Voice Teacher Reacts to Joshua Henry Performing Soliloquy from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Sam!! Thanks so much for this breakdown. It was fun to relive this through someone else being a few years removed from it. Love your content and thanks for sharing your knowledge of voice with us:)
I enjoy listening to Joshua's singing so much that his voice actually improves my whole day. I don't know whether I'm more envious of the voice or the biceps. Many thanks from the U.K.
Man, Joshua! Do you have it all or what?! Keep up your wonderful work because we inquiring minds want to know and to experience superlative talent such as yours.
YES to more inclusiveness. I trained classically and it was micro-aggression CENTRAL. I've fallen out of love with Opera for the most part. I still have my faves, but I'm trying to learn how to sing everything. I appreciate the way you explain the voice and techniques, the Classical teachers I had had a very strict and narrow view of singing and other genres, and it's so not conducive to music and art as a whole. Can't wait to sign up for lessons with you when I get my bags up! Really enjoy your analysis.
I took piano from 6th to 9th grade. My teacher introduced me to classical music but the one to get me into opera was actually hearing Denyce Graves on PBS. This was before the internet because I’m old lol. I do love Callas but Denyce will always be Carmen to me.
Joshua Henry is an absolute chameleon, the way he can flip from his incredible legit voice to being wonderfully soulful and great at contemporary pieces like The Wrong Man too. An insane performer
You know even though i know how chameleon is actually pronounced and how its spelt I always say it strangely when reading it and this time was no different took me a good 10 seconds to work it out 😂
Anya 23 It’s just one of those words isn’t it 😂😂
Aside from his singing...he has SUCH range...If you ever have time to look at his resume, he's done every type of show...i would kill to have no one put me in a box, he truly can do it all!
I LOVE Joshua! Such unbelievable talent and his range is INSANE. He's done so much and deserves all the recognition.
I LOVE that you drew attention to how we could hear how he physically expressed his emotions. As a musical theatre teacher I'm always drilling that into my students; it's about SO much more than how you song the notes.
When he sang "it takes talent to do that well" I was delighted because I felt it to my core. Why? Because HE did.
His voice reminds me of Gordon Macrae’s. Usually I have trouble connecting with male broadway performers but with Joshua I get that same power and passion.
I thought so too - so much like Gordon MacRae!
I saw this live on Broadway and that final note was UNREAL, he had a standing ovation halfway through it
Diana Ankudinova is a young performer who shocks us with her pleasant voice and takes us into the abyss of events!!! Diana Ankudinova is unique and inimitable, goosebumps from her voice!=)))) Diana sings as if she lives in the song! The soul freezes or opens with Diana's voice.=))))))) I am a musician who has been with music for years, and believe me, I have not heard such a tone in all these past years.
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Diana Ankudinova!!!))
You have not heard this before! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Diana Ankudinova super talent!
Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💫💫💫💯🙏
⭐Yes, please make a reaction to one of Diana's covers⭐ Diana has a magical voice ❤️
First vid on my homepage. Take that, algorithm.
WOW! I’ve never heard a voice like his i’m blown away!! 🤯
Your analysis is so spot-on and detailed, esp. with regard to vowel placement. I learned so much in just a few minutes. You are a great teacher.
Dear Sam,
I love how articulate you are.
Just wanted to say that I love your channel and have been commenting on every video to help with the yt algorithm. Hope more people are seeing your videos, since they are so useful.
I've never heard of this singer, but I'm sure glad you introduced him. I grew up on R&H musicals, listening to John Raitt and Gordon MacRae as Billy. Henry also reminds me of the sound of the male lead in South Pacific. He's got an undeniable warmth to his voice that is enchanting. No doubt that YT will have a treasure trove of his music. Can't wait to explore what he's done. Thank you, Sam, from Oklahoma.
brb gonna watch this over and over to give Sam more views because I LOVE when he picks musical theater performances 😩
I saw him in 2017 when Hamilton was in LA and by gawd this man is a gem. 10/10.
God what a voice. Just absolutely undeniable
Please react to If I Loved You from Carousel with Joshua Henry and Jessie Mueller. It's truly majestic.
Joshua Henry is one of my all time favorites by far
Joshua is so incredibly talented... but he's also just a real, kind, great person to his core.
He's also releasing an album!!
I played for one of his Bachelor's recitals from the University of Miami and am thrilled to see his success on Broadway.
Oh my god, he's amazing, i got chills in the end
Thank you for introducing me to this singer. He has an incredible instrument and the talent to use it well. He's such a good performer. I could listen to him sing all day! Going to go check out more.
I LOVE LOVE Joshua!!! He is so good!!! I saw him live on Violet and Carousel and adored him! Thank you for doing this video!!
He would be incredible as Porgy, in (Porgy and Bess) musical.
