I haven't gotten into wicked yet but from what I know I am convinced that when they were writing Elphaba they were just like 'ok let' s write a lot of amazing parts that will sound really awesome' and never thought about the execution and vocal health of their singers.
i’ve noticed that as a general trend in musical theatre over time, with pretty much every new musical as of late putting in cool and impressive vocal stuff that really isn’t sustainable long term.
its still Willemijn for me. Her performances as Elphaba is almost perfect. if not, it IS perfect. Especially the actual musical act on stage cause that one sounds so much better than the video they included here. Her voice just suits the character for some reason. The korean version of the musical is good too.
I really love Willemijn Verkaik! She is so amazing. When she sngs defying grafity live it sounds even better with all the adlips. I wish I could sing like her!!
They did Idina SO DIRTY in this video. Also, Caleb Hyles is a PHENOMENAL singer. I'd definitely suggest listening to more covers from him, old and new!
@CarlyCChapman I agree. I know people criticize her technique, but I’ve heard her sing much better than that even recently. It almost seemed like they were trying to make her look bad compared to the others (I can’t definitively say that was their intent, I was just surprised that was the clip they chose compared to the clips of everyone else)
Willemijn will be my all time fav. As a dutch girl, I`m a huge fan of her. She played that role in 4 languages, Dutch, German, American-English and English-English. Just love her!
@@LegitamateGamingVideos I think emlyn meant that Willemijn did the show both on Broadway and on West End. There are some musicals that are both performed in the US and in the UK where some words and sometimes even sentences are changed to make it make more sense to their respective public. Also the accents come into play
Danna Paola was Elphaba on the mexican production of Wicked and she was only 18 when she played her and she’s also ranked as the best third Elphaba of all time! Mexican Icon✨
@@evan4905 Si quieres podemos escribir en español esperando a que traduzcas todo lo que escribimos y después de que traduzcas y logres comprender los que comentamos recibiremos tu comentario con mucho gusto. Porque así somos los Latino hablantes nos gusta aprender de otras culturas, sus idiomas y tradiciones etc. a diferencia de quienes creen por alguna extraña razón que todos tiene que aprender su idioma porque el no se da el tiempo o simplemente no tiene la capacidad mental de aprender o si quiera tratar. Consejo si miras algún error de alguien que no habla ingles bien o lo escribe mal hazle ver su error y muéstrale la manera correcta de escribir en lugar de burlarte como si el ingles no fuese el único idioma que hablaras. Actitudes así son por las cuales Los Estados unidos son tan mal queridos en todo el mundo, por mi parte no hay odio pero si mucha decepción cada vez que conozco a alguien y me menciona que Toda América tiene mala fama por esto y si esto de América nos incluye a los Mexicanos y latino hablantes también lastimosamente .
@@AJPerez-hz8ru No decían un error en inglés. El comentarista original dijo que Danna Paola estaba "clasificada como la mejor tercera Elphaba de todos los tiempos", lo cual es ridículo. 😂
Willemijn Verkaik is dutch, and idk in dutch most oohhs are really just an o and not an ah or uh. she is, however, a singer first and actor second instead of some of the elphabas who are actors first and singers second. I saw her live (in the Netherlands so not the exact same sound) and she was amazing, there was absolutely no tension to be heard.
I think they chose that version of Idina because, in a lot of instances, that’s how her voice sounds now. People say it’s because she did the role for so long but Jackie Burns has been in the same role for significantly longer than Idina and has maintained a healthy sounding voice. That video of Idina shows what it sounds like when she sings it now!
Yep. Years of bad technique has led to this. I've seen bootlegs of both Idina and Jackie doing What/If, and Jackie sounds so much better. It was after both had played Elphaba, so the role can't be blamed. It's the technique.
I love Idina, but there are far too many videos of her singing so poorly. On this song and the Frozen songs. Like shes “throat singing” and not singing from the diaphragm so its screwing with her throat.
Willemijn 💚 The best Elphaba for me, the one who played the role in 4 countries 3 languages! And I saw her on London, she was phenomenal! But love all the Elphie 💚
Caleb has insane range, does covers in the same vein as Annapantsu so would be great if you could react to him! That's quite an old cover too and I think he's improved quite a lot
Willemijn Verkaik is definitely the best, she’s done much better than that recording. Watch her last performance, no one can beat it! Also, English is her third language after Dutch then German and she has sung in an American and British accent!
Yeah and I - as a vocal coach - disagree to the should ...closed or open vowel is just a question of taste...breath support wise the closed vowel is much easier and less hard to sustain (especially on a tired or sick day). It is less resonant BUT it is also quieter so a valid choice if you decide to not go 10 on the volume meter in the high belt area. She did open it up in a lot of performances...Willemijn that is...she can do it all. Also a tighter sound does not mean that it is automatically uncomfortable or "squeezed" in an unhealthy way...there are distinctions.
