Wow! Terrific cast, terrific orchestration, and the terrific original production design, which I wish OH WISH I could have had the opportunity to see. This capture is some compensation.
WOW!!! Had no idea this existed! Was sent a link to clips from 04-06 tour with Kathy and Bradley Dean. The biggest disappointment of this tour was being told we would end with a Broadway run fall of 99. We had all original designs. Costume, lighting, scenic! An impossibly raked stage. I always have wondered if Natalie, Raul or Ray would have received nominations. The Waltz was always amazing. Anna Maria Andracain was out Eva alternate! (She had been a Belle on Broadway and was equally amazing.) Thanks for a wonderful trip down memory lane! Love, Eva’s Attaché, Halden Michaels
What a show, what a cast!!! I maybe bias but this was the best production in history. I reckon I still have the letter from the producers about our bdway run being canceled. what a blow! The absolute best time of my life. hands down! love to you halden! -Ange (Peron's Mistress)
@@Angcov2138 you were the best part of this amazing cast. You had me in tears. I saw you the first night of the tour when you opened the production in Detroit. It was breathtaking
3:50 - oh what a circus 10:25 - night of 1000 stars 19:40 - buenos aires 25:25 - good night and thank you 29:10 - the art of the possible 36:25 - id be surprisingly good for you 47:10 - perons latest flame 52:20 - a new argentina 1:02:20 - dont cry for me argentina 1:10:40 high flying adored 1:14:20 rainbow high 1:17:15 rainbow tour 1:25:50 - the money kept rolling in *i will fill in the rest later but I wanted to do my fav songs first
Would you happen to still have your program from that performance, by any chance? If so, I would love it if you were to check it, and share here, the number of musicians (and kinds of instruments they played) in the orchestra pit. They sound very grand yet modern here!
@@michaelwilliamybarra2409 I still have the program from the same L.A. engagement at the Pantages. Saw it twice. Once with Natalie Toro and once with Ana Maria Andricain. Both were excellent. Here's the listing of the orchestra in my Playbill: EVITA Orchestra Kevin Farrell - Musical Director David Thompson - Associate Conductor / Keyboard 1 Shawn Gough - Keyboard 2 David Shoup - Guitar Randall Klitz - Bass Aaron Russell - Drums LOCAL Orchestra Violin - Debra Price; Kimyo Takeya Cello - Ernie Ehrhardt Woodwinds - Steve Kujala; Jim Ercole; Mike Vaccaro Trumpet - Stu Blumberg; Wayne Bergeron Trombone - Andrew Martin French Horn - Nathan Campbell; Paul Stevens Percussion - Wade Cullbreath Keyboards - Carol Anderson; Faith Seetoo Musical Contractor - Brian Miller Like most orchestra listings in Playbills, it's very general and they don't specify the true number of instruments but in general the orchestration used was almost identical to the one used originally on Broadway so what they used then was used here too. It was a fantastic sounding orchestra but I must admit even though I've always been appreciative and always a great fan of orchestration, orchestras like these were standard at the time so looking back now it seems so luxurious compared to today's corner-cutting standards. I'm just glad I took it all in and really appreciated those full orchestras back then. Little did I know that all kinds of tricks would be used these days including completely reorchestrating an entire show (Les Mis) all for the purpose of saving money by cutting musicians and passing it off as an update or a pretentious "chamber orchestra." The new EVITA orchestrations are horrible as well. It's like Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to hammer into our heads that this takes place in Argentina and TANGO TANGO TANGO. Every number is infused with tango-style orchestration. It's terrible. This was so much better.
Do you guys realize how effortlessly Toro is just blazing those high belts? I never knew this existed nor that she'd done the role ever! I saw her 2x as Eponine and always remembered that she'd been someone that never did a mainstage role at Boston Conservatory while there and SHOWED THEM ALL by getting Eponine after graduating. This performance is especially a nice fuck you to that school!
The arrangements for this are something else, probably my favourite from across the show's history! Before hearing the music from from this era of Evita productions, the modern orchestrations always appeared to be quite a sudden shift. I can now see the thread that runs from the original productions and the film, through this millennium period, into the modern revivals.
Raymond Jaramillo McLeod's Peron at the start of A New Argentina honestly took me by surprise. Nobody goes in and expects somebody to take the "Dice are rolling" verse down the octave, but he does it with an impressive, sultry timbre as opposed to sounding forced, all too common for an E2.
LES CUENTO QUE ME FIJE EN GOOGLE . .COMO DIJE ANTERIORMENTE...GRANDE FUE MI SORPRESA... CUANDO SUPE QUIEN ERA ... Y SIN EXAGERAR MIRO TODOS LOS DIAS ESTA SERIES ..PORQUE JUSTAMENTE SOY FANS DE ESTA SERIE DE LA LEY Y EL ORDEN .. LA VERDAD NO PENSE QUE ERA RAUL ESPARZA ME QUEDE HELADA...¡QUE SORPRESA ME DI!!!
