Barbra Streisand at 64 can still sing and put on a show.
‘Nuff said.
Well, a little more. The DVD contains footage from two different concerts, one in Ft. Lauderdale in 2006 and one in Anaheim in 1994. Her voice is as good as ever; she still hits the notes. The stage patter is funny, just as it was on her Live Concert at the Forum from 1972. CBS put on a one-hour special with some of the Ft. Lauderdale material the other night; the set is wonderful and the orchestra is too. She has some forgettable group called Il Divo perform a couple of songs with her (I suspect she needed some male voices), but it’s mostly just her.
Here’s “Don’t Rain on My Parade” performed as an encore.
Yes, she can still sing! Some voices just don’t last but her voice doesn’t seem to have lost a note. It was a delightful hour. Definitely something to watch over again on nights when there’s nothing on tv.
Il Divo is a Simon Cowell creation, intended to capitalize on the audience the 3 Tenors tapped so lucratively. I wonder if they have a shared recording label/management company/makeup artist or something.
She does have a lovely voice.