breakdown"
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this guy is bad
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I bet he's an actor more than a singer. You can just tell.
Forgive me, but let's agree to disagree. Sondheim pitched that note to show Henrik's discordance with the rest of the world in his frustration. And you should *never* perform something in a way different from what the composer wrote in front of the composer; he'll always correct you, and besides, it's rude.
Oh - and a singer *IS* a musician, thank you very much. We just use a different instument. :-)
rakshasa7 2 years ago 35
This guy was great...i don't understand why people are calling him cocky towards Sondheim. He took direction extremely well and asked questions because he wanted to understand the character more fully. I would rather ask Sondheim questions about a character that he created rather than doing something that I do not understand.
brth77 3 years ago 17