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Post by bluesatinsashes on May 30, 2015 21:35:52 GMT
Playlist: The Lass with the Delicate Air (album)
And finally...
Hope you can see them! If anyone else has found other videos of young Julie singing, please post!
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 22:32:23 GMT
Oh I love hearing all these old Julie songs - I do have them all on CD already but I ususlly prefer to listen to Julie's later stuff. I loved the clip of Julie singing for the King - I'd seen the beginning many times before but not the whole thing so thanks for posting it.
Oh btw: the lass with the delicate air isn't technically "young" Julie as it was recorded in 1957 during her run on "My Fair Lady"
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Post by utility_singer on May 30, 2015 23:44:39 GMT
Oh, the Gounod was lovely! I always wanted to sing it but never had the vocal dexterity for that aria.
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Post by bluesatinsashes on May 31, 2015 3:33:33 GMT
Oh I love hearing all these old Julie songs - I do have them all on CD already but I ususlly prefer to listen to Julie's later stuff. I loved the clip of Julie singing for the King - I'd seen the beginning many times before but not the whole thing so thanks for posting it. Oh btw: the lass with the delicate air isn't technically "young" Julie as it was recorded in 1957 during her run on "My Fair Lady" Oh oops! She sounded really young in the lass with the delicate air so I thought she was no more than 20 at the time. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 3:47:36 GMT
Ha! No worries - she does sound young in all these 1950's recordings. Her voice lowers a little by the 1960's then it's a lot lower by the recordings she made in the 1990's (Putting it Together, The King and I, Broadway: Music of Richard Rogers, Broadway: Lyrics of Alan J Lerner, and the most obvious: victor/Victoria on Broadway which she sings almost shockingly too low!)
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Post by clarinetjamie on May 31, 2015 14:01:32 GMT
These are priceless and a treasure trove. She was so good at even a young age. I'm still amazed that she had a 4 octave range. It's really sad that she can no longer sing.
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Post by utility_singer on May 31, 2015 19:42:31 GMT
Ha! No worries - she does sound young in all these 1950's recordings. Her voice lowers a little by the 1960's then it's a lot lower by the recordings she made in the 1990's (Putting it Together, The King and I, Broadway: Music of Richard Rogers, Broadway: Lyrics of Alan J Lerner, and the most obvious: victor/Victoria on Broadway which she sings almost shockingly too low!) This is the norm----as singers age, most voices lose their topmost notes, and gain strength and sonority in their lower registers. There was even a famous operatic soprano (whose name escapes me right now) who extended her career significantly by learning some of the lower mezzo-soprano repertoire. You are correct, though, that the Victor/Victoria role sat MUCH too low in Julie's voice, and that was when she began being plagued with laryngitis, vocal strain, and eventually that led to the tragic surgery. I have some trouble listening to those songs, they just make me too angry. |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2015 20:56:02 GMT
Oh I agree! I mean it was only 1 year earlier that Julie recorded 2 of the best albums of her career (the 2 Broadway ones) where her voice is rich and full but the songs in Victor/Victoria on Broadway just didn't do her voice justice and she sounds raspy most of the time.
Julie doesn't talk much about her voice these days (due to the privacy stuff surrounding the settlement over her botched throat surgery) but I was surprised to hear her recently say (and I think it was on that ABC special with Dianne Sawyer) if she hadn't lost her voice when she did in 1997, that she may not be singing now anyway due to getting older etc. I thought that was interesting (especially to hear Julie saying something NEW which practically never happens)
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Post by indigoblue on Jun 1, 2015 10:37:14 GMT
Wonderful to hear these, and her prodigious talent at such a young age. Thanks so much for posting!
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Jun 24, 2015 1:06:10 GMT
Found another one! She was probably 18 or 19 at the time. Her voice sounded really high then!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 1:12:18 GMT
That's from the Boyfriend, Julie's first Broadway role. She turned 19 the day after its premiere on Broadway so you got the age right!
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Jul 3, 2015 1:21:56 GMT
She sounded fantastic as usual. Was she 15 in this picture (in the video)? She looks much younger, like 12.
Found this from her BBC Radio show in 1950. She just turned 15, I think.
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Post by bluesatinsashes on Jan 23, 2016 2:54:52 GMT
So I finally read Julie's memoir, "Home" (I don't know what took me so long) and she mentioned that she dubbed an animated movie when she was around 16. I didn't think it would be posted on YouTube, but what do you know! As always, Julie's voice never fails to impress us. Enjoy.
Btw, even though I didn't watch the entire movie, it reminds me of Snow White A LOT.
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Post by gothicbutterfly95 on Jan 23, 2016 5:19:15 GMT
Yes the visual style is VERY Snow White.
I wish the entire English version was available somewhere.
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