He played Jake in “Porgy in Bess” with Audra Mc Donald as Bess and Norm Lewis as Porgy. Joshua would be great as Porgy I agree, but Jake is a strong character and vocally challenging as well. It was in the recent production in which it was presented as a musical rather than an opera. The original is the opera with recitatives and running just over 3 hrs, which I personally prefer as the story should be presented, but I could understand some reasons why certain people would prefer the more abridged musical version.
I own all the dozen recordings of “Carousel” out there and it’s my favorite musical, the favorite of Richard Rodgers too, and I didn’t see the revival with Joshua but from the recordings and videos I’ve realized he was very strong vocally in the role. In Sept 2024 there is going to be a new recording of all the show’s songs and musical sections (complete, finally, at 107 mins.) conducted by the great John Wilson. 🎠🎪
I'm 76 and grew up with Goleta, Andrews and the rest . They were great but I always felt something wqs missing . THIS was missing . This kind of gorgeous voice which can act as well as sing. I taught Music and Language Arts for 27 years..I created some electives about the American Musical Theater and another about the American Dramatic Theater. If I were still teaching I would DEFINITELY include this man's and also Jason Donica. Huge ranges, huge power and it seems huge reserves of power underneath the singing. I love the way this man goes from speech to singing and there is no difference in tamber or the quality and depth of the sound..We have really reached a Golden Age with these two men singing in shows..
Yay! Yet an other amazing video! Thank you for the analysis Sam. I loved it.
I'm not even halfway through this and I'm getting tingles and goosebumps. This is absolutely wonderful! Thanks for doing this video Sam! ❤❤❤
I had the luck of being introduced to Joshua Henry as Aaron Burr in Hamilton in Chicago, and have loved him ever since. He lit up the stage - definitely the star of the production. (dare I say I liked his better than Leslie Odom's performance) The fact that he could switch between that role and something much more traditional/classical like this role astounds me. And that he sounds like a bass/baritone AND can sing in a tenor's range. What a gift!
Hi Sam. This was the first time I have had the pleasure of watching one of your videos, but it won't be the last! I, too, love Joshua Henry - my God what a voice, what a perfect choice for this role - you can feel the commitment in his voice to protect his little girl and the love he would have for his little boy. He doesn't miss a thing in conveying warmth and love. Wow! and - he's not very ugly either! LOL
Sam your speaking voice is so calming and your videos so educational, thank you for being so great!
His voice is so rich. Warm like you said. Like a lava cake. Just rich and decadent.
love the musical theater reactions! can you react to joshua and jessie singing if i loved you?
What a voice!!! Love musical theatre! Thank you Sam❤️
I don't like Carousel as far as musicals go (it's not the problematic stuff because, hey, that's real life. the story itself is just not anything special) but Joshua Henry is a gift. Happily would listen to him sing the 2005 white pages.
Next time you react to a musical theater performance, I'd like to cast my vote for Laura Benanti singing Vanilla Ice Cream.
Ugh that performance is so good
Such an amazing talent and Soliloquy is a BEAST of a song, lol. So good 👏
Hello Sam,
I would like you to react and analyze more artists of the rock genre.
it would be awesome to see your take on artists like Steven Tyler and his current way of singing (I think he does great even on his age) for example, reacting to "Aerosmith - Dream On (Live - 2014)".
Or to react to a famous modern metal singer called M.Shadow and his current way of singing reacting to "Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away (Live At The GRAMMY Museum)"
Greetings from Spain from someone who is venezuelan.
It's nice to see the reaction of a professional. Are you sure. You can't help but be interested in young, unique performers. Despite her young age, she has a lot of fans and not only in Russia. I ask you to pay attention to it and make a reaction. Her name is Diana Ankudinova.
Diana Ankudinova!!!
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⭐Yes, I also like to listen to songs performed by Diana. Her voice is unique⭐
I feel like the role was made for him, he is so amazing
I used some of your tips for vowel shape/dropping my jaw today for a recording and I think it helped! I hope one day I can afford to take lessons 🤞
Please, make a reaction to the songs of the singer Diana Ankudinova.
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*Diana* *Ankudinova* is an extraordinary singer with an outstanding voice and performance technique! She has a genuine emotionality on stage, which is noted by almost all bloggers when listening to and reacting to her songs! Having started singing, *Diana* literally mesmerizes the audience!
Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💫🎉💯🙏
⭐Yes, please make a reaction to one of Diana's covers⭐ Diana has a magical voice ❤️
Relentlessly spectacular - I fall in love with him over and over again. 💕
Been revisiting Rodgers & Hammerstein recently. Love this revival of Carousel! Joshua Henry and Jessie Mueller are both amazing and that show just has the best music. Soliloquy especially was groundbreaking at the time. Great video!
