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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?

TheatreDiva90016

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#26
Posted: 8/9/12 at 12:38pm

No. Try a role that sings AND dances.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#27
Posted: 8/9/12 at 1:39pm

I have seen roles that reach higher. Nonetheless, Evita is definitely a challenging role. I wouldn't say its the hardest ever but its not easy.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#28
Posted: 8/9/12 at 6:13pm

Elena Roger notwithstanding, I'd like to narrow the question down a bit - what's the most challenging part of the score? I would assume it's the octave leap into, "He supports you..." but I'm not a singer at all.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#29
Posted: 8/9/12 at 6:52pm

Yes that theme is hard. Also Rainbow High is pretty difficult as well.

Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#30
Posted: 8/9/12 at 8:58pm

Even though she is too old for the part, I would love to hear Audra McDonald sing Cunegonde.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#31
Posted: 8/9/12 at 9:26pm

Agreed that Rainbow High and A New Argentina have some of the highest vocal parts, but Good Night and Thank You probably also takes tons of practice and focus because of that harmony that sounds like it's off key ..."There is noone, noone at all- never has been, and never will be...". I always think that it's the singer that's off, but seems it's written that way.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#32
Posted: 8/10/12 at 12:50am

Eva can't be harder than Emma.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#33
Posted: 8/10/12 at 1:02am

The new york accent which he uses (which is really strong) can take a toll on ones voice as well as all of the notes he needs to belt.

Is this serious??

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#34
Posted: 8/10/12 at 1:39am

ljay889: Yes I was being serious. I don't know if you saw the show, but Jeremy talks with a thick accent every time he is on stage. It can take a toll on one's voice if they do it 8 times a week.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#35
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:00am

I agree about Diana in NEXT TO NORMAL, but disagree about the Marin comparisons.

Yes Marin has much more vocal technique then Alice, but she mixed/switched into her head voice for much of the score, and used some lower keys. There's nothing wrong with that, but she approached the score in a different manner.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#36
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:14am

The new york accent which he uses (which is really strong) can take a toll on ones voice as well as all of the notes he needs to belt.

Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?

Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#37
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:26pm

Idina-Marin tookk the role going in with the request of tweaking the score a tad to fit her voice. That is knowing your instrument and taking care of yourself. She delivered an amazing performance consistently. That part of the actor's job.

"The new york accent which he uses (which is really strong) can take a toll on ones voice as well as all of the notes he needs to belt."

Let's just say that some of these young kids aren't up to scratch. Anyone see Ebersole in GG? Two different accents, both strong and labor intensive mixed with shrieking, screaming, singing and belting and she performed with a cold. She had no alternate.

Older performers were just brought up differently.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#38
Posted: 8/10/12 at 2:42pm

The only way you can hurt yourself doing the New Yawk accent is if you're really bad at it and you have terrible technique anyway and perhaps strep or gonnorhea of the throat.

I think Eva is probably the hardest to sing because the expectation is that you have to belt the whole score. Of course, you don't. You can negotiate it differently, and still have it be well sung. With Emma, there's not expectation that all of it must be belted.

Lots of people think Eliza Doolittle is one of the most challenging roles vocally, because her speaking and singing at the beginning of the show should be a bit ugly, and become more refined and beautiful as the show goes on.

Updated On: 8/10/12 at 02:42 PM

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#39
Posted: 8/10/12 at 3:21pm

I love Audra, but I think her voice is too heavy for Cunegonde. You need to have a super light and flexible upper register.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#40
Posted: 8/11/12 at 2:40pm

It is probably not the hardest role vocally, but I recently saw a crappy regional production of Legally Blonde. I have to admit Elle Woods is prodably one of the most demanding roles ever written, the only song she is not on stage for is the reprise or Ireland. Add to that fact each scene has a different costume, that she has less 30 seconds to get into each time. Shes got to lead some intense dance numbers. To top it all off she has to hold that not in "So Much Better" for around 20 seconds full belt.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#41
Posted: 8/11/12 at 2:44pm

Let's just say that some of these young kids aren't up to scratch. Anyone see Ebersole in GG? Two different accents, both strong and labor intensive mixed with shrieking, screaming, singing and belting and she performed with a cold. She had no alternate.

Older performers were just brought up differently.

Not to defend Jeremy Jordan, because that New York accent thing is the strangest defense I've ever heard, but I think it's incredibly unfair to say that performers have alternates because they're lazy or don't have a good work ethic.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#42
Posted: 8/11/12 at 3:18pm

I just don't think Jordan's vocal technique is solid all around. You could hear it in the extreme tightness of his voice in Bonnie and Clyde, and you can hear it in Newsies too. However, I'm not arguing necessarily that the dialect he's working in is not difficult, or taxing, but maybe he just doesn't have the technique to approach it the right way.

Oh yeah, and men don't belt.

Men don't even belt.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#43
Posted: 8/11/12 at 4:02pm

Beat me to it about "men belting." Even though your username describes a men's vocal part as "belting"... And I agree about Jordan's texhnique. He slams into some notes harder than Bailey Hanks slams a Chick-fil-A brownie into her mouth. Can't be healthy.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#44
Posted: 8/11/12 at 4:06pm

Wicked1492, I'm always just a little bit embarrassed by my username (hence, my signature), but I went to school with this boy who always referred to himself as a belting baritone, and I just cracked me up.

And holy cow! I just became a Broadway Star! My mom will be so proud!

*slinks away from unnecessary thread deviation*

Men don't even belt.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#45
Posted: 8/11/12 at 5:15pm

It's ok. I'm embarrassed by my user name now too... Ugh. Let's be friends and get through this together.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#46
Posted: 8/11/12 at 6:18pm

Has anyone mentioned Christine in Phantom yet?

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#47
Posted: 5/10/18 at 10:19am

When did Emma Kingston start to sing as Eva? I googled for Emma Kingston but did not find any useful information.

Thanks.

Updated On: 5/10/18 at 10:19 AM

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#48
Posted: 5/10/18 at 10:21am

Reading the first page and half of this thread and the vast majority of the other Evita-related thread has made me really nostalgic of the way this board used to be.

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Updated On: 5/10/18 at 10:21 AM

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#49
Posted: 5/10/18 at 12:53pm

Random throw in on an old thread: Tina is a MUCH more difficult sing. I believe Adrienne Warren sings 25 Tina Turner songs a night and most of them are full. It’s even harder than Janis Joplin.

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Is Evita the hardest role to sing---ever?#50
Posted: 5/10/18 at 1:22pm

Marie Christine is right up there among the toughest. I also think Jane Eyre deserves a mention. Both Audra McDonald and Marla Schaffel deserved Tonys for their respective roles in those shows.

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