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igoldan

Angelo Del Vecchio is a much better Quasimodo than Garou in Notre Dame de Paris

Comparison video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Q2r5fA6JI

Angelo has much more diverse and unique acting style that makes me feel like he's not human. And his voice is just better at every level: on high notes it's more velvet, while during low notes it's much more shrill.

Everyone vastly prefers Garou for some reason. I don't have any other explanation than people just saw him live first, so they are biased (just like myself). But I do believe that Angelo is much better in each aspect of the performance.

Source: just watched Notre Dame de Paris in NYC with Angelo performing live, and then watched Garou's parts on Youtube.

Posted Jul 15, 2023, 4:44 AM UTC

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One_Prior_9909•

Do enough people have an opinion on this to make it popular or unpopular?

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RecedingQuasar•

I don't know Angelo Del Vecchio, but listening to the comparison it sounds like the gravelliness in his voice is something he adds in, whereas Garou has it naturally.

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yourenotmytito•

I found your post a month late while google searching for recordings/performances of Angelo Del Vecchio (too few and far between online). I am compelled to comment because I am one of the perhaps-handful of other people who feels as strongly about this as you do. I really must agree. The old recording with Garou has had a place in my heart for a long time, but this new interpretation is better.

I saw Angelo in the role in NYC this summer and was so moved that I went back twice. He has a wonderful, totally unique voice, and even moreso it was the acting: Garou played Quasimodo with kind of a mischievous twinkle, but Angelo's reading is wholehearted and open, with an earnest quality that really anchors him as the soul of the story.

I started following him on instagram and was kinda flabbergasted that he only has 10k-ish followers. I'm hoping he blows up and someday releases a solo album like Daniel Lavoie and Garou did before him.

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(For anyone interested to hear him singing in his own voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvd6UTA_1_s )

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igoldanOP•

Omg thank you for this comment (that I just noticed 3 months later). You really described how I feel about their performances, but in better words. It's very nice to hear that someone feels the same way. And I went back to see Angelo in NYC exactly twice as well :) Only after the 3rd time in 2 weeks I felt that okay I've had enough for now, until next year. And I'm still listening to the Notre Dame de Paris playlist on Spotify quite often. I actually created two ones: the full one except short bits (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/19GRblZfgsweBgWUwqIapQ?si=f04bea67efe64d9a) and the one with my favorite songs (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ZBa6IiTUevnJjo6frjZpk?si=bc5f3ccc436e4412).

Also a very nice video, thanks for the link! I noticed that he uses the same facial expressions while singing as when playing Quasimodo, so looks like it's his natural way, which also works really well in that role.

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