My biggest issue with carousel is that it very much feels like the music and the book are telling completely different stories. Like the songs are beautiful and portray billy as a very complex character who makes some bad choices but is trying to be good while the actual spoken scenes are just him being a terrible person. It just doesn't mesh well, imo. BUT I will always love the music and will take any opportunity to see it just to hear the score
That’s an interesting observation on the character, but there are many clues during the story that offer insight into his more sensitive and even philosophical side. Here are examples: Julie references that Billy enjoys the smell of flowers (while someone else like Mr Snow by contrast would be more industrious and ambitious to plant and cultivate them), and we’ve also seen Billy’s awareness of nature as with the wind and the sea in “If I Loved You”, …we see Billy cavorting with Jigger but mentioning how a “chrysanthemum sprout” would come out of a whale…Julie’s decree that Billy could turn gentle and thoughtful when listening to the music from the carousel which he dearly misses…Billy’s reflecting on how he would eventually be judged by God…his desire to give the star, a somewhat spiritual gift to the daughter he had never previously met….and many other examples.
The fact that Julie sees charm and tenderness behind the false bravado is a key to the fact that we must be able to do it also, and you’re right that he’s at his most appealing during the musical sections, but that was the whole motivation for Rodgers and Hammerstein to adapt the somewhat unsympathetic character in “Liliom” into a more two-toned personality and they chose to do it mostly through the aid of song. One of Billy’s unfortunate traits is that he’s already been judged unfairly by the community as somewhat of an outsider with a previous bad reputation, and he never really gets to express even musically with the community and even when singing alongside Julie they never actually are in voice together. We have to feel a certain sympathy for all the characters in the musical (and they all have their flaws but admirable traits as well). It was a real challenge for the composers to try to rise above the character’s bad traits and try to present him as one who would learn from his actions and seek repentance, forgiveness, love and ultimately acceptance in a judgmental community, a challenging relationship, and complex world! 🎠🎪
As I sad, Sam is an instaclick. Omg, that man has such a beautiful voice!
I know nothing about music or singing. When u talk about doing whatever with the vowels I have no idea what u r talking about but I can watch u for hours! Idk why!! I just adore u!!
First time I hear him, and wow he has so much energy! And such ease in expressing himself, truly a treat. Thank you!
Id love it if you could react to Lara Fabian's Caruso, beautiful rendition, especially the one where she's in a black dress, a little younger, such emotional poweeeer!!
Hi Sam! I know you’ve already done a couple of Jinjer reactions, but they just released a one-take vocal performance video for the one year anniversary of their song Judgement (& Punishment) and I think you might find it really interesting. But also, just keep making stuff, your videos are really fun and informative 💚
Absolutely ADORE you for talking about representation! Also learning a lot from your channel so thank u, love u.
That voice 😃
I had never heard of Joshua but immediately from his voice I was reminded of Wintley Phipps.
Oh I love to hear all those colors in the voice. Joshua Henry weaves in and out of speaking and legit singing, AND he manages to make the character “Bill”
Charming.
Which is a feat, considering the character is wife beater. 😳
Flawless
I didn’t even think about the fact that it was out of the ordinary for this role to be done by an African-American performer. The production I worked on for the university I graduated from cast a black man as Billy and that’s the only production I’ve ever seen, so it’s what I’m used to. That actor went on to play King Triton when we did Little Mermaid. The same theatre department cast another black actor as Valjean in Les Mis.
Hello! Thank you for the video! Please react to Rechenka's songs, Wave🌞🌞🌞DIANA ANKUDINOVA is a talented young singer. I would like to know your opinion. I think you will be surprised. Diana has a very unusual voice and artistic presentation for her age.🌹🌹🌹 Thanks in advance!
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Diana Ankudinova!!!))🔥🔥🔥
*Diana* *Ankudinova* has the rarest voice at this age - *contralto* ! 💎💎💎🔥🔥🔥👏👍 On stage, she is not only a singer, but also a talented actress! Any of her songs performed on the project "You are Super" Russia ("Ты Супер!", "НТВ" - channel) is a performance!
Diana Ankudinova 😊👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💫🎉💯🙏
⭐Diana's cover of the song "Rechenka" is very cool. I listen with great pleasure⭐
I love that you're reacting to musical theater!!! :))
Love this video! Never heard of Joshua Henry before and I loved every bit of this. Would LOVE to see you analyze Justin Bonitz of Tallah. He's one of the most versatile and exciting performers in my opinion :D
Woohoo! Thanks so much for doing this review. I love Joshua and was able to see him live as Burr in Hamilton. I hope to see him in more things in the future
As for another musical theater suggestion, I recommend Michael Arden’s version of Made of Stone from The Hunchback of Norte Dame
I just got the notification, even though this was uploaded 6 days ago.. Anyway, I looove it ♥️
Great video Sam! Would love to see your analysis of Dave Matthews singing "Don't Drink the Water" live at Central Park '03!
