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Fun fact: Idina Menzel audition for tangled but the directors thought she was just too powerful for the dainty Rapunzal so they saved her for a future project. So she was one of the first people that was thought of for the role of Elsa solely for the power ballads

If Lea Salonga had an album where she sang every Disney song, I’d buy it.

Sad Fact: The voice actress for a Cinderella, Ilene Woods suffered from Alzheimer’s and forgot that she even voiced Cinderella, and this song. But, the nurses who took care of her actually played this song and she loved it and was most comforted by it, and she didn’t know who sang it. That honestly makes me want to cry...

Lea Salonga's voice has really aged the best! She sounds almost exactly the same in 2015 as she did in 1991! Her voice is so pristine, so pure, so sweet, so POWERFUL. She's my favorite Disney Princess.

Having been invited to voiced in Disney is rare.. Lea is the only one who sang for two Disney princesses.

Cant believe tangled was 10 years ago :o

Came for Tara, stayed for Lea Salonga!

So the Snow White live recording was 35 years after the studio recording? That's pretty darn impressive! Wow, looks like they really directly modeled Cinderella's face and expressions after the singer. I've seen Jodi Benson in concert two or three times. She usually sounds better than that recording. And she absolutely loves singing "Colors of the Wind". (Disclaimer: It's probably been 15 years since I've seen her.) I agree on Paige O'Hara. I may have seen her in concert once, too; but the video here definitely sounds disappointing. I hope it was just an off day for her. Her performances on the studio recordings were always among my favorites. Lea Salonga is fantastic -- past, present, and surely future. She's a pro among pros. Absolutely spectacular. I _wish_ I could see her in concert! I agree Mandy Moore's recording is the epitome of Disney princesses. And Kristen Bell is just perfect for Anna -- beautiful voice and hilarious. Love Julie Fowlis's recording -- and that song! I like that acoustic version! Auli'i Cavalho is another perfect Disney princess voice -- the studio recording and live (no, I haven't seen her in person, just several videos of live performances). So amazing! I think since people like Jodi Benson started performing live after their Disney recordings, Disney's figured out they need to pick (and/or train) people who can deliver excellent performances live, too. I completely agree that the modern trends toward having women with huge vocal power is a great thing! Soft and delicate and gentle is still nice when they choose -- and some of them show that near the beginning of their signature songs -- but having all that power and control is so captivating and inspiring!

Can we just...for a moment...Lea Salonga’s voice didn’t change across 23 YEARS.

I'd like to hear Lea Salonga sing her third Disney princess song. The clarity of her crystal clear voice is awesome. You can understand every word that comes out of her mouth. She continues to sing "A Whole New World" and " Reflection" in her concerts & her voice only gets better.

Anika Noni Rose blows me away with her sheer power. One of my faves by far.

Lea Salonga is the queen of disney world....!!

Lea definitely still has the most clear, beautiful, and Disney perfect voice. Paige O'Hara was such a wonderful singer when she was younger but her voice definitely didn't age as well as some of the others. To be fair, 1991-2011is a long time while some of these are fairly recent so we're not seeing what 10+ years does to all of their voices. Auli'i's voice is gorgeous but that live clip is only a year or two after she originally sang for Moana.Great job as always Tara! Keep doing more Disney!

Colors of the wind is so underrated how powerful its message is...it chokes me up every time.....RIP Kobe

I'm not the least surprised by Anika. She's a vocal beast. That was a beautiful intro btw.

I love all those but when Pocahontas starts singing I sit straighter, there's just something about this particular song that blows me away.

Hi Tara, Usually when I see those "Live/Studio" or "Then/Now" videos, there's often arguments in the comments about whether the difference in singing is due to strain or age or something like that. But artists like Lea Salonga sound the same, despite a twenty year gap. Wondered if you might be able to talk about voice changes as a result of aging, and why some people appear to be affected and others not. Hugs, a Tarabyte.

I'M LIVING FOR THE INTRO😍😍

All these Disney connections, Tara. I'm sensing a role in your future.

I love the feminine and pure voices of Disney from back in the day. Especially how pure Jasmine sounds. Love it. Side note: Belle and Ariel are my princess 🤣

Judy Kuhn and Lea Salong were in the LEs Mis 10th Anniversary together

How does Lea sound the exact sameeee?!?!! Amazinggggg!!

JUDY AND LEA are my favorite, Clear Voice and Pronounciation.

The intro Is adorable😂😙

Mandy Moore is my ultimate favorite disney princess voice, i agree with you tara she is indeed the epitome of a Disney princess voice🥰

I came here after binge watching Lea Salonga’s videos starting from her audition for Miss Saigon to her studio recording videos for Aladdin and Mulan, to Les Miserables and other live performances on broadway. ❤️❤️❤️

I'm sure that Lea is heeeereeee 😍😍😍

I wish they had a live recording of Mary Costa as Princess Aurora! The best princess voice imo

Lea Salonga has almost the same tone. Matured a bit but still. She is never the only singing voice for 2 princesses for nothing. p.s. @12:19 is my favorite expression... So I say it to you as well. More Power!!!

YAAAAS, LEA SALONGA!!! SHE REALLY ALWAYS KILLED IT!!!!

This was such an interesting video -- it's so amazing to see the change in feminine voice over time as society changed and women asserted themselves in greater numbers, and how that bore itself out in the musical numbers and roles being portrayed -- but one thing is CONSTANT -- Lea and Idina are QUEENS OF ALL THINGS and TIMELESS!

Anika noni rose was the BEST OF ALL IN THIS COMPLIATION

The difference for the movie Reflection and the live one may be because the movie has the shortened version of Reflection while Lea always sings the original song in live performances.

The progression of vocals for Disney is quite insane when we look at them like this. I love it!