I saw this production when it came to Boston and it was fantastic!! It was great to see the original choreography and costumes! And Natalie Toro was wonderful! The tour I saw a few years later was horrible! The orchestrations were so pared down, it sounded like a 5 piece band. I did see the “newer” staged version years later, which I’m not a fan of and find it quite boring. For me, the original staged version with the original orchestrations, choreography and costumes is the only way to see Evita.
SIN DESPRETIGIAR A ANTONIO BANDERAS NI A RICKY MARTIN.. ESTE MUCHACHO QUE FUERZA QUE TIENE PARA EL INTERPRETAR AL CHE GUEVARA LO HACE CON MUCHO RESPETO Y SENTIMIENTOS .. YO NO CONOSCO A RAUL ESPARZA ..PERO SEGURAMENTE LO BUSCARE EN GOOGLE ...NO SE ¿SI A USTED LE PARECERAN??PERO LO HICIERON BIEN PARECIDO... ¡FELICITACIONES SR RAUL ESPARZA ....!YA SABRE DE USTED EN GOOGLE..
Do u think you can make the sound clear if not thank you for this anyways I really appreciate it it was probably hard finding this thank you so much I been looking for the Specific show 🥰
I honestly wasn't a fan either when I saw her in the show. I know now it's because she seemed ill-fitted for the part which to me was owned by Patti LuPone. Not only did Toro look like a little girl, she sounded like one so it was as if they cast a minor in the role, lol. And I just couldn't get past that. Thankfully she really grew on me years later when Iearned to enjoy her performance for what it is and not what I felt it should be. There have been many LuPone clones out there and even those never meet her greatness so what's the point in copying the Godess LuP{one. I appreciate Toro's feisty and comical little Eva these days and wish I had enjoyed her when I actually saw her live on stage. She's phenomenal and is probably the only one I've ever seen or heard that hits every single note effortlessly. Not even La LuPone was able to do that! LuPone will always be the Evita Queen but Toro has earned her place as the Evita Princess! I love her!
Wow! Terrific cast, terrific orchestration, and the terrific original production design, which I wish OH WISH I could have had the opportunity to see. This capture is some compensation.
WOW!!! Had no idea this existed! Was sent a link to clips from 04-06 tour with Kathy and Bradley Dean. The biggest disappointment of this tour was being told we would end with a Broadway run fall of 99. We had all original designs. Costume, lighting, scenic! An impossibly raked stage. I always have wondered if Natalie, Raul or Ray would have received nominations. The Waltz was always amazing. Anna Maria Andracain was out Eva alternate! (She had been a Belle on Broadway and was equally amazing.) Thanks for a wonderful trip down memory lane! Love, Eva’s Attaché, Halden Michaels
What a show, what a cast!!! I maybe bias but this was the best production in history. I reckon I still have the letter from the producers about our bdway run being canceled. what a blow! The absolute best time of my life. hands down! love to you halden! -Ange (Peron's Mistress)
@@Angcov2138 ANGELA!!!!!!!🥰🥰🥰 Wishing you well always!!! Have such fond memories of you and your mom! Love you my friend!!!
@@Angcov2138 you were the best part of this amazing cast. You had me in tears. I saw you the first night of the tour when you opened the production in Detroit. It was breathtaking
3:50 - oh what a circus
10:25 - night of 1000 stars
19:40 - buenos aires
25:25 - good night and thank you
29:10 - the art of the possible
36:25 - id be surprisingly good for you
47:10 - perons latest flame
52:20 - a new argentina
1:02:20 - dont cry for me argentina
1:10:40 high flying adored
1:14:20 rainbow high
1:17:15 rainbow tour
1:25:50 - the money kept rolling in
*i will fill in the rest later but I wanted to do my fav songs first
And then they never did
Wow !!! Glad I found this ! I saw this wonderful production at the Pantages on Los Angeles back in 1999.
Would you happen to still have your program from that performance, by any chance?
If so, I would love it if you were to check it, and share here, the number of musicians (and kinds of instruments they played) in the orchestra pit. They sound very grand yet modern here!
