'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' | The Sound of Music Live | Celebrating Audra McDonald’s Birthday

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    Join us in celebrating Audra McDonald's birthday by watching the truly inspirational 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' from The Sound of Music, encouraging people to take every step toward attaining their dreams.
    From The Sound of Music Live (2013): Grammy Award-winning music superstar Carrie Underwood stars in "The Sound of Music Live!" The three-hour telecast of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical classic also features TV and stage star Stephen Moyer as well as Tony Award winners Audra McDonald, Christian Borle and Laura Benanti.
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  • @khfan4life365
    @khfan4life365 Год назад +100

    That wasn’t just Maria crying. Carrie was as well. Audra’s voice is truly amazing.

    • @mariamnasser8807
      @mariamnasser8807 Год назад +3

      I’m not surprised, I’m in awe of her beautiful voice!!!

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад +2

      I never thought of that really. I thought that was more in character of her

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@mariamnasser8807I have been in awe of her singing since Annie

    • @Hatsumeiyo
      @Hatsumeiyo 6 месяцев назад +4

      Exactly, I’d be violently sobbing

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 Месяц назад

      @@manuelorozco7760 Me too. I remember seeing her for the first time in Annie. I was 7 and I thought she had one of the most beautiful singing voice. I had ever heard.

  • @ndrewmarin
    @ndrewmarin 2 года назад +162

    Prob the best performance from this production! Her voice is a miracle

    • @PaulGoodeK
      @PaulGoodeK Год назад

      Brilliant. At the time, there was much bed wetting over alleged reverse racism-as delusional then as the fretting over “wokeness” (whatever that is) is today.

    • @ktfitz4604
      @ktfitz4604 6 месяцев назад +1

      She impresses every time!

    • @lynnlRDR-RDR2
      @lynnlRDR-RDR2 4 месяца назад +2

      I know I wish she was in this more. I watched this when it first was aired on tv

    • @charliedrosario999
      @charliedrosario999 3 месяца назад

      Why don't you write your words properly

    • @Kurt77777
      @Kurt77777 2 месяца назад +2

      Probably not. Actually, definitely not.

  • @queenfan45
    @queenfan45 Год назад +72

    Carrie totally dropped character and is just clearly in awe.

    • @francoisbessing
      @francoisbessing Год назад +2

      Correct.

    • @vincehilaire720
      @vincehilaire720 Год назад +6

      Carrie looked like she was in tears. With a voice like Audra’s so close, I’d probably be in tears, too.

    • @mariamnasser8807
      @mariamnasser8807 Год назад +1

      @@vincehilaire720 same

    • @colinvanblaricom6573
      @colinvanblaricom6573 Год назад +2

      The only time Carrie actually did a good job "acting" in the musical

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 9 месяцев назад +35

    Notice that Audra starts very simply, each word separate. She slowly builds with each line to a more full vocal expression, until at the end, she is triumphant. Revelatory performance.

  • @LB-oe4hk
    @LB-oe4hk 10 месяцев назад +26

    I remember seeing it live on tv. I stood in my living room watching it speechless and had tears in my eyes when it ended

  • @renewableenergytechnologyt7785
    @renewableenergytechnologyt7785 6 дней назад

    AUDRA MCDONALD! Jeez! The GOAT! Best there ever was. I’m in a puddle of tears all the time I hear her sing! ❤❤

  • @The5thSphinx
    @The5thSphinx Год назад +46

    Simply put - this was extraordinarily SUPREME!!! Audra didn't just sing the words and the notes (as I've heard WAY too many "pros" do), and she didn't just "sing" the meaning.....she DELIVERED it.....on a golden tray!!! BRAVA!!!!!

  • @furbl4345
    @furbl4345 Год назад +49

    Wow, Audra McDonald being a natural soprano totally nailed this song, one of the best renditions for sure. I felt every emotions and her delivery is out of this world. People kept comparing this version to Gaga's live performance at the Oscar, there is really no comparison.

    • @maestromuffin1
      @maestromuffin1 5 месяцев назад +1

      all the great opera sopranos have sung this - and they're great. but for me, the original version form the broadway show with Patricia Newell is the gold standard.

    • @maestromuffin1
      @maestromuffin1 5 месяцев назад +1

      oh, and I love me some Audra!

  • @flowerydaveflowerydave1533
    @flowerydaveflowerydave1533 2 года назад +54

    I stood in my living room and clapped while weeping. Beyond beautiful.

