Totally not Chess at the Kennedy Center (Feb 17th 2018)

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Raúl Esparza (Freddie Trumper), Karen Olivo (Florence Vassy), Ramin Karimloo (Anatoly Sergievsky), Bradley Dean (Ivan Molokov), Sean Alan Krill (Walter de Courcey), Ruthie Ann Miles (Svetlana Sergievsky), Bryce Pinkham (Arbiter & Narrator)
February 17th 2018
One Night in Bangkok, The Interview, The Deal, Pity the Child, I Know Him So Well, Talking Chess (dialogue)

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@mysterysunfurled 3 жыл бұрын

All I want for christmas is a damn studio recording of this version of Chess...UGH It hurts knowing we'll never get it. Also Raul Esparza as Freddie is just too perfect, I love him.

@rachellyons1810 3 жыл бұрын

The amazing thing is this is Raul singing while super sick. He battled through during the performance I saw, but was clearly struggling. He wasn't so sick in this performance and sounds so much better, but is clearly not 100%. What a pro

@00rabbit7 3 жыл бұрын

I saw it live when he wasn't sick yet and he was incredible. It may have been the night after this one. Broke my heart to see the videos the days after we saw it where his voice was gone.

@stormyjlb 2 ай бұрын

I thought he was amazing!

@griffin-ng4tc 3 жыл бұрын

Can we please have an actual full production with this whole cast... they’re so goooood 😭😭😭😭😭

@gianinamorales8597 3 жыл бұрын

14:03 Pity the Child Raul Esparza was sick?! How did he get through Pity The Child?! That was unbelievable, holy crap. 🤯🤯

@Davidg65 Жыл бұрын

I´ve loved Chess since 1984...Only knew Raul from SVU...He´s a fab singer !

@veronicaezzy73 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing what fantastic voices what a treat. Everyone is amazing but Raúl Esparza what a surprise love him in SVU his version of One night in Bangkok is hot, Olivia Benson would slap the handcuffs on him for sure. The Duet of I know him so well was just beautiful I wish there was more.

@hallaburger Жыл бұрын

raúl esparza is genuinely my bisexual fever dream nightmare god and this production breaks my brain every time i circle back to it

@tjluvsmusic1 3 жыл бұрын

I need a studio recording of Raul’s Pity the Child. Im obessed!😍

@followingwaves 3 жыл бұрын

Raul singing Pity the Child. What a gut-punch.

@mauriciodurantoro9629 3 жыл бұрын

I am a chess amateur player and I have loved this song for ever, but never had heard this version before, it is amazing, thanks for sharing.

@Iliketosingforjoy 2 жыл бұрын

These videos of Chess you have are great! I wish you would have got Anthem. Ramon Karimloo is probably amazing singing it!

@mgarner1227 Жыл бұрын

I think videos of him singing it in other venues exist. You should look it up and see what you get. But yes. Him singing Anthem gives me chills.

@Theordoreqaz 4 жыл бұрын

lol hi I’m Raul Esparza and evening with a fucking throat infection I SOUND LIKE THIS

@karenbaker2566 Жыл бұрын

Raul you rocked this with heart even though your voice was not up to par! 💗

@Sharpe1502 9 ай бұрын

Even though he’s sick, this is one of my favorite versions of One Night in Bangkok.

@constancerakes1325 3 жыл бұрын

you are a blessing

@neenlancaster 2 жыл бұрын

I love this cheese recipe! Looking great

@ashleebenedict6523 2 ай бұрын

Here just for Ramin. Love his Anthem

@00rabbit7 Жыл бұрын

On this performance he wasn’t fully sick … it got a little worse. I’m glad I got to see it when he still had some voice

@jkittymeow 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t have this verson of I know him so well, is it possible to get a google drive link? Thank you so much for uploading this😭

@TigerPrawn_ 3 жыл бұрын

2:29 - I am living for that bi lighting

@alexlapi2386 3 жыл бұрын

Kristine, Do I understand correctly that in this version the Soviet champion Anatoly Sergievsky wins in the final? The Kennedy Center was not afraid to go against the patriotism of the USA and showed the real author's idea as originally written by ABBA?

@cindyluyanli 3 жыл бұрын

In this v Anatoly does win in Endgame! He does deflect from the USSR and defeat a USSR player so Freddie and US patriotism doesn’t have so much to do with it anyways. They tied a lot more “fuck politics” sentiment into it, and with the rewrites more heavily tied up in historic events it kind of works? With the final ending they did it with Florence’s dad actually still alive and the two share a song together, which is a bit nicer about the CIA’s integrity, but thematically undermines the idea that politics and bureaucracy don’t care about individual people. Also I didn’t see the show so I don’t know how a lot of this plays visually, All I have is based on a few clips and an audio bootleg.