@@TheWiseGrif i did keep my playbill. We ended up going to the stage door and had a few of the cast members sign them for us. I’m pretty sure Jessica Vosk was my Elphaba.
@@paigehardin5618 a fantastic Elphaba...i'm actually jealous, because i saw one of the tours, and Jessica took over as Elphaba the week after my city (although the Elphie i saw, Emily Koch, was fabulous as well)
two things 1) I'd love to see you do this for no good deed - it's my favourite song from wicked and there are some brilliant performances (danna paola especially) 2) please say you'll do a cover of defying gravity. please. I would give both legs and an arm for you to do a full cover of it
"No Good Deed" is also my favorite song from this musical. Yay for finding my squad! 🙌 😊 So glad I'm not alone in this since it seems to get less attention than "Defying Gravity" and "The Wizard and I."
So many of my favourites in here. Shoshana, Eden and Willemijn just hit different for me. Each voice adds so much to this song. Please react more to Shoshana, she is incredible.
@@sorellehattori2466 Youre so right! Shes incredible. They all are but I mean the fact she can sing wicked in at least 3 different languages and sound amazing in every one is just crazy.
Right? Me neither😂😂 i'm just chillin hete in my bed at 3 AM and suddenly this comes on and it took me a hot second that this is actually my language 😂😂 I was like " wait i- this is - THIS IS GERMAN?!""😂😂
@@denisepointinger7085 I only knew it existed because when you look for the wicked album on spotify the german one pops up for me first. But I dont think Pia Douwes was Elohaba on the Album. I think it was Willemin (dont know how to write her name)
Hey! shoshana just naturally has the rasp sound, also she’s a soprano so it’s easy for her to hit those notes, she can also do whistle tone you should do a reaction video to her best vocals!
Rachel Tucker is an underrated talent imo. She's soooo good! Could you maybe react to more of her? Her singing Defying Gravity at West End Live 2011 is a really good one!
My favorite actors for Elphaba are Wilemijn Verkaik and Roberta Valentini. Saw both in Germany and they are so good. Also it's so cool to see Pia Douwes. She is a great person. We met her at the stage door after the musical Rebecca, which was soooo good. Love them! 😁🇩🇪
You are one of the few voice teachers that do these "react" videos with an actual purpose. You are not biased and actually offer constructive criticism, along with a discussion of technique. Many others do not even have a teaching or performance background. So, thank you! I am a classical voice/piano/trumpet teacher, but many of my students love musical theatre. We are all subscribing to your channel! 👏👏👏☺☺
Funny story: So I went to see Wicked as one of my first ever musicals, and when it got to this song the singer voice cracked on that one note, wrecked it. And my sibling gasps, and shouts "OH MY GOD SHE BUTCHERED IT!" Said sibling is also the loudest in the family and we were in the second row. I feel so bad for that singer.
@@alemobra5747 It's not all about the money you know... if you're really passionate about something, it can suck when you know you've messed up and- depending on what kind of person you are of course- you can really beat yourself up about this sort of stuff. I'm sure you didn't mean it in a bad way... it's just that it can be hurtful when people assume you only do what you love for the money and fame. I mean, personally, I sing as well and have never cared about that sort of stuff. I sing because I love to do it, and I want to bring joy to other people while doing it... fame's just a perk and money would be helpful, but it's not why I sing. Sorry for the rant lol. Just wanted to show a possible other side to the story :).
That's an old clip of lea at carnegie hall when she was pregnant. She did more recent performances of this like 2-3 yrs ago and it was waaay better. There was one which was outdoor somewhere in UK and it was raining. Her performance there was amazing.
React to more Julie and the phantom songs. Some songs from that show that you haven’t reacted to yet are 1.)unsaid Emily 2.)Bright 3.)wow 4.)The other side of Hollywood 5.)Flying solo 6.)perfect harmony(such a cute song) 7.)stand tall 8.)now or never 9.)I got the music 10.) finally free Plz react to all of these I don’t wanna miss a single one:) 🤞
ive seen pia as didi allen in 2022 in tilburg and willemijn as elphaba somewhere between 2011-2013 in scheveningen and elsa as a young kid ( she voices her in dutch both singing and speach and in german singing) now i listen to frozen in english and willemijn played elphaba over 2000 times in 3 langueses and 4 countrys and 5 productions, now she is going to play elsa in frozen in germany
love how the german one (pia? the thrid one!) acutally sang "fängt mich ein" for the "bring me down" bit, which translates to "catch me", but the "mich ein" sounds like "me down" which i bet you she was going for because i am still hurting from those terrible german lyrics, they did not only do Idina dirty! 😂
When I heard Regine's clip my jaw DROPPED. I haven't heard that section of the song sung that well and with that balanced of a belt literally ever in my life. She NAILED that 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
4:29 that's Pia Douwes, she is a dutch musical actress and she is also pretty known in Germany and Austria because she's been doing a lot of shows there for like 30 years. Also she's singing in German in this clip :)
Willemijn is amazing she played elphaba in the German and Dutch cast and also played on Broadway and the west end with over 2000+ performances (She played the role of elphaba from 2007 to 2017 )
Did you know that Willemijn at (06:50) played Elphaba in Germany, Holland, New York and London! She and Pia both played in Elizabeth at the same time too! And Willemijn has played Elphaba for over 10 years! And she played Elsa in frozen in 2 languages! And many other things!
