Let's not forget the skill of the accompanist as well, who was able to follow her with virtually non stop , quite drastic tempo changes and not elingations.
Why wasn’t SHE Mrs. Potts in the Beauty & The Beast remake? (Then again why was there a Disney live-action remake of Beauty & The Beast in the first place?)
I still remember when she did it in The Sound Of Music. She had Carrie Underwood Crying like nobody's business. It was the Song that Michael Jackson Sang as a little boy in Gary Indiana.
I just saw her sing this today at The Sydney Opera House. Just trying to re-live a few of the songs that blew me out of my seat. She is a force of nature. ♥
Cannot BELIEVE I got to see her in RAGTIME on Broadway. It was a riviting performance. It was life-changing! And her version of Climb Ev'ry Mountain is STUNNING. Her voice IS a National Treasure.
"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"
I was just listening to Audra sing something else and thought ‘I wonder if she’s ever sung Climb Every Mountain because it’s perfect for her’ and here I am. Being proved right. Amazing!
Can you believe they made Audra McDonald a boring background character in the beauty & the beast remake. One of the most beautiful voices of all time wasted.
Whilst I agree with you somewhat and whilst I think Audra McDonald is a great talent, she is not an internationally-known star. In fact, even in the US, I suspect her ‘name recognition’ is limited.
Ikr, I think it’s because if she played a big part, she would be seen as better than Emma Watson who played Belle. If Audra can sing a more softer tone (I bet she can) then she should’ve played Belle.
@@mariamnasser8807 We already have a black Ariel for the live action little mermaid what's one more black Disney princess as long as she can sing that's all that matters.
BS! A true star doesn't need to be front and centre every time. Anyone who knows musical theatre and opera KNOWS just HOW important that role is.....and how important it is to be played by a talent AS stellar as hers. You've got it all wrong buddy. I see where you're coming from but you're wrong......on so many levels.
I will not forget Audra singing the song to Carrie Underwood as Maria eight years ago! But now she nails it again. Couldn't be timelier of a Rogers and Hammerstein standard.
Remember when she sang it in Central Park, she had everyone mesmerized. I would have loved for her to have sung it at someone's Funeral on A Soap Opera. She would have had the Cast crying like nobody's business.
This makes me cry almost every time I watch it... I sung this myself, and I have always had a deep connection to this song. My mother used to play the Sound of Music soundtrack in her bathroom as I danced around and she got ready. It has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and Audra Mcdonald perfectly embodies every note, every message, and every aspect of the song that makes it so powerful. I will never not cry listening to it.
Riveting, unearthly, controlled, sterling, and incredibly moving voice that has been making this world and this life worth living. She has enraptured the world for years and years, deserving the highest accolades, and may she do so for many more years to come. Truly mesmerizing--creating a safe, beautiful, enchanting space one can relish to dwell in, if only to get away for a few moments from the banality, greed, pettiness, destructiveness, and callousness of today's politics here in my beautiful America.
Audra McDonald Has Been My All Time Favorite Beloved Singers Of All Time And Such An Beautiful Voice Of An Pure Gold Angels We Have Heard On High And God Bless You Child For Sharing Your Wonderful Blessed Gift That God Has Blessed You With & To Share Them All in The Entire World & Man Am I Feelin'The Goosebumps All Over My Entire Body For Listening To Such An Beautiful Voice Of An Pure Gold Angels We Have Heard On High And The Sound Of Music Happens To Be My All Time Favorite Beloved Musicals Ever Made?
The people who started clapping when she started singing are SO relatable... Audra McDonald is one of the most talented performers I've ever had the fortune to witness in my entire life. The accompanist didn't really do this justice though...
What a message .to my heroes my mum and dad words don't express enough the love in their heart thankyou god I have been blessed with the coolest mum and dad to this lady who sings with power and passion I sing a 🌈 to my children and my friends are priceless as nature. Thankyou god .a daily prayer.