Lea's voice is so clear 😍

What a great video! It was so cool to see the style change as times progressed. Btw some of those live vocals were just amazing!

Lea's voice my God! There is no significant change on her voice from 1992 up to the present.

Always LOVED Colors of the Wind but didn't watch a live version until now. I started crying and felt so much emotion. Wow!

Tara you are such a QUEEN I love it!

OMG Love this! All these Disney Princesses have such elegant voices!! Big fan of the Disney Princess!

Check out Italian voice of Anna: her name is Serena Rossi, she's an actress and a singer for movies and musicals! Regards from Italy Evita

Watching this video just gave me lots of nostalgia! I love the princesses so much and seeing you react and saying that you love made me so happy! 😍😍❤️❤️

😍😍 love the intro. Tara’s a vocal queen. Great reaction btw.

I'm surprised Julie Andrews has never voiced an animated Disney princess! She had the perfect singing voice for it.

I like how you have analysis of their singing technique. Some vocal coaches' reaction is just WOW..WOW...WOW...and no explanation.

When you realize Tangled was 10 years ago.... O_O

Can you please react to Naomi Scott singing "Speechless"? I feel like her voice and technique are really good and that the song has some interesting vowels and register choices. I would love to hear Tara's insight on this performance. Thanks! :)

The song sung in the Disney movie Mulan was my absolute favorite i think it's called Reflection

Tara, your voice fits a Disney princess beautifully, too! ❤️

The lady who sang for snow white had a classically trained operatic voice. Definitely look up old recordings of her singing in house boat. Stunning!! Also, look up the singer in sleeping beauty. She also was a classically trained singer who starred in operas at the met. Her jewl aria is beautiful!!

Ooh... That was the best vocal intro so far, Tara. (All were great)

What a great video! It also shows that princesses don’t always have great days. Loved this video!!! ❤️

It is so much fun to watch your videos! More power to you!✨

We have to remember also that the older you get the harder it is to keep your pitch as you used to when you were younger your voice deepens...is that a word?...

LOVE THIS INTRO! Perfection! I almost expected you to be in a full length ball gown, with a tiara.

I like how Tara is name dropping here! "Fun fact: Jodi Benson is my cousin's mentor, and Kristen Bell is my BFF's cousin!". Those connections would really help Tara break into the music Industry if she's looking to become a professional recording artist, a Broadway performer, etc.

I love your princess chair. You are channeling your inner Disney Princess, especially with that intro!

I love these new intros 😍

The intro had me thinking, I should win the lottery and then have you flying to South Africa to train me for a full year straight.😭😭😭😭😭😭

I love you Tara omgosh you react to fabulous performances!

The pitch accuracy in that intro 👏🏻

It’s amazing how great they all sounded. I expected more variety between live and studio, but for the most part everyone sounded very much the same.

I love your work. I always enjoy Disney songs. Adriana Caselotti was a soubrette soprano. I used to love Ilene Woods as Cinderella, loved that dramatic sound to her voice.

Tara, you are so good, and hilarious with your geeking out. 😄

Ver-sa-ti-li-ty. That's what we see in Tara!

This is such a fun reaction video! I could see you’re having fun too 😄

I love this video! Tara you’re so entertaining! I love you!

7:40 "I feel like I don't sound feminine." Girl 😂 I'm a 17 yrs old girl and I sing in the tenor - I feel you 😂

okay that beginning was SO GOOD I CRIED

I really enjoyed this! Thank you for the video!

Ok that was a clever opening I loved it 😍 awesomeness

I wanna voice a singing Disney character I'm a boy but nobody really talks about the boy characters voices lol

The gorgeous David Campbell singing with Lea in the 2015 Aladdin Clip. He has an amazing voice too!

I'd love to see you become a new princess in one of Disney's movies Tara! How awesome would that be to have your voice live on forever like that😀

You have a Great voice, great voices and range. Great video

yay for disney! I totally used to always lift up on that part of the little mermaid haha. I am totally geeking out with you here!

This intro is the best thing I’ve ever seen!!!!!!!

Thank you for doing this. I'm a huge Disney Princess fan! I'd love to see your take on Frozen II!

This intro singing brought the biggest smile to my face

I'm a 23-yr old man and I am not ashamed to say that I am a Disney fan. I grew up with these films... 😍🥰

That intro is the best so far omg ahahaha! 💕

Omg yess!! I live for theatrical music & Disney ❤️

The intro!!!! 👏🏾I 👏🏾am👏🏾here👏🏾for 👏🏾it!!!

Greatest. Intro. Ever. Love it!!

Cinderella, Ariel and Belle, Tiana, Jasmin are my favourite voices, sweet and powerfull with perfect mix and no yelling.

oh my gosh the ad before your video was from St. Judes. and i got caught up in her story and watched the whole thing crying LOL

That song from brave brought back memories. I used to belt that out in the car on my way to work.

I've seen this before, but I never thought anyone would react to it. Sometimes you surprise me.

Thank you for including Anika Noni Rose.

Gosh you're so pretty with that hair style

Fun fact during the recording of the song “Something There” for Beauty and the Beast when Paige was singing “New and a bit alarming” she was going down on the word alarming and Howard Ashman was telling her to go Streisand on that word so that is what is heard in the finished product.

My favorite intro thus far by far!

Tara your videos are awesome!

Yay for Disney Princesses!! Broadway Disney Princesses next pleaseee!!

ah, Ilene Woods has always been my absolute favourite!!

That "fluttery vibrato" gets me every time.

Honestly I so love disney princess songs, they help to build my confidence so much. the only male equivalent I can think of is hercules' go the distance

Never cry that long...

I remember after seeing the original Mulan, I went to a CD shop to see who sang Reflection, and heard about Christina Aguilera for the first time. Still my favourite song of hers