@@the_piano_diva i meant as in if i were to tell someone that defying gravity was my fav wicked song, theyd probably say that im basic or "thats SO overrated"
Definitely need to do a best glee songs compilation! Lea Michelle is an amazing singer! Idina Menzel is also on there for a couple of seasons, but there are so many underrated singers from glee!!!
I am so happy that there ist finally one compliation with Willemijn Verkaik. She sung the German (original one) and Dutch Elphaba (for many years) and also in Britain and Amerika (for a short period of time) and she did all three languages so well! I'm a huge Fan of her, she is just amazing.
My husband is not into musicals. When we went to New York I forced him to come along and watch Wicked- I promissed I'd pay for all the cocktails he needed. He had one cocktail and was absolutely smitten with the musical and Lindsay Mendez' performance. It's that good.
I’ve seen wicked 4 times on Broadway and I’d see it again. It’s an amazing show! The actors and actresses are so impressive and the story telling and music is amazing.
I’m actually surprised that Beau Dermott wasn’t in this video. I know she was a kid, but hers is like the most-watched performance of the song on TH-cam.
My favorite Elphaba either has to be Eden Espinosa (That one clip of her wasn't great. She can do WAY better) or Stephanie j. Block. Willemijn Verkaik and Danna Paola are pretty stellar, too, though! Danna just sings is so flawlessly.
Idina sounds so much better live (in person I mean). She did it live in London a few years back (2016 I think) and my mouth stayed opened for the whole concert. She was out of this world, truly better than I could have ever imagined.
I was super lucky to see Jacqueline Hughes play Elphaba on the UK tour and when I say she was flawless, I mean utterly flawless. Every note was unreal and she hit a G#5 in the No Good Deed fiyero riff and my soul left my body
I’ve seen this musical 5 times and it has NEVER not given me chills. Like I cry when I hear this song because everything about it is just so good. The solo, the chorus, Glinda, everything is just UGH 😭
Love that whoever did the compilation included Pia Douwes (4:30) even though she never played Elphaba. She is such an amazing singer (you should hear her in Elisabeth or Rebecca or any other things she did) ! Also, love Willemijn of course 💚
Jemma Rix was Elphaba in the show I watched and she is still my favourite. Her pitch was SPOT ON that night and her tone is so beautiful. I will never forget it.
I grew up playing sports my whole life, in school I was more of a “jock” but I remember in like 2006 I went to see Wicked on Broadway and the next day I signed up for theatre and fell in love with it. I can’t sing anywhere near well enough to be at this point but I’m not terrible though it definitely made high school strange for me rolling with the football, soccer, and basketball team as well as chilling with the theatre kids. To this day Wicked will always have a special place in my heart
You are right... If you haven't seen Wicked in NYC at The Gershwin Theater, there is no way to imagine it. It is so much more than the last 45 seconds of Defying Gravity. Of course you have the skills to make comments on all these various singers. This is first of your videos I have watched.
I’m literally afraid To think how many hours of my short life I’ve spent listening to people belting this last phrase
the answer is: not enough
MOOD
Its okay to be obsessed
YOU’VE JUST DESCRIBED ME
I didn’t come here to be attacked like this my dude 😅😂🤣
I haven't gotten into wicked yet but from what I know I am convinced that when they were writing Elphaba they were just like 'ok let' s write a lot of amazing parts that will sound really awesome' and never thought about the execution and vocal health of their singers.
i’ve noticed that as a general trend in musical theatre over time, with pretty much every new musical as of late putting in cool and impressive vocal stuff that really isn’t sustainable long term.
Yeah I remember seeing a clip when Idina Menzel was first rehearsing the song and struggling to even find places to take a breath in it
We've moved from a classical sound to screaming for almost entire shows in a lot of musical theater.
Can we all just appreciate when Hannah starts singing defying gravity!! It’s so effortless :)
A cover would be cool
Miss Hannah really hit a perfect G#5 while showing us an example of how Defying Gravity is a lot easier for some Elphaba’s. I’m kinda in love ngl
Well not really, she was a bit flat...