What a shame to miss out on such a voice and characterization because of social/racial/political mumbo jumbo and all that nonsense.
I never knew I needed to hear Joshua Henry's Soliloquy, but boy did I!
Really enjoyed this video.
It would be amazing to see a video reacting to Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria. I just love his voice.
oooh If I Loved You next
Uuuu that voice 😍 your videos help me so much to understand what happens in the body to make a great song, thank you.
Pd. Could you do Maria Brink? 🖤
Greetings from México 😁
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽love it
Hi Sam, great video once again, would love to see a similar video with Leona Lewis's Bridge over troubled water at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019. Her voice changed so much but still so great, would love to hear your reaction/analysis on her
Wish I could find the footage of his performance of Aaron Burr from Hamilton. His version of "Wait For It" was soooo good.
Oh my god he did Burr? I NEED to hear that 😩
@@annahill99 yeah, he was Burr in the 1st National tour.
Thank you!!! I'd love more musical theater content. You should also check out Nathan Gunn's version!
Hi Sam, love your reactions, and your honest analysis, which makes you stand out from others doing similar videos.
Please could you react and analyse Gabriel Henrique singing ‘Oh Happy Day’.. thank you! ❤️
Would love to hear your thoughts on flamenco singing! Bulerías of La paquera de Jerez.
I think you'd be really interested in Jacob Collier's voice - he's a great musician, but the different parts of his voice are all very different and very noticeable and he seems to like it that way.
Hey Sam! I was wondering... Can you talk about Adele,maybe do an analysis on her voice? I have been hearing a lot about her "audible breath" and how that messed up her voice and created problems with the cords? IDK Maybe some other singer that does that? I like Bjork a lot,and I think she used to do that too,but has also had voice issues. Please? Pretty please? Thanks!
please react to seventeen best vocals! they have amazing vocalists and I'm sure you will not be disappointed!!!
Hey mate!! Have you seen Cynthia Erivo singing I'm Here in The Colour Purple? I've been watching it over and over and I'd love to hear your opinion on her performance
Please do Alanis Morisette? Her Grammy performance or even the Howard Stern 20 years later? She is soooo particular with her expression. Thank you!
Commenting again, in a different tone of voice.😍
joshua is a great singer. watch falling in love with love video.
Hey Sam. Could you please make a video analyzing Seu Jorge e Ana Carolina - É isso ai (The Blower’s Daughter). Seu Jorge is one of my favorite brazilian singers and I would like to understand his technique to sing high notes with a dark and rasp tone.
Please help me to guys vote for this artist she is a phenominal vocalist and I know that Sam would immediately fall in love with her. Faouzia Performing her stripped version of Tears of Golds. Please guys help me
Hi Sam! Love your reactions! Can you analyze Gregory Porter cover of 'It's probably me'. He absolutely nailed it! Would love to see your analysis!
Please please react to seventeen best vocals 💗
Please react to Sheléa, she’s not a very well known singer but the BEST singer I’ve heard in a long time. She played one Dorinda in the Clark Sisters movie 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Lets see if you can react to KZ TANDINGAN - Say Something Singer 2018 without a tear.
PLEASE do something of Sinead O'Connor's or of U2! Love your channel 💜
WOW
How about Doing the ABBA Wembley 1979 concert any song will do
As the song progressed I kept getting flashbacks to Gaston's song from Beauty and the Beast.
That’s no coincidence-Joshua did a great job …both Billy and Gaston are strong baritone roles with complex characterizations. Richard White was Gaston in the original animated feature but prior to that he had also portrayed Billy in a production of “Carousel”. 🎠🎪
Can you please do "Gnarles Barkley Crazy David Letterman Show
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please reacts Nino Bravo , the song is Puerta del amor ( Live , festival of Montreaux)
you should react to JOJI! :)
Pleas do Blacktop mojo 😍😊 in the air tonight (acoustic cover )phil collins or dream on(Aerosmith) live acoustic .
Please react to singer Kim Jaehwan who is a rising, well loved singer in korea right now for her versatility! You can start with Don't Touch Me by Kim Jaehwan from the King of Masked singer where he almost beat the reign king!
⭐Hello! ⭐ Please pay attention to Diana Ankudinova. She sings beautifully-listen to her songs, watch her performances -"Wicked Game", "Human", "Rechenka" - and you will be pleasantly surprised. I'm sure you'll like it⭐🎵🎵🎵
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Hello Sam - can you please react to Whitney Houston I haven’t seen any video of her in your channel , thanks !
In my opinion, he should have been the replacement for Josh Groban in Sweeney Todd. Would be great in terms of vocals and acting!
Lobe your channel! can you do a reaction on the performance of Lea Salonga On my own in Les Miserables .
More power
If Harry Styles were to train on this style of singing, what kind of voice would he have? And in classical training? Just curious