Shows I must face my fears and don’t let the social anxiety win 🥇. I am stronger than my crippling painful 😖 social anxiety. I will take my younger brother with cerebral palsy and migraines to AMC Theatres today and meet several people even though I feel like staying isolated in my bedroom away from people.
This….. is so stunningly beautiful… I loved the Peggy Wood, but if you’re going to cover, you had better do it as good as this. Seriously the shivers and goosebumps…. The warmth, character and effortless warmth tears rolling down my face
Who are the three idiots who disliked this video??? I was blessed to see her perform this live last November, and I was crying by the end! She is phenomenal!
@@michael8815 1. It's a NATURAL part of singing. You can't sing well without it both technically and aesthetically. You'd sound like a child and it'd be boring. 2. To a degree, most singers can modify it but sometimes it's just their voice. So saying this is like saying you just don't like her face. Which even if true, you don't need to fkn say it. 3. Name one powerful song that doesn't have a lot of vibrato. JUST ONE. Go on. And if all of that fails to reach you, she is a world renowned singer who's sung in halls you couldn't get into if you wanted. So wtf cares what you think?
William Celis , I saw her twice in Ragtime. Once in Master Class. Once in concert and in Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill in London. She is a musical goddess.
Liked the video before she even started singing because I already knew it was gonna be good.
When is Audra not fabulous?
Eli J I felt the same way! I knew it was gonna be splendid!
Me too!!!!
Same though
IKR!!!😀! I says "oh this is going to be GOOOOD!!!"
Let's not forget the skill of the accompanist as well, who was able to follow her with virtually non stop , quite drastic tempo changes and not elingations.
She has an amazing voice. Like this song was written for her.
Why wasn’t SHE Mrs. Potts in the Beauty & The Beast remake? (Then again why was there a Disney live-action remake of Beauty & The Beast in the first place?)
Agreed.
@@rogue7723 if anything elevated that film it was Ms. McDonald's gorgeous voice and presence; such a shame she didn't get to sing the title song.
@@rogue7723 She played a different character
@@manuelorozco7760 Yeah, she was the _creepy-ass_ wardrobe.
Audra is truly a national treasure (might as well say international)
eddiecat international I’m from South Africa and I love her 😭
Na hunny...shes a WORLD TREASURE!🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰💯👍🙏🙏
I still remember when she did it in The Sound Of Music. She had Carrie Underwood Crying like nobody's business. It was the Song that Michael Jackson Sang as a little boy in Gary Indiana.
Such control. It's overwhelming.
I just saw her sing this today at The Sydney Opera House. Just trying to re-live a few of the songs that blew me out of my seat. She is a force of nature. ♥
Cannot BELIEVE I got to see her in RAGTIME on Broadway. It was a riviting performance. It was life-changing! And her version of Climb Ev'ry Mountain is STUNNING. Her voice IS a National Treasure.
"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"
Thank you, Hirata! 😘😊
I was just listening to Audra sing something else and thought ‘I wonder if she’s ever sung Climb Every Mountain because it’s perfect for her’ and here I am. Being proved right. Amazing!
She's really using her chest voice on this one. I don't think I ever heard her do that before. What a beautiful voice!
Audra singing it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
My favorite song from The Sound of Music. Audra has unmatchable star quality.
I am glad she got to sing this in "Sound of Music Live" with Carrie Underwood. Show-stealer all the way. Brava!
Can you believe they made Audra McDonald a boring background character in the beauty & the beast remake. One of the most beautiful voices of all time wasted.
Whilst I agree with you somewhat and whilst I think Audra McDonald is a great talent, she is not an internationally-known star. In fact, even in the US, I suspect her ‘name recognition’ is limited.
Ikr, I think it’s because if she played a big part, she would be seen as better than Emma Watson who played Belle. If Audra can sing a more softer tone (I bet she can) then she should’ve played Belle.
@@mariamnasser8807 We already have a black Ariel for the live action little mermaid what's one more black Disney princess as long as she can sing that's all that matters.