  • @francoisbessing
    @francoisbessing Год назад +17

    The utter release in Audra McDonald's voice is enough to make the hardened heart yield.

  • @cynthiat6505
    @cynthiat6505 2 года назад +32

    Audra MacDonald is my favorite Broadway star!!! Happy Birthday!!!

  • @whittneyl5950
    @whittneyl5950 2 месяца назад +9

    What a storyteller Audra is. Her vocal choices are second to none. In the beginning, her pacing lags and is behind the beat to give a more casual feel. At the climax of the song, she is right on top of the beat which gives the lyrics a feeling of urgency

  • @skycolinregan
    @skycolinregan 2 года назад +45

    YAY!!! This is finally on RUclips!!! Audra McDonald, your empathy simply flows from you when you sing, and it makes my heart feel so seen and heard. You are my role model! Now, excuse me while I dry my tears ❤

  • @lisar915r9
    @lisar915r9 Год назад +35

    I like this version of the song much better than the one in the movie. Here, you can tell that the mother superior was singing this out of love, and wanting the best for Maria.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад +5

      I couldn’t agree more since Peggy Wood’s singing was dubbed

    • @lisar915r9
      @lisar915r9 Месяц назад

      I agree. In the movie the mother superior looked out of the window for most of the song. That version was more stern, as in, I'm the mother superior. Do what I say. In this version, it's sung out of love, and wanting the best for Maria.

  • @jeffreysmith5777
    @jeffreysmith5777 Год назад +19

    Audra’s voice is like nothing else …unreal

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад

      I would pair her and Renee Fleming for a duet

  • @charliepostell5296
    @charliepostell5296 Год назад +10

    The genuine tears in both of their eyes has always made this so much more poignant ♥️

  • @kenmartin1345
    @kenmartin1345 Год назад +7

    Audra made her Broadway debut in the 1994 revival of “Carousel” when she blew everyone away auditioning for the role of Carrie Pipperidge. She simply was the best for the role. The same applied here in 2013. Her “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” was heartfelt and magnificent.

  • @allenjones3130
    @allenjones3130 10 месяцев назад +5

    One of the great voices of musical theatre performing one of the great ballads of musical theatre!

  • @staceymarksings8
    @staceymarksings8 5 месяцев назад +3

    I had forgotten about this one, as I saw it live, watching from Long Island where it was filmed. This is the perfect performance, and one in a lifetime. I will gift it to my 13 year old daughter. In today's world she will need this kind of inspiration to navigate these uncertain times. Climb every mountain, until you find your dreams! Never give up. Such a beautiful and touching performance.

  • @PaulGoodeK
    @PaulGoodeK Год назад +27

    Carrie Underwood looks awed and who can blame her?

  • @romainlefranc3760
    @romainlefranc3760 13 дней назад

    Sublime …des frissons partout ! Quelle voix , quelle présence !

  • @nardo218
    @nardo218 2 года назад +12

    omg this song was written for audra. my life is complete

  • @SymphonyBrahms
    @SymphonyBrahms Год назад +13

    Audra McDonald is a great Broadway star. She has won five Tony awards.

    • @arm1783
      @arm1783 10 месяцев назад +4

      6

  • @tammielynn8273
    @tammielynn8273 Год назад +12

    No other voice can compare.

  • @samuelrovets838
    @samuelrovets838 Месяц назад +1

    I would be crying too if Audra was sing that, to me specifically

  • @annrogers5666
    @annrogers5666 2 года назад +14

    Fantastic. What a voice. 👏🏞🌈

  • @chantalrogers777
    @chantalrogers777 2 года назад +17

    such a beautiful voice!

  • @ShutUpAndLoveMe62
    @ShutUpAndLoveMe62 2 года назад +10

    Audra is just effortless! Loved her in Ragtime and this literally saved this version for me

  • @Martin-es8mb
    @Martin-es8mb Месяц назад

    Carrie Underwood was awesome as Maria never would she imagined being in the classic musical

  • @jpnpl
    @jpnpl Месяц назад

    My parents saw the original BC and I grew up on the album that they purchased afterwards. But no one AT ALL can match Audra. A true tour de force. I cry every time I watch it

  • @manuelorozco7760
    @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад +4

    The best rendition I’ve ever heard! All I can say

  • @samosullivan1744
    @samosullivan1744 2 года назад +9

    Best. Rendition. Ever!!!