@@fcturner she wasn’t trying 😂
Amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️
its still Willemijn for me. Her performances as Elphaba is almost perfect. if not, it IS perfect. Especially the actual musical act on stage cause that one sounds so much better than the video they included here. Her voice just suits the character for some reason. The korean version of the musical is good too.
She looks best in green.
She epitomises the character. She is the character. Her voice is perfect 👌🏼
It's also funny Wicked isn't the only place where Idina and Willemijn share the usa/Netherlands vocal role 😇😇 frozen as well for example
14:11 She’s Danna Paola from the Wicked production in México, she is the youngest Elphaba ,18 years old at that time! pretty impressive for her age
She was also a main-ish character of Élite, a Spanish drama show! I love her so muchhhh
@@laurenhlammers omg yeah i love her
Danna Paola is a queen and I love her as Lu also I did not know she could sing like that
Omg I was so excited to see her
I thought she was italian
I really love Willemijn Verkaik! She is so amazing. When she sngs defying grafity live it sounds even better with all the adlips. I wish I could sing like her!!
They did Idina SO DIRTY in this video.
Also, Caleb Hyles is a PHENOMENAL singer. I'd definitely suggest listening to more covers from him, old and new!
Lol she always sounds like that these days lol
Yes Caleb hyles is amazing beyond belief
Nah...that's called the effects of years of bad technique. That's how she sounds now.
Karina Carr agreed
@CarlyCChapman I agree. I know people criticize her technique, but I’ve heard her sing much better than that even recently. It almost seemed like they were trying to make her look bad compared to the others (I can’t definitively say that was their intent, I was just surprised that was the clip they chose compared to the clips of everyone else)
My throat gets tight literally just listening to these high belts.
Willemijn will be my all time fav. As a dutch girl, I`m a huge fan of her. She played that role in 4 languages, Dutch, German, American-English and English-English. Just love her!
Nobody cares. Stick a fork in 2010 already
american english is the same as english-english except the free cared more about printing prices way back when
@@LegitamateGamingVideos I think emlyn meant that Willemijn did the show both on Broadway and on West End. There are some musicals that are both performed in the US and in the UK where some words and sometimes even sentences are changed to make it make more sense to their respective public. Also the accents come into play
Bloody oath!
She was who I saw live in London in 2013, and she was INCREDIBLE.
I love Willemijin, probably my favourite Elphaba. Also Pia Douwes one of my favourite singers When she plays Mrs Danvers in Rebecca is awesome
Danna Paola was Elphaba on the mexican production of Wicked and she was only 18 when she played her and she’s also ranked as the best third Elphaba of all time! Mexican Icon✨
"ranked" lmao
@@evan4905 Si quieres podemos escribir en español esperando a que traduzcas todo lo que escribimos y después de que traduzcas y logres comprender los que comentamos recibiremos tu comentario con mucho gusto.
Porque así somos los Latino hablantes nos gusta aprender de otras culturas, sus idiomas y tradiciones etc. a diferencia de quienes creen por alguna extraña razón que todos tiene que aprender su idioma porque el no se da el tiempo o simplemente no tiene la capacidad mental de aprender o si quiera tratar.
Consejo si miras algún error de alguien que no habla ingles bien o lo escribe mal hazle ver su error y muéstrale la manera correcta de escribir en lugar de burlarte como si el ingles no fuese el único idioma que hablaras.
Actitudes así son por las cuales Los Estados unidos son tan mal queridos en todo el mundo, por mi parte no hay odio pero si mucha decepción cada vez que conozco a alguien y me menciona que Toda América tiene mala fama por esto y si esto de América nos incluye a los Mexicanos y latino hablantes también lastimosamente .
@@AJPerez-hz8ru No decían un error en inglés. El comentarista original dijo que Danna Paola estaba "clasificada como la mejor tercera Elphaba de todos los tiempos", lo cual es ridículo. 😂
@@AJPerez-hz8ru Bro, que ardido te pusiste tu solo/a 😂😂😂😂😂 Bajale a la inseguridad y rencor
Danna Paola is my queen
Willemijn Verkaik is dutch, and idk in dutch most oohhs are really just an o and not an ah or uh. she is, however, a singer first and actor second instead of some of the elphabas who are actors first and singers second. I saw her live (in the Netherlands so not the exact same sound) and she was amazing, there was absolutely no tension to be heard.
I think they chose that version of Idina because, in a lot of instances, that’s how her voice sounds now. People say it’s because she did the role for so long but Jackie Burns has been in the same role for significantly longer than Idina and has maintained a healthy sounding voice. That video of Idina shows what it sounds like when she sings it now!
Exactly
Yep. Years of bad technique has led to this.
I've seen bootlegs of both Idina and Jackie doing What/If, and Jackie sounds so much better. It was after both had played Elphaba, so the role can't be blamed. It's the technique.
