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The cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Muny (St. Louis Municipal Opera), 1969.
The stage adaptation of Disney's Snow White that was performed at Radio City Music Hall in 1979, with its book by Joe Cook and its new songs with lyrics by Cook and music by Jay Blackton, didn't originate at Radio City. It was first performed in 1969 at St. Louis's famous outdoor musical theatre, the Muny.
Here we see operatic soprano Patricia Wise as Snow White and operatic tenor Frank Porretta (father of actor Matthew Porretta) as her Prince. And among these actors with dwarfism who play the seven dwarfs, there are two very notable names: Billy Barty as Dopey (his credits are too many to list), and Jerry Maren, the green-clad middle member of the Lollipop Guild in The Wizard of Oz, as Sleepy.
(This wasn't Billy Barty's only experience with the tale of Snow White, as eighteen years later he played the dwarf leader Iddy in the 1987 Canon Movie Tales adaptation. Nor was Jerry Maren the only former Munchkin to appear in a Snow White adaptation, as Billy Curtis, the "And oh, what happened then was rich!" Munchkin, played the eldest dwarf Barnaby in the 1984 Faerie Tale Theatre version.)
Also in this production were another operatic soprano, Marthe Errolle, as the Evil Queen, and Australian actor Laurie Main, whom some of us remember best as the kindly narrator of Welcome to Pooh Corner on the Disney Channel, as Snow White's father the King.
Howdy, these are my personal favorite voice performances of Snow White, bc I've been watching a lot of those ranking videos lately over the past few months since they're always in my recommended lmao.
Now remember!! This is my personal opinion, and yours may be different than mine and that's fine! So, if you don't like my picks...idk you can make your own top ten, I think that'd be pretty neat.
I like hearing different people's opinoins and perspectives...just as long as you're nice about it.
These aren't in any particular order btw, just only in the order I find the videos first lmao. Like, I love all of them, they're all wonderful imo.
So, let us begin!
Oh...I should probably tag the Snow White guy™️(bc that's what you are in my mind Rin) @snowrinrin bc I want to hear your opinion :>
Adriana Caselotti, English
She's the original! She has to be on the list, she way she speaks is so calming and sweet, like, I just can't help but feel happy when listening to her, she sounds so full of whimsy and positivity and I love that.
I know the voice and singing isn't for everyone, but I love her and how she sounds :3 And her high notes are really cool, like ok diva pop off <3
Cybele Freire, Brazilian Portuguese (1965)
I really like how she sings; she sounds very sweet but not annoying and shrill like how some other dubs make Snow sound, I really enjoy her and her performance! I listened to her music and it's really nice! It's a bit different from how other Snow White's sound but I like it, it's refreshing.
(also this was the only vid I found that had a range of her performance sorry for the depressing ahh title agsdhfj)
Tatiana Angelini, Swedish (1938)
I love the vintage sound and how she sings specific notes, she just...sounds like a beautiful Snow White, she's lovely! She speaks so softly that it's calming to me, I love soft spoken voices hehe, and she's very darling to me.
Rachel Pignot, French 2001
Her voice just scratches a spot in my brain idk how else to describe it. Like she speaks so calmly and isn't really forceful with her performance. Rachel makes a very lovely Snow White idk what else to say other than I think she's lovely and charming. Though, shoutout to Lucie Dolene, the 1962 French dub voice for Snow, she's also great!!
VigdĂs Hrefna PálsdĂłttir, Icelandic
She's always in top spots of other ranking videos for a reason, just listen to her! She strikes that perfect spot of sweet while sounding youthful but not forced, she's a lovely Snow :3
Mitsa Routi, Greek
I just can't help but like her, she sounds a little bit old for Snow, but I still really like her, she sounds really elegant to me :) I enjoy the deeper voice even if it doesn't perfectly 'fit' Snow.
