Defying Gravity - Alexia Khadime [ 27th May 2009 ]

So bloody amazing.
So powerful she bloody distorts my recorder.
Everyone should stop being so silly and go give her a chance because I'm sure she'll blow your mind.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• alexia
• khadime
• dianne
• pilkington
• wicked
• ashleigh
• gray
• kerry
• ellis
• sarah
• earnshaw

[wickedexpert]

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.

[oatsandsparkles]

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

[pianotom16]

Where does she distort your recorder then?

[oatsandsparkles]

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

[LuluHorseCrazy]

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..

[meganandlucyXD]

Aw, she's actually quite good! She's got a quite high vocal fach, especially as she's in the same range as other actresses who have played Elphaba. Was she quite young here? It could be her voice may not be completely matured ( women's voices don't fully mature until their early 30's usually), because that could also be a reason why her tone is more nasal, because from London performances both Kerry and Rachel have richer more resonant tones, but it could be that Alexia was quite a bit younger?

[drico6t9]

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 :)

[JoshuaAJBower]

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

[matthewparsons1996]

@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.

[matthewparsons1996]

@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 :)

[matthewparsons1996]

@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.

:)

[lovelystrings]

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

[LupinLoverGuitarist]

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

[philphilz0330]

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