Idina has AWFUL technique
I love Idina, but there are far too many videos of her singing so poorly. On this song and the Frozen songs. Like shes “throat singing” and not singing from the diaphragm so its screwing with her throat.
Have you heared willemijn. She did it for 10 years
lea micheal and chris colfer omggg i love it
Was surprised to see them here idk why lol
Willemijn 💚 The best Elphaba for me, the one who played the role in 4 countries 3 languages! And I saw her on London, she was phenomenal! But love all the Elphie 💚
Yeah, same. All Elphies are great, but my personal favorite is Willemijn
she also dubbed elsa and a few barbie roles.
Fun fact, she is gonna play Jenna in the dutch version of Waitress!
Willemijn's last Defying Gravity is the best EVER.
@@deslvdw2019 Waitress is canceled due to covid :(
Willemijn Verkaik is legit my favorite Elphaba of all time. She's so good!!
Caleb has insane range, does covers in the same vein as Annapantsu so would be great if you could react to him! That's quite an old cover too and I think he's improved quite a lot
YESSS
I would love a reaction to his defying gravity cover with Rebecca Parham
and as of a number of months ago, is taking vocal lessons and improving even more
Agreed!! Guys boost this comment so that she'll react to him!
@@taylorpoirier1765 or a reaction to Anna’s cover of defiying gravity
I just love Mitch Grassi hitting all that while goofing around for the Superfruit Chan on Scott’s birthday
lol Mitch Grassi is just such a queen (and Scott in his wig)
It threw me off to see them in this video lmao
I looked in the comments because I really wanted him in this video haha
I love his version! He is such a Diva!
Mitch does my favorite version of this for sure his voice is beautiful would love to hear him record it
That was hilarious and yet I still got Mitch-slapped by that note!
Willemijn Verkaik is definitely the best, she’s done much better than that recording. Watch her last performance, no one can beat it! Also, English is her third language after Dutch then German and she has sung in an American and British accent!
I am legit hardcore OBSESSED with Willemijn and I'm not sorry.
@@simplystreeptacular Me too!!!
@@simplystreeptacular Me neither. She's absolute class.
@@simplystreeptacular ME TOO OMFG
@@simplystreeptacular She's the best one I've seen live for sure!
I love the fact Hannah just starts screaming about midway through- XD
Just "She could keep that more of an A almost- AHHHHHH-"
This is why i don't like turning her up XD (I really do love Hannah tho, she's lovely)
Yeah and I - as a vocal coach - disagree to the should ...closed or open vowel is just a question of taste...breath support wise the closed vowel is much easier and less hard to sustain (especially on a tired or sick day). It is less resonant BUT it is also quieter so a valid choice if you decide to not go 10 on the volume meter in the high belt area. She did open it up in a lot of performances...Willemijn that is...she can do it all. Also a tighter sound does not mean that it is automatically uncomfortable or "squeezed" in an unhealthy way...there are distinctions.
Love me some German/Dutch representation. Pia Douwes and Willemijn Verkaik are Queens
Pia really said agility in that performance! And Willemijn is always my #1!
Please react to Christopher Jackson in One Last Time from Hamilton 🥺
Yess
She did it !!!😄😄
@@Slightly_Bedraggled Ikr! I loved it TvT
There is a video of Willemijn Verkaik singing the German version of No Good Deed in the rehearsal space. It's amazing.
Here it is! th-cam.com/video/92_iEb6oXHc/w-d-xo.html
@@naturally_roisin That's the one! So fantastic!
My friend and I won tickets to the Wicked lottery on Broadway when we went to New York a few years ago. It was INCREDIBLE!
do you happen to know who your Elphaba was? did you keep the playbill?
@@TheWiseGrif i did keep my playbill. We ended up going to the stage door and had a few of the cast members sign them for us. I’m pretty sure Jessica Vosk was my Elphaba.
@@paigehardin5618 a fantastic Elphaba...i'm actually jealous, because i saw one of the tours, and Jessica took over as Elphaba the week after my city (although the Elphie i saw, Emily Koch, was fabulous as well)
Rachel Tucker is my all time favourite Elphaba! I saw her on the West End as Elphie and she’s was magical 🤩🤩🤩
two things
1) I'd love to see you do this for no good deed - it's my favourite song from wicked and there are some brilliant performances (danna paola especially)
2) please say you'll do a cover of defying gravity. please. I would give both legs and an arm for you to do a full cover of it
Yessss, Danna is just speechless in no good deed!
"No Good Deed" is also my favorite song from this musical. Yay for finding my squad! 🙌 😊 So glad I'm not alone in this since it seems to get less attention than "Defying Gravity" and "The Wizard and I."
@@vocalnerd my favorite are Loathing and For Good. So, basically the entire trajectory of their friendship.
Willemijn Verkaik!!!
Shoshanna Bean is the iconic Elphie! Her rasp is inherent! Gorgeous! one of my fav elphabas!
