Her name is Christine Pedi, and she is spectacular. The pianist’s name is Matthew Ward, and he’s pretty fantastic himself. The conclusion of the actual “Twelve Divas of Christmas” doesn’t happen till about halfway through the second video, but just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Here’s as many as I can get:
Marlene Dietrich (thx 2 Tammy) – Joan Rivers – Patti Lupone – Bernadette Peters – Carol Channing – Angela Lansbury – “Edith Bunker” – Julie Andrews
Rudolf/Liza Minelli – Carol of the Bells/? – Dreidl/Judy Garland – Elaine Stritch – Barbra Streisand – Bette Davis – Katherine Hepburn
#1 is Marlene Dietrich!
thanks for the vids, she is dead on.
Dietrich! Aber natürlich!! Thanks Tamaraquoi!!
This is tremendous!
Not Eartha Kitt? (Imitating her wide vibrato with the tongue here…?)
Ooooh KEY POINT. I’ll admit, EK is a diva with whom I am totally unfamiliar; but one can learn a helluva lot from a quick YT search:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c7nbhueAac
I think this reader is dead-on. Thanks clutterbuk!