  • @jasonmichaelmorgan6207
    @jasonmichaelmorgan6207 6 месяцев назад +2

    Never fails to make me cry. Incredible.

  • @dalehoward3704
    @dalehoward3704 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love this version with Audra McDonald and Carrie Underwood ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @icesk8mike
    @icesk8mike Год назад +7

    Carrie tried so hard not to break character while tearing up

    • @queenfan45
      @queenfan45 4 месяца назад

      I think she did, but is just in such awe it works perfectly

  • @larrymartin7479
    @larrymartin7479 2 месяца назад +1

    Outstanding!!

  • @junebella6392
    @junebella6392 6 месяцев назад +1

    What the
    Heck this woman out did anybody version of this song even the original
    Version .. no one can hold a candle 🕯️ to this woman Golden theater vocal chords

  • @Offwego9876
    @Offwego9876 10 месяцев назад +2

    Carrie was crying because you can't stand that close to Audra belting in your ear without thinking you've died and gone to heaven!

  • @VladSicoe
    @VladSicoe 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a voice.

  • @notarookie1
    @notarookie1 11 месяцев назад +1

    I thank you for Phantom and everything. You helped me rise from my tomb

  • @laminage
    @laminage 8 месяцев назад

    I live in Canada and when I saw her on a Xmas Special singing in New York, I so wished that I was there. I would have cried like a Baby if I heard her sing to me.

  • @juergenb.7965
    @juergenb.7965 3 месяца назад

    Did show the film many times as a projectionist at a cinema, always goose flesh when the credits appear and that song

  • @wolfwind1
    @wolfwind1 9 месяцев назад +2

    A beautiful performance.

  • @mamamaria3324
    @mamamaria3324 7 месяцев назад +1

    So beautiful!! I cried. 😭

  • @onepieceofstardust9194
    @onepieceofstardust9194 2 года назад +9

    I was looking for a clip of this! Thank you!

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 9 месяцев назад +2

    I had no idea that Audra MacDonald could sing operatic repertoire, which this is. She is far better than the movie role. And she gives it more emotion than I've ever seen in this essential role. Who is the Maria standing at first immobile, then she grows into the moment, too. A perfect performance.

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад +2

      If you want more of her, try the 1999 Annie

    • @broadwaygodess630
      @broadwaygodess630 8 месяцев назад +2

      In the 90s she sang Vieni T’affretta in a production of Masterclass. She has serious operatic chops.

    • @ashleydowney1222
      @ashleydowney1222 Месяц назад

      Her version of "If I Loved You" from Carousel is amazing as well.

  • @craigcricket7932
    @craigcricket7932 Год назад +1

    Bravo. Great Job. From a man of old Days, that was awesome.

  • @Pearly056
    @Pearly056 3 месяца назад

    I love her voice!

  • @imy5279
    @imy5279 9 месяцев назад +2

    Well first off, The Sound of Music is definitely one of my top favorites. Secondly, holy moly, i never knew Audra did this. She was magnificent, Absolutely devine! This is now my favorite version of this magnificent musical. I adore Audra, bravo Audra! Someone please tell me if this is on dvd. 👏

  • @amangogna68
    @amangogna68 2 года назад +7

    Great musical !

  • @craigcricket7932
    @craigcricket7932 Год назад +6

    The original was studio voiced over. Lyp Synct. This woman did it, live. Impressive.

  • @junebella6392
    @junebella6392 6 месяцев назад

    This song was sung long before Audra was born but Audra was born to sing this song
    And nobody does it better …..,,

  • @helpmyspaghettiiseatingme
    @helpmyspaghettiiseatingme 4 месяца назад

    I never saw the live production, just the soundtrack and then Audra performing at a concert (video of course), this is the first time seeing this SOM production

  • @TheAmadeusXperience
    @TheAmadeusXperience 5 месяцев назад

    Audra MacDonald is a treasure 🖤

  • @tedharrispuppets
    @tedharrispuppets 7 месяцев назад

    BRAVO!

  • @GrooveYouVerse
    @GrooveYouVerse Год назад +7

    Holy cow I’m a mess 😭

  • @jacobhenderson3689
    @jacobhenderson3689 2 месяца назад +1

    There is a reason she has 6 Tony Awards. She is in a league all her own. The Michael Jordan of Theater!