So many of my favourites in here. Shoshana, Eden and Willemijn just hit different for me. Each voice adds so much to this song.
Please react more to Shoshana, she is incredible.
YES YES WILLEMIJN IS SO UNDERRATED
ALSO EDEN AND SHO TOO BUT MAN PEOPLE SLEEP ON WILLEMIJN SO MUCH
@@sorellehattori2466 Youre so right! Shes incredible. They all are but I mean the fact she can sing wicked in at least 3 different languages and sound amazing in every one is just crazy.
@@JSandwich13 and for 10 years
@@delibessylvia3 AND IN 2 DIFFERENT ACCENTS IN ENGLISH (AMERICAN AND BRITISH)
Lol, as a German I was so surprised to hear a German performance - didn‘t even know those existed xD
Right? Me neither😂😂 i'm just chillin hete in my bed at 3 AM and suddenly this comes on and it took me a hot second that this is actually my language 😂😂 I was like " wait i- this is - THIS IS GERMAN?!""😂😂
@@denisepointinger7085 I only knew it existed because when you look for the wicked album on spotify the german one pops up for me first. But I dont think Pia Douwes was Elohaba on the Album. I think it was Willemin (dont know how to write her name)
I think this performance was in Tecklenburg and before wicked startet in Germany.
Willemijn is singing the German Cast album
But she’s Dutch lol. There’s two German singing Elphabas and they’re both Dutch which is great lmao
@@brodypenn No one denied that. It's still a german performance cause she sang im german.
We need more Shoshana here.... Just sayin...
Yes we do!!
Absolutely! She’s a freaking *QUEEN!*
I know i totally agree
Love her😭💕
@@honey4501 Bad idea reference????
Hannah your voice is so good wthhhhhh!!! You’re literally the best vocal coach that can actually sing with a good tone and healthy like omgggggggg
BTW, Danna Paola is the one who sang Rapunzel's songs from Tangled in the Latinamerican version
Hannah, sweetie, don't be shy and give us a cover of Defying Gravity
Hey! shoshana just naturally has the rasp sound, also she’s a soprano so it’s easy for her to hit those notes, she can also do whistle tone you should do a reaction video to her best vocals!
Every single one of them is a soprano
@@hollisfortune8791 no actually, they are mezzo-sopranos
Rachel Tucker is an underrated talent imo. She's soooo good! Could you maybe react to more of her? Her singing Defying Gravity at West End Live 2011 is a really good one!
My favorite actors for Elphaba are Wilemijn Verkaik and Roberta Valentini. Saw both in Germany and they are so good. Also it's so cool to see Pia Douwes. She is a great person. We met her at the stage door after the musical Rebecca, which was soooo good. Love them! 😁🇩🇪
I'd love to see you react to Hannah Corneau singing "No Good Deed" it's one of the best performances I've ever seen; her acting is INCREDIBLE
YES YES YES
For Eden Espinosa, some my favourites from her is everything in Tangled the series, granted it isn't live, but she's absolute gold in that show.
omg YESSS i was just about to comment this! 💖
YES!!!!
YASSS I LOVE CASSANDRA ❤❤
Agreed, she sounds amazing as Cassandra
did you know the chris colfer one was with lea michele as well? they are from glee if you haven’t seen in i recommend so much
I was waiting for Lea!
@Ariel Henderson haha
She literally just uploaded a Glee reaction video today!
You are one of the few voice teachers that do these "react" videos with an actual purpose. You are not biased and actually offer constructive criticism, along with a discussion of technique. Many others do not even have a teaching or performance background. So, thank you! I am a classical voice/piano/trumpet teacher, but many of my students love musical theatre. We are all subscribing to your channel! 👏👏👏☺☺
Funny story:
So I went to see Wicked as one of my first ever musicals, and when it got to this song the singer voice cracked on that one note, wrecked it. And my sibling gasps, and shouts "OH MY GOD SHE BUTCHERED IT!"
Said sibling is also the loudest in the family and we were in the second row. I feel so bad for that singer.
Oh honey I’m sure she got paid enough lol
@@alemobra5747 It's not all about the money you know... if you're really passionate about something, it can suck when you know you've messed up and- depending on what kind of person you are of course- you can really beat yourself up about this sort of stuff. I'm sure you didn't mean it in a bad way... it's just that it can be hurtful when people assume you only do what you love for the money and fame. I mean, personally, I sing as well and have never cared about that sort of stuff. I sing because I love to do it, and I want to bring joy to other people while doing it... fame's just a perk and money would be helpful, but it's not why I sing. Sorry for the rant lol. Just wanted to show a possible other side to the story :).
@@le6229 you are 100% right, I didnt mean it that way, and I apologise for how it came across.
@@alemobra5747 it's all good 👍. I get that some things can come across differently to different people... Thx for understanding what I was saying 😊
That’s so rude… who was the singer?