Exactly
BS! A true star doesn't need to be front and centre every time. Anyone who knows musical theatre and opera KNOWS just HOW important that role is.....and how important it is to be played by a talent AS stellar as hers. You've got it all wrong buddy. I see where you're coming from but you're wrong......on so many levels.
I will not forget Audra singing the song to Carrie Underwood as Maria eight years ago! But now she nails it again. Couldn't be timelier of a Rogers and Hammerstein standard.
Audra McDonald's voice and presence are pure magic!
I was there that night. Was extraordinary. We stopped the show for around 5 mins due to the applause. Was incredible and inspiring
She was my neighbor when I lived in Manhattan. Powerful in and out of stage.
Audra is one of the reasons why I spend so much time on UA-cam.
She is fabulous! This is how this song is meant to be sung.
Audra McDonald could slap me and I’d thank her
Same haha
Hahahaha
It would be more of a pat on the back
Remember when she sang it in Central Park, she had everyone mesmerized. I would have loved for her to have sung it at someone's Funeral on A Soap Opera. She would have had the Cast crying like nobody's business.
Goose bump .. that's how Audra's voice has an impact to the audience
Her singing is timeless. Brilliant.
i have never been so in love with a performance
Her voice: sheer power, strength,beauty,.control, ...a joy forever!
One word. Maaaaaaaagnificent 👏👏🙏
What a range! What a voice!!!
Audra McDonald is a queen in every single way. Tears welling up. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent, Audra McDonald.
So beautiful! She definitely does the song justice.
Sensational!! Incredible voice with absolute passion.
This is the song that made me fall in love with her!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Her family introduced me to classical music when he was my music teacher in Jr high...before Audra was born. I love her voice❤️
I would have been upset if that choir back there interfered. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!
I disagree! I was waiting for it!!!
Beautiful. I love her lower register
Unbelievable! Amazing interpretation of this gorgeous song.
She has a very beautiful voice.....BRAVO....Audra.........!!!!
Love Love Love this song!
Love Audra McDonald. Amazing blessings for this woman always. 🙏🏽💗
She sounds like an angel when she sings!!!
This makes me cry almost every time I watch it... I sung this myself, and I have always had a deep connection to this song. My mother used to play the Sound of Music soundtrack in her bathroom as I danced around and she got ready. It has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and Audra Mcdonald perfectly embodies every note, every message, and every aspect of the song that makes it so powerful. I will never not cry listening to it.
Riveting, unearthly, controlled, sterling, and incredibly moving voice that has been making this world and this life worth living. She has enraptured the world for years and years, deserving the highest accolades, and may she do so for many more years to come. Truly mesmerizing--creating a safe, beautiful, enchanting space one can relish to dwell in, if only to get away for a few moments from the banality, greed, pettiness, destructiveness, and callousness of today's politics here in my beautiful America.
My god what a voice
Sang at my mother's funeral she loved this song her beliefs
Amazing voice and actress. I liked even before I even heard her sing.
QUEEN
Well, this is beautiful!❤
MY EARS ARE B L E S S E D
Her voice is beyond stunning. I need more of her!
Audra is truly a national treasure.
....OMG......I just can't say anything bad about this....bravo absolutely bravo!
I get the chills every time I listen to her sing this. That's in a good way.
Absolutely
Audra McDonald Has Been My All Time Favorite Beloved Singers Of All Time And Such An Beautiful Voice Of An Pure Gold Angels We Have Heard On High And God Bless You Child For Sharing Your Wonderful Blessed Gift That God Has Blessed You With & To Share Them All in The Entire World & Man Am I Feelin'The Goosebumps All Over My Entire Body For Listening To Such An Beautiful Voice Of An Pure Gold Angels We Have Heard On High And The Sound Of Music Happens To Be My All Time Favorite Beloved Musicals Ever Made?
