RAUL ESPARZA in EVITA '99 Opening
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2016
- The opening sequence of "Evita" ("Requiem for Evita"/"Oh What a Circus") in the original Harold Prince-Larry Fuller staging, reproduced by Fuller. National tour, Los Angeles, 1999. Raul Esparza as Che, Natalie Toro as Eva. See Esparza and Toro in "And the Money Kept Rolling In" from the same performance at • RAUL ESPARZA in EVITA ...
God, he was 28. Just a teeny baby, and so unfathomably talented. He played such HUGE roles at such a young age, and just continues to astound. *sits down, breathes into paper bag*
Well. Neither Fidel Castro nor The Gueverra were that much older at their times of Fame.
“Sits down, breathes into a paper bag” at the end of all that killed me😂😂😂😂😂
@@austinragusin5533 aw, thanks! :)
Spoiled. I saw the LA opening with Patinken and LuPone.
@@kskraus2262 me too. 79 or 80 and i have loved mandy since! No one has ever done a better job. Patti and mandy were evita.
The way he turns and drops the line "It's our funeral too" sends me the chills.
Esparza is a Broadway treasure
OMG -- never realized he sang. Have watched and adored him for seasons on SVU as Rafael Barba...what an actor ... and now, what a singer!! Amazine!!!
É por isso que acho que não voltará a Svu. Tem uma brilhante carreira paralela. Diferente dos outros status res da série,que vivem dela e pra ela.
Wow....I've been a big Evita fan since I was in high school, and just discovering this version. Raul Esparza definitely fits this role of Che. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!!!
2:02, wow that look of grieving on point
He is just so PERFECTLY cast here
Currently obsessed with the way he sings "loud"
Also that last "you" ??? Goddamn
He was 28 when he did this performance. My age now ♡ I am so in love with this guy.
A wonderful performance, he positively boils with rage.
I would kill to see him perform this again. Raul Esparza is incredible and I love him 😍😍
I'm in this. I was Raul's understudy.
Bill E D Is this the performance where they resoled his boots?
Is that a real cigar
Dan McCloskey I think the obvious answer to that is, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
I think I saw you, if you played Cupertino CA
@@danmccloskey6207YES!!! Raul would pass it discreetly to me and id drop it in a concealed cup that had a wet sponge on the bottom to help put it out! The burn holes in my pants I wore and the burn scars on my thigh were a dead giveaway!! But he was so enthralling and captivating, even to us on stage, it totally didn’t matter! I happily do it again in a heartbeat! It was a real shame Broadway was cheated out Raul, Ray, Anna Maria, Angela, Tom and of course, Natalie!!!!Angela was just 15/16 playing the mistress. Her VOICE!!! Anna was Alternate and so incredibly wonderful and different than Natalie it kept the show fresh!! RAY, sexiest Perron EVER! Tom’s Magaldi pe4fectly smarmy and oddly sexy!!
Excelente interpretación del Che, la mejor que he visto hasta el momento. Y he visto muchas.
Wow, he is just amazing, fantastic talent this man have 🤩😍
Did anyone else see the Theatre Gone Wrong video on theatremania where Raul talks about how when his boots were re-soled befor a performance during the run and he slipped on the plexiglass around 7:00 when he would have turned upstage and COULD NOT GET UP because he kept sliding and needed to hoist himself up using the coffin and somehow managed to sing the whole time! THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT at 6:26 when he sidesteps the floor, lol! it's in the choreography but in my mind all I can think is "nOPE"
Oh, absolutely.
I loved every bit of him talking through it
What a fantastic performance! The little mirco-expressions, the emphasis on certain lyrics, the very clear characterisation, it's all so compelling. Oh, and of course, a superb voice for the role, and he sounds relaxed and in complete control.
Wonderful to see this performed as it should be.
I fully agree.
I saw this tour back in 1999 with Natalie and Raul. It was freaking amazing as were the two of them.
So happy I was able to see them!