Also, Greek is such a pretty language to me so....~
Ventsislava Stoilova, Bulgarian
When I close my eyes I can picture Snow White, so that's a very good sign lol. Like I've said many times, she sounds so sweet. And softspoken! I really enjoy that, and I love her high notes in 'Sdmpwc' they aren't forced like how some other singers sound (none in this list btw) and I love her speaking voice too! She's so cutieful aaa
(also the lyrics in this version are so romantic and fairytale-esque to me)
Susanne Tremper, German 1966
She's my preferred voice of the German dubs, she strikes the perfect tone for me honestly, and it's also helps since she was in the perfect age range for Snow at the time, so she has a youthful sound bc Susanne was 18 at the time I believe?
I also just like how she sounds in the other things she's been in. Her singing as Snow just sounds...innocent to me idk how else to describe it, even if her high notes are a bit warbly in some places I still think she sounds really nice and I like how she sounds :>
Edyta Krzemień, Polish 2009
Every ranking video I've seen has her in high regard and I can understand why! Her high notes are so pretty to me, they're not super-duper high, but they have this certain softness to them that I really enjoy. She's super cute! And that's important when you're Snow White lol
Marie Sikulová, Czech 1970
I really enjoy her performance as Snow! I really like her operatic sound and when she speaks, she has this sweetness to her voice that's super cute. Marie did a really good job imo :)
Also Czech is such an interesting language that I feel like you don't think about that often, but when you hear it you hear how pretty it sounds. (also the prince in this version sounds very nice too! Shoutout to him.)
And that's my list! This was pretty fun for me so I might do the other princesses/heroines (that I care about), I find it so interesting that there's so many videos and posts about their favorite dub voices for characters and how different they all tend to be!
Though my top 3 are definitely Adriana, Edyta, and Ventsislava, they just embody Snow White to me :3
But that's just my opinion!
If anyone gets inspired to do their own list I'd love to see it! Tag me in it if you do make one, or if any of you want to be tagged in the next list I make please let me know!
Has anyone else encountered this really white-woman-wrote-this feeling trope where a heroine character is given self-care-coded sage advice that basically tells her that she doesn't have to save the world?
I get where this sentiment is coming from since marginalized people often feel so solely responsible for fixing everything to the point of carrying the burden of saving the world on their own shoulders, but! The part where it feels weirdly white feminism-y to me is that the heroine in these stories is often (through worldbuilding reasons) the only person who can physically save the world.
So getting the whole "hey girl, remember to take care of yourself. It's not just about what you give to other people, check in on your own personal happiness too." rings empty here. Especially when these stories take place in a fantasy war setting where taking a self care vacation from the revolution towards liberation isn't an option.
I can't fully put my finger on the exact reason why, but stories like this feel so representative of how white women are marginalized. They get tired of fighting and then comfortably retreat into the confines of whiteness while women of color don't get days off.
These stories often have a theme of "You don't have to save the world, heroine." Even though she's the only one who has the power to do it. And then she just ends the story saving the world anyway because she'd look like a monster for not doing that in the first place. I think in some ways it's because the narrative in these stories lessens the actual weight and cost of war so that a heroine taking a break doesn't look deeply irresponsible.
They're trying to deconstruct how "selfishness" is demonized and self-sacrifice-for-the-collective is put on a pedestal as a moral virtue, but doesn't that all fall apart when your heroine is the only one who can enact real change? It's like telling Avatar Aang he doesn't have to save the world because to do so would be too self-sacrificing.
a lot of people on social media are very cruel about the literacy crisis of course I think everyone should not just read more but read things that challenge them... but when had shaming and mockery ever made you want to do something you're being made fun of for not doing? i don't think you actually care I think you're just glad to have an acceptable target to feel intellectually superior over
actually I think you should be normal about ordinary citizens of authoritarian countries and yes that applies even to that country you're thinking of right now
"but they support [dictator] and [violent action]!" okay is it possible that a combination of propaganda, election rigging, and authoritarian crackdowns on dissent could lead a population to look like it supports something most people would find distasteful under more reasonable circumstances
The key to writing good fanfiction is to harbor a deeply humiliating desire, and the trick there is that even pretty basic and societally-accepted desires like “being held” and “being wanted” CAN and WILL be humiliating if they’re intense enough. Become so estranged from human connection that the idea of someone playing with your hair fills you with yearning so deep you feel like you’re going to throw up and you will write some banger fanfiction. It might have some other consequences too but idrk about that.
