I have not seen someone sing with such technique and storytelling as Phillipa Soo in Into the Woods!
Her performance as Eliza in Hamilton is great, but ‘On the Steps of the Palace’ shows of her skills like crazy!
On a side note, it also shows what an incredible composer Sondheim was.
But back to the song!
She sang it with a more operatic technique (to my ears)
Her melodies are strong and enuniation beautiful!
And those Sondheim lyrics are something to sing, but she delivered every word effortlessly.
I cannot believe someone can sing like that.
I read somewhere that skills are what gives us the liberty to be better storytellers.
Just like Pippa - as she master various singing techniques,
she has more tools up her sleeves to create her performance.
For example,
From the timing and the tones she chooses, these informs the audience of what goes through her mind, and what kind of a character she is. Is she playful? Is she excessively worried?
You can find the answer from her acting, sure,
But even just from listening to her sing, you’d be able tell,
Because she has an extensive tools to create all these effect on her instrument.
Crazy good.
I might never do the things she does with my singing voice.
But I wonder, will I ever be able to do that with my writing?
Become so skilled, that each word, sentence, paragraph, piece, be so deliberately crafted,
That it cuddle you and strike you in the heart at the sametime?
Well, that’s the goal anyway.
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ps: frozen by tiredness
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