Raul's the first actor who could perform Che with such rawness as David Essex used to in the original London cast. Nowadays those who play Che tend to portray this figure as a romantic, respectful, hell of a good looking fella to whom not even Eva Peron can resist. 🤦
I love Mandy Patinkin just as much as the next guy, but for me, it's Essex, all the way, that is the "true" Che. That said, Esparza is an extremely close second. Esparza's vibrato is giving me chills here, for real.
The late Patxi Andión of the original Spanish-language production in Madrid (opened in December, 1980) fits the bill. Raúl is very good, but Patxi will always be my favorite Che. He could express a world of sarcasm in a one-syllable snarl!
@@maryp6004I've just discovered the Patxi Andión spanish versión, he is amazing and definitely more similar in style to Raúl Esparza than the Antonio Banderas ideal.
[CHE]
O what a circus! O what a show
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Perón
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right
O what an exit! That's how to go
When they're ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Perón
It's quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
We've made the front page of all the world's papers today
But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?
She had her moments-she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying "Eva Perón"
But that's all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
We're all gonna see how she did nothing for years
[CROWD]
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve, salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
[CHE]
You let down your people, Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
That's all they wanted, not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver
Sing you fools! But you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you
Show business kept us all alive
Since 17 October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamour's worn thin
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in
Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas a prima donna's rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didn't say much but she said it loud
And who am I who dares to keep
His head held high while millions weep
Why the exception to the rule
Opportunist, traitor, fool
Or just a man who grew and saw
From seventeen to twenty-four
His country bled, crucified
She's not the only one who's died
Sing you fools! But you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you
[CROWD]
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve, salve regina Perón
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
[THE VOICE OF EVA]
Don't cry for me, Argentina
For I am ordinary, unimportant
And undeserving
Of such attention
Unless we all are-
I think we all are
Ride on my train O my people
And when it's your turn to die, you'll remember
They fired those cannons
Sang lamentations
Not just for Eva
For Argentina
Not just for Eva
For everybody
So share my glory
So share my coffin
So share my glory
So share my coffin
[CHE]
It's our funeral, too
Why is the original staging so satisfying? When all we had was this, we wanted to see something more (well, not me. This was perfect). Now that we've seen more, we go back to this. Why does that happen? I'm not alone in this either. Lots of people adore Prince's original staging and find it mesmerizing and completely satisfying. It evokes things in you and is theatrically thrilling to the max. Attempts at "updating" this musical have fallen flat to me. This is where it's at. I hope this version makes a comeback in the states like it recently did in its world tour which included lucky Singapore and Australia but not the U.S.! Grrr.
One of Prince's greatest stagings.
Agreed. The 2006 London revival (which later transferred to Broadway in 2012) was the worst staging/choreography imaginable.
@@musicaltheatergeek79 If you think the 2006 London revival was dire (which it was) you should have seen the 2019 attempt. There were no ball gowns and diamonds. Evita sang 'Don't Cry For Me' in her underwear.
@
@Johnnysw4 I suppose the 2019 at least confirms that its an opera rather than a musical. Trendy directors and producers keep doing stupid things like that with operas to make them "relevant" and reflect the "Post (Insert latest scandal/crisis) World". Idiots.
I saw this in San Francisco. Raul was wonderful!
sooo jealous.
I saw it in Boston at the Colonial on July 24, 1999. It was a Saturday matinée. I also believe it was the last stop of the tour, which had begun in Detroit the previous November. It was Broadway-bound, but for some reason never made it. (Yes, I remember shit like this.)
Anyway, I was pissed that I got alternate Ana Maria Andricain. I did not like her at all. But Raúl more than made up for it. He was very excellent! That audience loved him. Even gave him the best reception at the end, which I thought was so wrong, since it should go to the title character. It was weird to see him get a wild applause, followed by Andricain who was received politely, to say the least. But you have to give credit where it's due, and Raúl was the best thing about that matinee performance that I saw, the ensemble notwithstanding. I only wish I'd seen the evening show with Natalie Tóro. She sounds exquisite here.
*P.S.* I still have the big booklet I bought that features moments from the show and trivia about the Peróns, including the macabre journey concerning her preserved corpse. It's still in good condition albeit a little worn (i.e., it's been loved).