  • @lesserreid954
    @lesserreid954 3 месяца назад

    Carrie was so real for crying

  • @tiaracousins3307
    @tiaracousins3307 2 года назад +2

    Climb every mountain, Search high and low, Follow every byway, Every path you know. Climb every mountain, Ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, 'Till you find your dream. A dream that will need All the love you can give, Every day of your life For as long as you live. Climb every mountain, Ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, Till you find your dream A dream that will need All the love you can give, Every day of your life, For as long as you live. Climb every mountain, Ford every stream, Follow every rainbow, Till you find your dream.

  • @ah4760
    @ah4760 2 дня назад

    The superior merits of the lyrics and music do not need Audra’s overacting. Jumping around like an excited teen. The original cast in the movie cannot be topped.

  • @catherinesamarasinghe8790
    @catherinesamarasinghe8790 Месяц назад

    Clim every mountain with lyriks

  • @fredgwynn8933
    @fredgwynn8933 7 месяцев назад +1

    This was the only incredible wonderful thing in Sound of Music live. The rest you can throw away, but this was shot out of the dark as this beautiful couple minutes and it's so moving how this performance gets Carrie Underwood to really feel something. It really was a incredibly special part of an entirely stupid thing.

  • @suelicatache6975
    @suelicatache6975 3 месяца назад

    💖💖💖💖💖👏👏👏👏👏

  • @PandaMonium92827
    @PandaMonium92827 Год назад +4

    Nobody needed to act in this scene, in the case of the actors who were not supposed to cry....in that case, whoever held back tears successfully through this is a fucking legend.

  • @petradoots584
    @petradoots584 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing Audra talent. Wow audra...big fan from japan...unfortunately another Maria should have been chosen for the part

  • @kimberlyalessandroni9767
    @kimberlyalessandroni9767 10 месяцев назад

    Fun Fact: Audra McDonald also plays the opera singing wardrobe from the live action Beauty and the Beast.

  • @Chandra614
    @Chandra614 2 года назад +4

    The only performance from this production that actually holds a candle to the film version. Nothing beats Peggy Lee on this song, but Audra McDonald does a pretty impressive job.

    • @paulyoung01
      @paulyoung01 Год назад +2

      Do you mean Peggy Wood ?

    • @k.robertrichardson6779
      @k.robertrichardson6779 Год назад +2

      @@paulyoung01 Or, for that matter, Margery McKay.

    • @mrbroadwaydork
      @mrbroadwaydork 9 месяцев назад

      Audra blows her out of the water actually

    • @Chandra614
      @Chandra614 9 месяцев назад

      @@mrbroadwaydork I don't think so, but to each their own. It's a good performance, regardless.

    • @bethsmallwood6972
      @bethsmallwood6972 3 месяца назад +1

      Peggy Wood singing voice is Margery McKay who actually dubbed her singing voice in the movie of The Sound of Music and years later on T.V. with Carrie Underwood, Audra McDonald actually sang Climb Every Mountain for the role of the Reverend Mother. To be perfectly honest I LOVED both versions of The Sound of Music 🎶🎵 mainly because I am a fan of The Sound of Music and to this VERY DAY I am in awe with all of the music from The Sound of Music.

  • @JohnnyAngel8
    @JohnnyAngel8 2 года назад +2

    I saw this but I don't recall there being a live audience. Am I remembering correctly?

    • @markschildberg1667
      @markschildberg1667 Год назад +2

      There was no audience for this production

    • @manuelorozco7760
      @manuelorozco7760 9 месяцев назад +1

      The idea of a live audience wasn’t thought about until Grease

  • @hellojerome
    @hellojerome Год назад

    This video made me subscribe to RUclips Premium

  • @katiewilliams5643
    @katiewilliams5643 5 месяцев назад

    Didn’t like this production at all but I loved this scene in the show

  • @FLOWERSANDSLOTS
    @FLOWERSANDSLOTS 2 года назад +15

    Audra MacDonald is a "no-brainer". Carrie Underwood should NOT have been cast in this production. I love Carrie but she was not right for this role.

    • @sweeney60
      @sweeney60 2 года назад +8

      The whole time watching this I thought, “why didn’t they cast her in South Pacific?” That show would have made so much more sense for her.

    • @chefryanj2012
      @chefryanj2012 2 года назад +3

      Audra’s performance saved this movie because up until she sang this song the whole movie was completely boring.

    • @n25bast
      @n25bast 2 года назад +1

      I remember watching the ads and wondering why Megan Hilty (who at the time was already working with NBC) wasn't picked instead, or even a new actress getting her big break.

