*cries a river of alto tears*

Now this my fellow Broadway fanatics is why Audra won her 5th out of 6 Tonys for her performance in Porgy and Bess.

One of the best singers in the entire world.

Angels exist !!! And angels are in the voice of Audra!! Just amazing !!! Audra McDonalds 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I believe this is what Gershwin imagined 100%

@GypsyFairy85

7 жыл бұрын

Anne Brown, she was Gershwin's pick. The original Bess.

@BlazeKennedy100

6 жыл бұрын

He actually wrote Bess with Emma Moten in mind. She played Bess in one of the countless revivals and it became her signature role.

@GuapoJhimi

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

per.fect (adj) 1. audra mcdonald 2. audra mcdonald's rendition of summertime

@Amanda-ex6em

5 жыл бұрын

I heard her sing it live and I can die now

@creativelife9871

3 жыл бұрын

💯

I got to see her perform this and it put me in a trance. Her voice is just out of this world

This woman is phenomenal, my word she SANG that song

Her performances gives me chills always

Every time this woman sings i get full body chills ❤

@mariagloriavines8461

Жыл бұрын

Tiene una voz increíble ❤❤

I never get tired of listening to this gorgeous voice.

Every note she sings I'm like "f***, she's good!"

Oh, how I wish my mother could have heard you sing this song. She taught it to me 60 plus years ago, and I ended up singing it on stage at my high-school in 11th grade. She would have LOVED your voice. It's magical.

I always feel recharged after listening an Audra vocal!

Beautiful song and beautiful singer.

Absolutely beautiful artistry.

@manuelorozco7760

8 жыл бұрын

+Tandra Haynes Very rare to find these days

@tandrah.978

8 жыл бұрын

+Manuel Orozco Rare indeed.

@manuelorozco7760

8 жыл бұрын

Tandra Haynes It's a tough pop culture world out there. I love Audra

Every time I watch this video I never want it to end

I love listening to this one. Then the Janis Joplin version. So different and both so GOOD!!!

@cheri6360

Жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! 😊

Audra: Sings like three notes on one word Audience: clapping automatically

@HadashaGrace

5 жыл бұрын

Lisa Ortuno it’s custom to clap because this is the opener of the Opera right after the overture. It’s just proper etiquette.

@decadencewhimsyandsarcasm

4 жыл бұрын

Esther Okuro also, can you blame them? It’s fucking Audra

@axucaroso

4 жыл бұрын

I want to give her flowers and have her sing at my funeral

@jerrysumner4923

2 жыл бұрын

It’s Audra, for goodness sakes!

I’ll never stop thinking about this performance. Beautiful

She sings so beautifully!🥰🎶

STUNNING rendition!

2:35 is just so fucking good and effortless. Love how she never sounds strained when she sings and you can tell she's been well trained and knows what's she's doing

@roynorth4137

Жыл бұрын

What's even more amazing is the seamless transition from head to chest at 2:38.

Beautiful! Awesome voice! I've just seen her Beauty and the Beast.

I could listen to this on repeat forever

The voice of a Goddess!

Angelic voice.

A great singer singing a great song.

Absolutely perfect 😮

I wish I could send her applause!

I love her!

THe consummate master. The most beautiful voice ever!

@richardwalker9826

2 жыл бұрын

maybe the best of the best - beautiful vibrato - -----and feeling

Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But till that morning There's a'nothing can harm you With daddy and mamma standing by

Stunning.

It's not often I get chills, but wow I'm all goosebumps.

What an incredibly beautiful voice!😍

6 year ago and only knew I heard ! However : fantastic !

That voice is like a gift of God. She's remarkable.

Fantastic singer, amazing

Sing it baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!

TBH I'm not sure anyone else should bother singing this. Ultimate version.

@DesiderataTruth

7 жыл бұрын

Harrison Williams The ultimate is Ella. Audra's rendition is stunning, but her soprano lacks Ella's darkness.

@pisceanqueen1

6 жыл бұрын

I prefer Janis Joplin's version, but I'm admittedly not a fan of the opera...

@brandonburrell8517

6 жыл бұрын

DesiderataTruth I love Ella. However this is the proper key, sung in character from the opera Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershwin.

@richardjones4080

5 жыл бұрын

@@brandonburrell8517 her vocal nuances how she slides some of the notes etc, yeah totally absolutely beautiful

@jonathanreed5509

5 жыл бұрын

Harrison Williams Leotyne Price

Thank you.

must be rad to be the xylophone player and have two notes to play every so often (admittedly they are pretty magical sounding notes and holy shit imagine being part of this calibre of performance in any capacity)

She's a dual threat: An amazing singer and a great actor.

The perfect voice, the beautiful woman

Audra McDonald is a goddess

July 3rd: Happy birthday Actress-Singer Audra McDonald; 6 x Tony Award winner, Drama Desk Award. Tony Award: Best Actress in a Musical; Tony Award: Best Actress in a Play. Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the upload, Euloize Chamot. Blessings

@GracieBeardsley3

6 жыл бұрын

Gerald Johnson we have the same birthday. i still can’t believe i have the same birthday as an actual queen.

Love her 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

... No disrespect to Emma Thompson, she's one of the great actresses of any time, but why... WHY was Audra McDonald NOT cast as Mrs. Potts in the Beauty and the Beast remake!? It could have worked!

@MeowyMakes

5 жыл бұрын

Aussieroth7 she fits as the wardrobe though because the wardrobe is an opera singer.