@@michaelwilliamybarra2409 I still have the program from the same L.A. engagement at the Pantages. Saw it twice. Once with Natalie Toro and once with Ana Maria Andricain. Both were excellent. Here's the listing of the orchestra in my Playbill:
EVITA Orchestra
Kevin Farrell - Musical Director
David Thompson - Associate Conductor / Keyboard 1
Shawn Gough - Keyboard 2
David Shoup - Guitar
Randall Klitz - Bass
Aaron Russell - Drums
LOCAL Orchestra
Violin - Debra Price; Kimyo Takeya
Cello - Ernie Ehrhardt
Woodwinds - Steve Kujala; Jim Ercole; Mike Vaccaro
Trumpet - Stu Blumberg; Wayne Bergeron
Trombone - Andrew Martin
French Horn - Nathan Campbell; Paul Stevens
Percussion - Wade Cullbreath
Keyboards - Carol Anderson; Faith Seetoo
Musical Contractor - Brian Miller
Like most orchestra listings in Playbills, it's very general and they don't specify the true number of instruments but in general the orchestration used was almost identical to the one used originally on Broadway so what they used then was used here too. It was a fantastic sounding orchestra but I must admit even though I've always been appreciative and always a great fan of orchestration, orchestras like these were standard at the time so looking back now it seems so luxurious compared to today's corner-cutting standards. I'm just glad I took it all in and really appreciated those full orchestras back then. Little did I know that all kinds of tricks would be used these days including completely reorchestrating an entire show (Les Mis) all for the purpose of saving money by cutting musicians and passing it off as an update or a pretentious "chamber orchestra." The new EVITA orchestrations are horrible as well. It's like Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to hammer into our heads that this takes place in Argentina and TANGO TANGO TANGO. Every number is infused with tango-style orchestration. It's terrible. This was so much better.
Do you guys realize how effortlessly Toro is just blazing those high belts? I never knew this existed nor that she'd done the role ever! I saw her 2x as Eponine and always remembered that she'd been someone that never did a mainstage role at Boston Conservatory while there and SHOWED THEM ALL by getting Eponine after graduating. This performance is especially a nice fuck you to that school!
Thank you thank you thank you! Best production I have seen (and I’ve seen a lot). Raul Esparza is truly captivating.
Natalie Toro and Raul Esparza…wow! Just wow!
The arrangements for this are something else, probably my favourite from across the show's history! Before hearing the music from from this era of Evita productions, the modern orchestrations always appeared to be quite a sudden shift. I can now see the thread that runs from the original productions and the film, through this millennium period, into the modern revivals.
I think the modern orchestrations (and the movie) stayed true to the original Evita concept album instead of the broadway orchestrations
The arrangements for “I’d Be Surprisingly Good for You” hits that sweet spot between the sound of the original and revival.
Thank you! I've been hoping someone would upload this
I saw this in New Orleans. Natalie Toro also did Grizabella and JCS’ Mary at the same theater.
Raymond Jaramillo McLeod's Peron at the start of A New Argentina honestly took me by surprise. Nobody goes in and expects somebody to take the "Dice are rolling" verse down the octave, but he does it with an impressive, sultry timbre as opposed to sounding forced, all too common for an E2.
ADA Barba is that you?
LES CUENTO QUE ME FIJE EN GOOGLE . .COMO DIJE ANTERIORMENTE...GRANDE FUE MI SORPRESA...
CUANDO SUPE QUIEN ERA ...
Y SIN EXAGERAR MIRO TODOS LOS DIAS ESTA SERIES ..PORQUE JUSTAMENTE SOY FANS DE ESTA SERIE DE LA LEY Y EL ORDEN .. LA VERDAD NO PENSE QUE ERA RAUL ESPARZA
ME QUEDE HELADA...¡QUE SORPRESA ME DI!!!
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I saw this production when it came to Boston and it was fantastic!! It was great to see the original choreography and costumes! And Natalie Toro was wonderful! The tour I saw a few years later was horrible! The orchestrations were so pared down, it sounded like a 5 piece band. I did see the “newer” staged version years later, which I’m not a fan of and find it quite boring. For me, the original staged version with the original orchestrations, choreography and costumes is the only way to see Evita.
SIN DESPRETIGIAR A ANTONIO BANDERAS NI A RICKY MARTIN..
ESTE MUCHACHO QUE FUERZA QUE TIENE PARA EL INTERPRETAR AL CHE GUEVARA LO HACE CON MUCHO RESPETO Y SENTIMIENTOS ..
YO NO CONOSCO A RAUL ESPARZA ..PERO SEGURAMENTE LO BUSCARE EN GOOGLE ...NO SE ¿SI A USTED LE PARECERAN??PERO LO HICIERON BIEN PARECIDO...
¡FELICITACIONES SR RAUL ESPARZA ....!YA SABRE DE USTED EN GOOGLE..
Do u think you can make the sound clear if not thank you for this anyways I really appreciate it it was probably hard finding this thank you so much I been looking for the Specific show 🥰
Not a fan of Toro.
I honestly wasn't a fan either when I saw her in the show. I know now it's because she seemed ill-fitted for the part which to me was owned by Patti LuPone. Not only did Toro look like a little girl, she sounded like one so it was as if they cast a minor in the role, lol. And I just couldn't get past that. Thankfully she really grew on me years later when Iearned to enjoy her performance for what it is and not what I felt it should be. There have been many LuPone clones out there and even those never meet her greatness so what's the point in copying the Godess LuP{one. I appreciate Toro's feisty and comical little Eva these days and wish I had enjoyed her when I actually saw her live on stage. She's phenomenal and is probably the only one I've ever seen or heard that hits every single note effortlessly. Not even La LuPone was able to do that! LuPone will always be the Evita Queen but Toro has earned her place as the Evita Princess! I love her!