The people who started clapping when she started singing are SO relatable... Audra McDonald is one of the most talented performers I've ever had the fortune to witness in my entire life. The accompanist didn't really do this justice though...
One of the greatest singers that ever drew breaths
What a message .to my heroes my mum and dad words don't express enough the love in their heart thankyou god I have been blessed with the coolest mum and dad to this lady who sings with power and passion I sing a 🌈 to my children and my friends are priceless as nature. Thankyou god .a daily prayer.
This made my day, kerri!
Beautiful voice
Why have i not heard of this amazing singer until now but better: late than never😮
Beautiful❤
"But mother, I'm married to God."
"It's fine if you love someone else, Maria dear."
😭😭
Mercy.
Amazing❤❤❤
Simply spectacular.
Preach it, sister! Thank you for posting -- great rendition.
Shows I must face my fears and don’t let the social anxiety win 🥇. I am stronger than my crippling painful 😖 social anxiety. I will take my younger brother with cerebral palsy and migraines to AMC Theatres today and meet several people even though I feel like staying isolated in my bedroom away from people.
Oh my goodness! This made me tear up! Amazing
Amazing just amazing love love love Audra !
Done that hahaha need the dream now
Sigh
I'm already crying at the first note.
Same here. Very beautiful 🤩 music 🎵
Thank you ~ wonderful!
Simply perfection...Extreme talent
This….. is so stunningly beautiful… I loved the Peggy Wood, but if you’re going to cover, you had better do it as good as this. Seriously the shivers and goosebumps…. The warmth, character and effortless warmth tears rolling down my face
Peggy Wood's vocals were a Marny Nixon dub.
@@johne6081 didn’t know that! Thanks
Absolutely stunning ❤
A vocal beast. Wow!
1:50 to the end is just perfection
Spetacular voice. I love Peggy Wood's voice as well in the film.
My Queen 😍
This women can sing! Wow she’s good and I mean sincerely that Audrey McDonald is good.
Audra McDonald in The Sound of Music Live on NBC in December 2013
I seriously just finished watching The Sound Of Music, and then this was recommended to me. Thank you UA-cam!
Try Amira Willighagen as well. ua-cam.com/video/RcojA7k7kGA/v-deo.html
Wow. Audra, Shirley Bassey, Peggy Wood.... three very different renditions....but all equally as inspirational.
Incredible!!
Her voice literally makes me cry 🥰
Amazing 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿❤️
Incredible
fantastic rendition
wow...just wow...
Incroyable 👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹
Huge range!
Who are the three idiots who disliked this video??? I was blessed to see her perform this live last November, and I was crying by the end! She is phenomenal!
I disliked it because the vibrato seems too much to me
@@michael8815 1. It's a NATURAL part of singing. You can't sing well without it both technically and aesthetically. You'd sound like a child and it'd be boring.
2. To a degree, most singers can modify it but sometimes it's just their voice. So saying this is like saying you just don't like her face. Which even if true, you don't need to fkn say it.
3. Name one powerful song that doesn't have a lot of vibrato. JUST ONE. Go on.
And if all of that fails to reach you, she is a world renowned singer who's sung in halls you couldn't get into if you wanted. So wtf cares what you think?
@@Namron9797 OK thanks for that lecture but when it comes down to it I'm still allowed to dislike it.
What a voice!
Garderobe's singing !!!!!!!! Superb 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩💕💕💕💕💕💕 ! Especially the song on aria 🍌🍌🍌
Excuse my language...but FUCK! what a performance. How beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Dayummmmmmm
victor dunson agree!
William Celis , I saw her twice in Ragtime. Once in Master Class. Once in concert and in Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill in London. She is a musical goddess.
Yassss
No better song when done right. And Audra did it right!!!
I'm not gonna lie... this moved me to tears
Wow!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Perfection
I knew she slayed this song the second I found out she played reverend mother in Carrie Underwoods sound of music.
Only song memorable and beautiful from the show when it first aired with her.
Like again!
😭😭😭 gorgeous.
Soooo good!