@user36able

2 жыл бұрын

funnily enough, the two had actually worked together in another musical before Beauty and the Beast- a production of Sweeney Todd, where Audra McDonald played Lucy, and Emma Thompson played Mrs Lovett. (I just realised that original Mrs Lovett - Angela Lansbury - was also the original Mrs Potts, aka the magical teapot that Emma Thompson played. Maybe that was the logic?) I agree with you - Audra's singing makes me believe that humans are capable of working magic. I can't think of a more fitting place for her voice than the title song of a remake of one of Disney's greatest films. (I should say that I am genuinely a huge Emma Thompson fan, she is an incredibly funny, witty, talented lady - y'all should look up her version of Worst Pies in London, or like, any interview with her, or Sense and Sensibility. She is a genuinely fabulous actress - but Audra's singing voice is one of a kind. )

@Aussieroth7

2 жыл бұрын

@@user36able ... Wow... Incredible meta. Also, one thing I perhaps should have made clear, Thompson is a good singer too... They just didn't let her sing well for some reason. But Audra... I want to hear her sing Beauty and the Beast at least ONCE!

@l.a.3479

10 ай бұрын

IMO, that live-action B&TB prioritized the acting over the singing. They got great actors who could minimally sing instead of great singers who could act.

@Tatopotatoo

9 ай бұрын

Mrs. Potts is fkn old lmao

This is a rather cinematic low key version. Much of the melody is parlando versus actually being sung. The quality is more jazz riffed, intimate versus operatic. The effect is personal, simple, moving and calm. It’s also very evocative. There are a few ways and keys to play with this song.

@GuapoJhimi

Жыл бұрын

Uh, yeah. And it really sounded good too.

Fantastic

Wow. Uh... this woman is incredible.

Simply fascinating!

Wow!

lovely!

La classe absolue ❤

if she wasn't perfection itself... ❤️

This was really great, thank you!

spine tingling.

Thank you so much for uploading!

@manuelorozco7760

8 жыл бұрын

+Thang Vuong I saw her sing this in her concert at Lincoln Center on PBS.

@thangvuong9196

8 жыл бұрын

Manuel Orozco Lucky devil.

@manuelorozco7760

8 жыл бұрын

Thang Vuong Why thank you. Audra is such a beautiful singer. I actually never saw her in her stage work before but I saw her in a few little things.

@manuelorozco7760

8 жыл бұрын

Thang Vuong I've seen her in the TV movie versions of A Raisin in the Sun and Annie which were both executive produced by Neil Meron & Craig Zaden. I've seen her in a few TV appearances as well as The Sound of Music Live starring Carrie Underwood.

@thangvuong9196

8 жыл бұрын

+Manuel Orozco Did you see her performance as Billie Holiday singing music from the musical Hamilton. It is SO good!

incomparable

the life is wonderfull

Wooooooooooooooooow

Meravigliosa 💓

Breathtaking 😌

Gershwin was a genius, and McDonald is a consummate performer.

WoW

best ever version I have heard of this classic if there is such a thing as vocal perfection wow if this isn't it its seriously close

This needs to be about 5 minutes longer.

the fact that the guy is playing the thingy like that is killing me

@sarai.ruiz06

2 жыл бұрын

to: mrs berrywolf from: sarai ruiz

This woman is so beautiful and so HOT, this is totally unfair to the other women in this world

so good

Holy shit

😍❣👏👏👍💐💋

maybe the best of the best - beautiful vibrato - -----

2:34 reminds me of Kirsten chanoweth in her performance of glitter and be gay

♥️🎶🎶🎶🎶🙏🏽

😢

I’m learning this song with my vocal coach! 😆😊💖💖

Audra's voice makes me melt, she is so much better and classier than Beyonce or Cardi B, hands down!! I love this old school stuff and Audra has a voice that does not quit!

@snunnery84

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you compare this to Beyonce or Cardi B. I love Audra as well...however the others are great in their own right!

Does anyone know where to watch her live preformance if of ILL BE HERE

Looks like it was written for her.

I prefer operatic Audra, as glimpsed in the old My Man's Gone Now video, to musical-theater Audra.

When is this song going to be sung as a lullaby?

Is it just me or I’m watching this because it me Hw

Suppose that very gifted jewelry had not understood, could these voices sing?

p

That vibrato gave me a headache before "Sometime" was done. Impossible to tell if she is even on the note.

This is very good but not as good as Fleming or Price. They have voices beyond the norm of "very good."

ummmm she`s no leontyne but she`s ok

@thangvuong9196

8 жыл бұрын

She's more than "ok" she's incredible. No one who has won 6 Tony Awards could ever be considered just ok .

@Masker91

8 жыл бұрын

+Thang Vuong yea but she just doesn't compare to leontyne price

@eddiecat

8 жыл бұрын

+MASKERTUBE I respectfully disagree.

@thangvuong9196

8 жыл бұрын

MASKERTUBE Perhaps you should listen to Ms. McDonald perform the aria"My Man Is Gone Now" or the clip from the musical Masterclass ( readily available on KZread)which really displays her voice at it's full majesty.

@Celtokee

8 жыл бұрын

+MASKERTUBE No accounting for taste. Price is not in her league. Not even close.

Thank you.

Summertime, And the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' And the cotton is high Your daddy's rich And your mamma's good lookin' So hush little baby Don't you cry One of these mornings You're going to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But till that morning There's a'nothing can harm you With daddy and mamma standing by