That's an old clip of lea at carnegie hall when she was pregnant. She did more recent performances of this like 2-3 yrs ago and it was waaay better. There was one which was outdoor somewhere in UK and it was raining. Her performance there was amazing.
Fun fact: Danna Paola was the youngest. She was only 18.
React to more Julie and the phantom songs.
Some songs from that show that you haven’t reacted to yet are
1.)unsaid Emily
2.)Bright
3.)wow
4.)The other side of Hollywood
5.)Flying solo
6.)perfect harmony(such a cute song)
7.)stand tall
8.)now or never
9.)I got the music
10.) finally free
Plz react to all of these I don’t wanna miss a single one:) 🤞
Yessss other side of Hollywood
She's seen all of these
th-cam.com/play/PLfN3H_JraVQPfjf5IVMNbW8uUVB5m6ra5.html
Here is the playlist for the julie and the phantom reactions
AND IF IM FLYING SOLO-
sorry.
ive seen pia as didi allen in 2022 in tilburg and willemijn as elphaba somewhere between 2011-2013 in scheveningen and elsa as a young kid ( she voices her in dutch both singing and speach and in german singing) now i listen to frozen in english and willemijn played elphaba over 2000 times in 3 langueses and 4 countrys and 5 productions, now she is going to play elsa in frozen in germany
I fell in love with Alice Fearn's voice when I saw her live last year
Yes I looove her!
Me- Casually watching this
Also me- CHRIS COLFER AHSHOSJWOSNDOWJDKWLNS
love how the german one (pia? the thrid one!) acutally sang "fängt mich ein" for the "bring me down" bit, which translates to "catch me", but the "mich ein" sounds like "me down" which i bet you she was going for because i am still hurting from those terrible german lyrics, they did not only do Idina dirty! 😂
When I heard Regine's clip my jaw DROPPED. I haven't heard that section of the song sung that well and with that balanced of a belt literally ever in my life. She NAILED that 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
💯💯💯
I love it when you stop to talk about it! Technical analysis is what I'm here for.
4:29 that's Pia Douwes, she is a dutch musical actress and she is also pretty known in Germany and Austria because she's been doing a lot of shows there for like 30 years. Also she's singing in German in this clip :)
I believe it was shoshana's last show, so she was probably very emotional that day. even so she did great as always
YESSS I WAS RLY HOPING CHRIS COLFER AND LEA MICHELE WOULD BE IN HERE AND THEY WERE 😩😩
Came to comments just to see if they were 😁
Willemijn is amazing she played elphaba in the German and Dutch cast and also played on Broadway and the west end with over 2000+ performances
(She played the role of elphaba from 2007 to 2017 )
listening to pia again with the old german translations of the song that never made it to the show brings back memories, i kinda like that version xD
Mitch Grassi aye! I love pentatonix and superfruit
i lowkey think willemijn is one of the best elphabas, especially bc she played her in three different languages!!!??? queen
You should definitely react to more videos of Willemijn singing. She's awesome!
Did you know that Willemijn at (06:50) played Elphaba in Germany, Holland, New York and London! She and Pia both played in Elizabeth at the same time too! And Willemijn has played Elphaba for over 10 years! And she played Elsa in frozen in 2 languages! And many other things!
The earbud microphone trying to keep with Hannah's singing tho
I saw Jessica Vosk on broadway a few years ago and she did one of the most amazing renditions of Defying Gravity I have ever seen!
defying gravity might be "basic" or whatever but omg i love it
i will forever sing defying gravity in the shower and no one can stop me >:))
Nobody in all of OZ will ever bring you down
We love to see a musical theatre AND danganronpa fan here
There is NOTHING basic about defying gravity!!!😱🤯😩
@@the_piano_diva i meant as in if i were to tell someone that defying gravity was my fav wicked song, theyd probably say that im basic or "thats SO overrated"
@@sjhddhdhs lol yeah, that makes sense!😂 defying gravity is one of the best Broadway songs ever!!😍😍😭
Willemijn, my Dutch queen. Forever getting goosebumps hearing her sing 💛
Definitely need to do a best glee songs compilation! Lea Michelle is an amazing singer! Idina Menzel is also on there for a couple of seasons, but there are so many underrated singers from glee!!!
the number of times i've watched this compilation (and others) just to obsess over the different riffs...i can't get enough
PLEASE DO THE “NO GOOD DEED FYIERO RIFF COMPARISON!!!”
i got chills right @ 18:00 because of the “i hope your happy” oh my goshh it was so in tuneeeeeee
I am so happy that there ist finally one compliation with Willemijn Verkaik. She sung the German (original one) and Dutch Elphaba (for many years) and also in Britain and Amerika (for a short period of time) and she did all three languages so well! I'm a huge Fan of her, she is just amazing.
