Rank "Evita" Recordings
Rank "Evita" Recordings
#1Rank "Evita" Recordings
Posted: 2/3/14 at 11:45am
EVITA performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Julie Covington
2. Patti LuPone
3. Elaine Paige
4. Madonna
CHE performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Mandy Patinkin
2. Antonio Banderas
3. Colm Wilkinson
4. David Essex
JUAN PERON performances from favorite to least favorite:
- In this case I love them all (Paul Jones, Joss Ackland, Bob Gunton and Jonathan Pryce) equally.
MAGALDI performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Mark Syers
2. Jimmy Nail
3. Mark Ryan
4. Tony Christie
ORCHESTRATIONS from favorite to least favorite:
1. The Film Soundtrack
2. The 1976 Concept Album
3. The 1979 Broadway Recording
4. The 1978 London Recording
oasisjeff
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/07
#7Rank
Posted: 2/3/14 at 12:56pm
EVITA performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Julie Covington
2. Paloma San Basilio
3. Elaine Paige
4. Patti LuPone
CHE performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Colm Wilkinson
2. David Essex
3. Patxi Anton
4. Antonio Banderas
JUAN PERON performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Joss Ackland
2. Bob Gunton
3. Michael Cerveris
4. Tony Landa
MAGALDI performances from favorite to least favorite:
1. Mark Syers
2. Mark Ryan
3. Max Von Essen
4. Jimmy Nail
ORCHESTRATIONS from favorite to least favorite:
1. The 1978 London Recording
2. The 1980 Madrid Recording
3. The 1979 Broadway Recording
4. The 1976 Concept Album
Updated On: 2/3/14 at 12:56 PM
Emma White
Featured Actor Joined: 2/11/13
#8Rank
Posted: 2/3/14 at 1:06pm
Elena Roger and Patti LuPone are just floating around the top of this list alternating spots as number 1.
Then Julie Covington and Elaine Paige are hanging out at the bottom, alternating spots as least favourite.
And then there's Madonna who is sometimes my favourite thing ever and sometimes I hate her in the role. Good acting, bad singing.
Juan Peron:
1. Michael Cerveris
2. Bob Gunton
3. Jonathan Pryce
Che:
1. Mandy Patinkin
2. Mandy Patinkin
3. Mandy Patinkin
4. Colm Wilkinson
"Nice is different than good."
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#16Rank
Posted: 2/3/14 at 2:58pm
Patti LuPone is the only Evita for me. I actually saw the film before getting the OBC Recording , and thought the it was a mediocre show that received way to much hype. However, after hearing Patti, I started listing to the score more closely, and found some good things in the score (the only ALW show I feel is actually good enough to be ON Broadway).
I was looking forward to the revival recording, but was sorely disappointed, the new orchestrations were a guise for smaller orchestra and I HATED Elena's accent. She sings quite well, but she's always Elena. And the end of RAINBOW HIGH? What was that note? Evita needs to be able to belt nth extremely high and low notes.
Patti however, became Eva in the role. The only problem with her recording is that RAINBOW HIGH is much to slow. When she did it live - wow, what an electric performance!
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#17Rank
Posted: 2/3/14 at 3:49pm
1. Patti LuPone and the OBC
2. everything else
^This.
Also, I prefer the tempos on the OBC. I know they were originally a bit slower on the concept recording and a lot of productions, including the recent revival, have followed that example but having listened to the American Premiere recording so many times it always sounds soooo slow to me in the original tempos. I think it got too fast near the end of Patti's run when she shaved something like 30 seconds off of "Rainbow High," but the tempos on the recording are just fine. My only complaint about the recording is that Patti doesn't go up on "star quality" for the end of both "Buenos Aires" and "Rainbow High," but I suspect that was Webber wanting it to be recorded the way it was written and not the way she chose to sing it each night. I find it a bit amusing that he eventually rewrote the end of the song to be belted for the revival.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
Emma White
Featured Actor Joined: 2/11/13
#22Rank
Posted: 2/3/14 at 6:15pm
@ emlodik: I LOVE YOUR PALOMA SAN BASILIO AVATAR AS EVITA AVATAR!!
:: TWO THUMBS UP ::
Indeed! She is my favorite, with Elena Roger being close second. I also love Isabel Weiken from the original Austrian cast and Rocio Banquells from the original Mexican recording really grew on me recently. At the very least, they're all unique and edgy sounding, unlike those two generic pop princess "Wicked" expatriates they got sharing the role in the current US tour.
"But your despicable class is dead! Look who they are calling for now!"
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#23Rank
Posted: 2/3/14 at 10:16pmThe Madonna recording is pretty rank. Gone are the thrilling high notes in A New Argentina. Madonna sounds more tired than inspired in this song.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#24Rank
Posted: 2/4/14 at 10:35pm
I'm really only familiar with the OBC and the Roger/Martin recent revival recordings but Patti/Patinkin take it home for me. There's so much character to them, to their voices and how they handle the material - they sound like two vipers circling each other, spitting. I find it really thrilling. With Roger/Martin I never get past the feeling that I'm listening to two people whose overriding concern is to sound very, very good, Martin in particular.
Also I have no idea what CarlosAlberto is talking about, Patti is perfectly intelligible. The only line I I've ever had trouble with was "I wanna be a part of BA, Buenos Aires, Big Apple", though I think it's a weird line anyways.
Updated On: 2/4/14 at 10:35 PM