Musicaltheatergeek I went to see Phantom of the Opera the main actor playing Phantom could not perform and his replacement was announced a lot of people in the audience was so rude, they booed and carried on. However at the end of the night the replacement got a standing ovation. LOL. Audiences can be weird at times. Though it sounds great that you got to see Raul perform live. He sounds great in this.
@@rosiesummer2711 I saw Wicked in SF with the Elphaba understudy, and that girl knocked it out of the park.
I could be very happy to see the original staging/choreography/ physical production and be very happy.
Damn damn damn damn damn, Raul!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Raul has an amazing voice he is gifted with good looks and talents 💕
As a giod Che should. The last time I saw the show, it was a with a Che who'd come second on some TV talent show. He was too busy trying to remember how to sing to actually act.
What an amazing version. Every syllable enunciated, with real meaning. Fantastic
Best Che performance there's been. Brilliant.
I love the original staging so much! I would do terrible things to see or perform it!
I just saw my old friend Raul in Oliver at City Center, funny how this popped up in my TH-cam feed. I hope is he well, we met while he was touring in this show, and yes he was fantastic and continues to knock it out of the park every chance he gets.
Raul you are an amazing actor with an amazing voice…sooo handsome 😍
His amazing talent goes far beyond that beautiful voice. This guy is special.
i couldn't possibly thank you enough for uploading this, holy shit
+Valeria Ricci
Glad you liked it!
aurora spiderwoman do you by any chance have the entire recording of this?
Raul just rocked my world...his interpretation and vocals are the absolute best rendition I've ever seen of this number...do you have any more of this production?
Yes, more to come soon.
aurora spiderwoman YASSSS thank ya Jesus!
Please do...this fellow is does one of the best Che's I've ever seen.
Raúl is unbelievable!!!!!! incredible!!!!
I know. I've never seen the likes of him. sooo sexy
I love you Raul Esparza ❤
I saw the original cast twice...Patti was truly amazing...but I would have loved to have seen Raul in this role over Mandy. Truly one of the most mesmerizing musicals ever written.
So am I the only one who think Esparza would make an amazing Hamilton?
Eduardo Flores Burr. The singing parts are better.
He's more of a rock singer than a rapper
I think he's versatile enough to be a fantastic Hamilton!
Think he could sing anything
He would make an even better Aaron Burr.
this is awesome - love Raul and Evita is one of my favourite performances, didn't know he'd done this.
He looks so rough and edgy and then his voice was softer than angel's kisses. I was so surprised.
Thoroughly entertained by this!!! I loved the over the top-ness! Lol! #VivaRaul!
Raul was so gooood! Thank you aurora spiderwoman for posting such rare videos that I wouldn't be able to see!!
Expressions of appreciation are very much appreciated.
This staging was a beautiful attempt to market for more Latin audiences, as the Latin explosion recently occurred in American media. I believe this was one of the first major productions that cast Latino actors as Che and Eva. Would love to see this staging again!
Wow this is stunningly good ❤
GODDAMN. He's exquisite
If only i could sing like him.
Such a beautiful interpretation. Wish I could see it, but Iam from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ,so that we lacked the opportunity. I love Raul Esparza as an actor, singer. Also a handsome man.
He is the Che above all Ches, thank you!
glad you enjoyed it!
There is no Che above Mandy
..... but love Raul
Ugh those guitars during Requiem sound so epic!
It would have to be a powerhouse like Esparza to match Patinkin when he debuted this role and one the Tony.
Wow before he was on Law and Order SVU, what a talent.
Talented af! He SINGS & acts--- tells the story......his level of complexity is so good!!!!i wonder if he ever did it in Spanish?
Such a handsome man with extraordinary talent. 😍
#raulEsparza,,Bravo,,Met him @Broadway'sEvent in NYC dancing to Luis Miguel "Reloj",what a pleasure and kind #QueVivaCuba,,Lesley
🙏🏽🙏🏽 this is so much better than the broadway revival😍💗
Bravo Raúl Esparza, eres el mejor 😍
Pleasee upload more of this show! 🙏
Just in case you haven't seen this th-cam.com/video/HXz6HlHCYPM/w-d-xo.html
Awesome
I like the three ladies at the end... they were good.
incredible
Beautifully sung English as a second language! Extremely impressive, intensive as hell! Kudos to this Latino singer!