Did not expect to see Pia Douwes here. She'll always be the best Elisabeth and a big part of why I started to truly appreciate musicals.
My husband is not into musicals. When we went to New York I forced him to come along and watch Wicked- I promissed I'd pay for all the cocktails he needed. He had one cocktail and was absolutely smitten with the musical and Lindsay Mendez' performance. It's that good.
14:13 Danna Paola was just 18 years old when she was Elphaba in Wicked
Please Check this out.. "NEVER ENOUGH(The Greatest Showman)" by a Filipino girl group 4TH IMPACT Tnx, Happy reacting :)
I'll put the link here : th-cam.com/video/8Bu-CKEjJk0/w-d-xo.html
I’ve seen wicked 4 times on Broadway and I’d see it again. It’s an amazing show! The actors and actresses are so impressive and the story telling and music is amazing.
Its almost 1am and I'm listening to our lovely voice coach SCREAMING into my ears.
What a wonderful night uwu
Part of the human experience
I’m actually surprised that Beau Dermott wasn’t in this video. I know she was a kid, but hers is like the most-watched performance of the song on TH-cam.
You have no idea how long I have been scrolling for a comment mentioning her she was so good in that performance
Absolutely, Beau owns this song now, no contest
My favorite Elphaba either has to be Eden Espinosa (That one clip of her wasn't great. She can do WAY better) or Stephanie j. Block. Willemijn Verkaik and Danna Paola are pretty stellar, too, though! Danna just sings is so flawlessly.
I love you!
Idina sounds so much better live (in person I mean). She did it live in London a few years back (2016 I think) and my mouth stayed opened for the whole concert. She was out of this world, truly better than I could have ever imagined.
I was so surprised to see Pia Douwes in this one! Growing up she was me and my sister's favourite musical actress and she's honestly so talented!
you should do a video on jessica vosk singing no good deed. she is A M A Z I N G.
I scrolled until I saw someone with this comment. Her rendition of The wizard and I gave me fucking goosebumps
Yes, I was hoping to see Jessica in this video.
I think Stephanie J. Block did it amazing every time I saw her, live and recorded. She is fantastic.
Loved this! Can you react to the singing in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2015 Paper Mill Playhouse Production)? They killed it!
I was in the choir of the La Jolla run!!! I want her to review the videos of the show so bad!!
I was super lucky to see Jacqueline Hughes play Elphaba on the UK tour and when I say she was flawless, I mean utterly flawless. Every note was unreal and she hit a G#5 in the No Good Deed fiyero riff and my soul left my body
Mitch. Even if he does look like an avocado.
I’ve seen this musical 5 times and it has NEVER not given me chills. Like I cry when I hear this song because everything about it is just so good. The solo, the chorus, Glinda, everything is just UGH 😭
I absolutely love Danna Paola and everything she does!!!
8:10 That is a Powerful G#5 Mix!!!!! She is so gifted!!!!!!!! 😌😌😌😌😌😌
Love that whoever did the compilation included Pia Douwes (4:30) even though she never played Elphaba. She is such an amazing singer (you should hear her in Elisabeth or Rebecca or any other things she did) ! Also, love Willemijn of course 💚
Jemma Rix was Elphaba in the show I watched and she is still my favourite. Her pitch was SPOT ON that night and her tone is so beautiful. I will never forget it.
OMG DO "WHO SANG SO MUCH BETTER THE BEST" NEXT PLSS
Yes please!
Oooo! Samantha Barks! 😍 Crazy, I think she was only 17 years old when she sang that on I'd Do Anything!
Pls react to Morissette Amon rendition of DEFYING GRAVITY at stages session live💞
Yes, she's on the top of them all.
I just saw you react to Pentatonix " Mad World".
Scott and Mitch have a channel called Superfruit. They did defying gravity.
You should check it out.😊
I’m surprised Kerry Ellis wasn’t among those, she’s one of myfavourite Elphabas
She should have been!!
I saw Wicked on West End when I was living in the UK and Alice Fearn and Sophie Evans were INCREDIBLE
OMG Pia Douwes!! I did not expect to see her. She is so amazing.
I grew up playing sports my whole life, in school I was more of a “jock” but I remember in like 2006 I went to see Wicked on Broadway and the next day I signed up for theatre and fell in love with it. I can’t sing anywhere near well enough to be at this point but I’m not terrible though it definitely made high school strange for me rolling with the football, soccer, and basketball team as well as chilling with the theatre kids. To this day Wicked will always have a special place in my heart
Could you react to Wilemijn Verkai singing No good Deed?
You are right... If you haven't seen Wicked in NYC at The Gershwin Theater, there is no way to imagine it. It is so much more than the last 45 seconds of Defying Gravity. Of course you have the skills to make comments on all these various singers. This is first of your videos I have watched.