    • @chefryanj2012
      @chefryanj2012 2 года назад

      @@n25bast she would have been awesome.

    • @ericmaine
      @ericmaine Год назад +3

      Carrie crying because she knows she'll never sing like Audra

  • @ericmaine
    @ericmaine Год назад +3

    Carrie crying because she can’t sing like Audra

  • @naldawson7336
    @naldawson7336 2 года назад

    저기에 흑인이 왜?

    • @francoisbessing
      @francoisbessing Год назад

      Your racist comment is interesting. You've learned nothing from the racism of the West but ignorance.

    • @naldawson7336
      @naldawson7336 Год назад

      @@francoisbessing 물론이지. 난 아시아인이니까
      그래서 더 중립적으로 볼수있다네.
      흑인이 2차대전 유럽에서 수녀였다고? NONSENSE

    • @royalishere3832
      @royalishere3832 Год назад

      @@naldawson7336 Race is not a big deal during theatre unless that’s the main focus of the story. (Saying this as someone who loves theatre and is black.) That’s like saying why isn’t the entire cast of Hamilton white?

  • @johnpickford4222
    @johnpickford4222 2 года назад +8

    1) WHILE I love Audra McDonald’s voice, it is wrong for this role. A more mature mezzo-soprano, like the original Patricia Neway is required.
    2) Yes, it is a musical and not all ethnic requirements are maintained BUT an African American would not be heading up an abbey in Salzburg in the late ‘20s when the story actually took place or late ‘30s when the musical and film dramatization take place. And this is not a slight on McDonald’s considerable talent.

    • @n25bast
      @n25bast 2 года назад +14

      You know there were Black people in Central Europe before WWII, right?

    • @antheiheiant
      @antheiheiant 2 года назад +5

      Yeah.. No.

    • @jacobskinner3522
      @jacobskinner3522 2 года назад +5

      It’s unrealistic and damaging to choose not to hire actors of color today in the pursuit of some kind of historical accuracy.

    • @MegaScron
      @MegaScron 2 года назад +12

      Unless the part requires a certain race for the script, who even cares anymore? The cast always reflects the diversity of the country it is staged in (or lack thereof). If this were performed in Japan, they’d likely all be Japanese. I’d watch Audra play Maria as long as I got to hear her sing this music.
      Besides, The Sound of Music is a ridiculous dramatization of the actual events. Let’s not pretend the story isn’t just Dad-lands-the-attractive-virginal-nanny, plus Nazis.

    • @PaulGoodeK
      @PaulGoodeK Год назад +9

      Nor would a nun break into song. Nor would a family of ten flee across the Alps when their passports allowed them to take a train to Italy. Just saying.

  • @MaiTakeda
    @MaiTakeda 2 года назад +5

    Wait a minute! Why is Audra McDonald, a black woman, playing a nun in pre-WWII Austria when there is no black nun? Never!

    • @FLOWERSANDSLOTS
      @FLOWERSANDSLOTS 2 года назад +21

      Look beyond the color of her skin and just listen to her voice. I am happy that production companies and Broadway are thinking beyond boundaries of being politically correct. Example: Hamilton. Kudos to Lin Manuel.

    • @MaiTakeda
      @MaiTakeda 2 года назад +1

      @@FLOWERSANDSLOTS Sorry but this interpretation is not for my taste. If the correctness is black or white then it should be black or white. My apologies to Miss McDonald but your not the type to play this part.

    • @bsmusicd
      @bsmusicd 2 года назад +24

      Why did Charlton Heston play Moses in "The 10 Commandments" despite being neither Jewish or Middle Eastern? Why did Elizabeth Taylor play "Cleopatra?"
      Audra plays Mother Superior because she's a 6-time Tony award winner and one of the best mezzo sopranos on the planet.

    • @brianaustin5467
      @brianaustin5467 2 года назад +8

      Strangely, you do not seem to have complained about the predominantly white cast playing the roles of brown people, from the middle east, in Joseph.

    • @MaiTakeda
      @MaiTakeda 2 года назад

      @@brianaustin5467 True. I didn't criticize the Joseph & His Technicolor Dream Coat cast but what is to complain. It is Muslim but they don't care because it is a Bible story not a Koran. And it is not a "brown" story. It is a Muslim story. There is a difference so don't insult a Muslim.

  • @charliedrosario999
    @charliedrosario999 Год назад +1

    Brashly sung and as dull as Jonathan Morris.