Eugenio Luis ? I thought he was raised completely bilingual.
Raúl Esparza was born in Delaware and raised in Miami.
Wgen hecsyarted, I thoughtnhis vouce was too light, but I'm glad I watched the whole thing. That sheer fury was perfect.
he will always be amazing
WOW! A ROCK 'N' ROLL CHE,! GO FOR RAUL! 🙂
Such and incredible staging of a musical. I always wondered how the film screen made it’s way upstage. You could never tell from older videos. Are those mirrors in the wings of the stage?
He is telling a story.
Fuck!!! Standing ovation!!!!
Mind blown!!!
This is great, as is "The Money Kept Rolling In." Any chance you have more of Natalie Toro as Eva? I did a show with her back in the Pleistocene era; her talent is magnificent and under utilized. Anyway, Aurora, your videos are amazing. I have gained SUCH JOY in these last 4 ...largely scary, joyless months... visiting your page and enjoying the education. You rock! Thank you, Thank You, and once again, THANK YOU!
How nice of you---so glad you are enjoying the site, and thanks for letting me know.
I was fortunate to see Natalie Toro in the tour of In The Heights. I wept the entire time. How beautiful and talented she is!
This CHE reminds me the Adam Family
❤
Raul rocks!
the cuban cigar is so heavy handed i love it
Barba?...OBJECTION!
Yasss ADA Barba!
I saw this cast IN Sf. Do you have any other video of it besides the 2?
WOW he's much better than Ricky Martin!
Personally Ricky Martin, to me, is the worst Che. He's so unexpressive and innocent sounding, and the lyrics are so strong and rage filled he just didn't fit the role.
But Raul Esparza perfectly captured Chè's anger and rage, and his vibrato was wayyy stronger than Ricky's.
I mean, anyone
I mean, anyone
who isn't?
Tbh, I think anyone would be better than Ricky Martin.
Can I ask where you got this recording?
HAY POR DIOS ME DIO ESCALOFRIO....ESTE ACTOR...QUE PARECIDO ES AL CHE GUEVARA ...SIN DESPRESTIGIAR..A ANTONIO BANDERAS NI RICKY MARTIN...
PERO ESTE ACTOR YO NO LO CONOZCO NO SE QUIENES ESTE ACTOR PERO LA VERDAD ¡QUE BIEN HIZO EL PAPEL DE CHE GUEVARA...
FELICITACIONES . SR RAUL ESPARZA.
¡DIOS MIO QUE ESCALOFRIO ME DIO ...CUANDO BUSQUE ¿QUIEN ERA EN ACTOR QUE HACIA DEL CHE ...??
¿QUIEN ERA EN REALIDAD RAUL ESPARZA.?? Y HAY ESTABA RAUL ESPARZA EN LA LEY Y EL ORDEN ...YO ME DIJE QUE TONTA VEO TODOS LOS DIAS LA LEY Y EL ORDEN
Y NO ME DI CUENTA QUE ERA EL MISMITO...CON RAZON LE SALIO TAN BIEN...
¡FELICITACIONES SR RAUL ESPERZA ..!!!!NO LO SOLO YO ME ASOMBRARE SOBRE ESTE SEŃOR,,
LOS QUE SE ENTERAN AHORA TAMBIEN. SALUDOS..A TODOS
Raul and Mandy are my 2 favorite Ches
I think I now have a new favorite
Here's a question for the Evita fans out there. I am trying to identify the film footage used at the beginning of this clip. The main part is from Circus Cavalcade, However, it looks like the section where the soundtrack disintegrates might be from a different film (the scene with the ho9rses galloping down the hill). Can anyone identify where this film comes from?
Raul was the best, no doubt. Mandy beats him only vocally. Raul brought the flame to Che’s character.
Raul is really good. He portrayed the role more like the original production than Antonio Banderas did in the as an Everyman observer. Still like Mandy better.
I would like to see Mandy . Raúl said he was pretty intimidated by the thought of stepping into his ( hopefully properly souled) boots.
