I'm with you 100% on Diana Kaarina. Eponine is supposed to be pathetic, somewhat disturbing but certainly not "cute". I actually thought that Sutton's Eponine was a bit to perky for my liking as well. But Frances and Celia really "got" the character. She's not supposed to be charming and huggable!!!
Mandy Bruno- how could we forget? They should make the ability to sing a requirement for the role...
I actually sort of like Tracey Shayne though she does bug me when she tries to belt the end of ODM :) I like that she sounded...young. Like you could imagine her being the same person as the young Cosette. Generally my fave Cosettes have that light youthful sound so you're not thinking "who is this person and what happened to the kid?" you're thinking "ok, the kid grew up to be this person". I'm in a minority that doesn't like Judy Kuhn's Cosette for that reason. Don't get me wrong- I love Judy as a singer but her voice is too...heavy for Cosette. There's very little of a young girl verging on womanhood in there. She's just a woman
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Mandy Bruno- how could we forget? They should make the ability to sing a requirement for the role...
I actually sort of like Tracey Shayne though she does bug me when she tries to belt the end of ODM :) I like that she sounded...young. Like you could imagine her being the same person as the young Cosette. Generally my fave Cosettes have that light youthful sound so you're not thinking "who is this person and what happened to the kid?" you're thinking "ok, the kid grew up to be this person". I'm in a minority that doesn't like Judy Kuhn's Cosette for that reason. Don't get me wrong- I love Judy as a singer but her voice is too...heavy for Cosette. There's very little of a young girl verging on womanhood in there. She's just a woman