I find it aggravating that they bypassed all of Broadway and picked Banderas for the movie, but then wasn’t Madonna the executive producer?
Oh what a circus, oh what a show
Argentina has gone to town
Over the death of an actress called Eva Peron
We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right
Oh what an exit, that's how to go
When they're ringing your curtain down
Demand to be buried like Eva Peron
It's quite a sunset
And good for the country in a roundabout way
We've made the front page of all the world's papers today
But who is this Santa Evita?
Why all this howling, hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?
She had her moments, she had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Casa Rosada crying, "Eva Peron"
But that's all gone now
As soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
We're all gonna see and how, she did nothing for years
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
Hail, oh queen, mother of mercy
Our life, sweetness, and hope
Hail, hail, oh queen
To you we cry, exiled sons of Eve
To you we sigh, mourning and weeping
Oh clement, oh loving one
You let down your people Evita
You were supposed to have been immortal
That's all they wanted, not much to ask for
But in the end you could not deliver
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
And she's not coming back to you
Show business kept us all alive
Since seventeen October 1945
But the star has gone, the glamour's worn thin
That's a pretty bad state for a state to be in
Instead of government we had a stage
Instead of ideas, a prima donna's rage
Instead of help we were given a crowd
She didn't say much, but she said it loud
Sing you fools, but you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your queen is dead, your king is through
She's not coming back to you
Salve regina mater misericordiae
Vita dulcedo et spes nostra
Salve salve regina Peron
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
O clemens o pia
Don't cry for me Argentina
For I am ordinary, unimportant
And undeserving of such attention
Unless we all are, I think we all are
So share my glory, so share my coffin
So share my glory, so share my coffin
It's our funeral too
Do you have high flying adored?
Is that really the actress playing Eva in the coffin or is it a dummy? I feel embarrassed, but I can't tell!
Julie Sánchez it's a dummy. ;) That's the actress playing Eva at the end with the solo.
I was wondering the exact same thing!
BARBA??????
Gran fiscal en UV y excelente cantante y muy guapo ❤
Yeah. He was mostly a Broadway guy before SVU XD
I saw an interview with him where he said his mother told him he wasn’t ALLOWED to play Che because his parents knew the man and he was a horrible, evil person! Glad he didn’t listen to her.
Che, Che, ..
ADA Barba is that you?
Che Gueverra?
Raul always had that half-dead look 😅😆
Mandy Patinkin was a great Che but Raul Esparza gives an equally impassioned performance with more of a latin feeling but
Mandy beats him vocally, however.
barba from law and order
Hermosa actuación pero... Eva Duarte y el Dr. Guevara nunca se conocieron.
¡Estás siendo demasiado literal! Tampoco se conocen en el musical. Ché en *Evita* es simplemente el narrador/crítico de su vida/acciones. Sin embargo, Ché era un joven bajo el régimen peronista. Su familia era de clase media y fueron críticos de cómo gobernaban los Perón.
Always like this particular song--more for Its 'social-philosophical' Hypocrisy, as Its counter-point. Che--the Communist Revolutionary--whose OWN Hands were far more 'dirtier and blooded' in Reality's Fact, than Evita's--the Woman whom he 'mocks'. Slick--male vs female 'equality'?
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Raúl has a beautiful voice; however, Antonio Banderas brought a passion and sarcasm to the role as his voice delivered a tone of incredulously beautiful mockery for the revered 'Santa Evita"❗
I loved him in company, but this is Mandy's role.
So there should never be another production of EVITA ever?
@@bbofun amen!! Hahah!
@@jordoncarnegie1206 glad he don't live next door to me when he's had a bad day at the office all jokes aside I love him xx
Antonio Banderas forever
Esparza is sexy but i do not like his performance
No! no! no!
Is it me or will AOC become the new Eva Peron?
Bitch! Dangerous jade!
In what sense?
Probably just you.
NMA-T Indoubt Eva Peron has AOC’s clinical questioning skills when facing corrupt Trump administration snakes.
@@Qacc6 I'd love to see her disinfrachise the fat cats at Mierda Lago!
Nope