OMG great video and voice. She gave me the goose bumbs. Willemijn Verkaik is amazing. Go and watch this now. (totally legal from a rehearsal)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAoHwpwLkO4

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

I love it
love it
love it
love it
love it
DANCING CAT TIME:

(If you havent picked up the drift yet...I love her lol)

Where can we get translations of these songs? I saw a tiny bit of DG translated, and I love the words they chose.

Glad you enjoyed the video. The link to it was posted before, but I had friends who couldn't get the video to play, so I figured I'd upload it to a more regularly visited source. Isn't she just incredible? I would give anything to see her live, unfortunately the possibility of that is pretty much null.

she sounds amazing. AND its not even a proper performance!

Lyrics:

Elphaba: Fiyero!!!

ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN

Taub und stumpf sei sein Fleisch,
ohne Blut sei sein Herz
und bei Schlägen sei er frei von Schmerz.
In der grausamsten Not
und der dunkelsten Zeit,
sei er immer vor dem Tod gefeit,
vor dem Tod gefeit.

ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN ATUM ATUM ELEKA... ELEKA

Was nützen die Sprüche?
Ich weiß nicht mal was ich sage.
Was wende ich an aus dem Trickarsenal?
Fiyero wo bist du? In aussichtsloser Lage?
Ich möchte helfen und versag' total,
nicht zum ersten mal!

Gutes tun, muss man büßen,
den keine gute Tat bleibt ohne Strafe.
Gutes tun, muss man büßen,
das weiß ich nun.
Kann ich nicht grad so gut sein?
Besser als die wichtig tun?
Gutes tun muss man büßen.

Nessa ...
Dr. Dillamonth ...
Fiyero ... Fiyero!!!

Das eine frag' ich mich,
bei all der Selbstbetrachtung:
Wollt' ich echt Gutes tun,
oder wollt' ich Beachtung?
Ist dieses "Gut-Mensch-Sein",
nur eine Art von Heuchelei?
Ist deshalb niemand,der Gutes tut
von Strafe frei?

Gutes tun, muss man büßen,
Mitleid kann teuer sein,
am besten flieht man.
Gutes tun, muss man büßen,
Ja, ich war gut,
wohin das führte, sieht man.

Undank genug!
Dann sei es..., dann sei es so:
Für ganz Oz werd ich nur
die böse Hexe sein.
Wenn doch mein Wunsch nicht währ,
Fiyero zu befrein.
Ich werd nichts Gutes tun,
ich lass mich nicht darauf ein, nie mehr.
Ich werd nie mehr Gutes tun,
niemals, nein, nie mehr.

English literal re-translation:
(Thanks a million for translating
@ DjCelsGroupies)

ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN

Numb and blunt is his flesh,
without blood is his heart.
And by beating let him be free with pain
In most atrocious distress,
and in darkest time
He's forever immune to death,
immue to death.

ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
ATUM ATUM ELEKA NAHMEN
ELEKA NAHMEN NAHMEN
ATUM ATUM ELEKA... ELEKA

Ah! What good are these spells?
I don't even know what I'm saying!
To what do I turn from the "trick arsenal"?
Fiyero, where are you?
In a situation without prospects?
I'd like to help,
but I fail completely,
not the first time!

To do good, one has to pay
No good deed remains without punishment
To do good, one has to pay
That's what I know now
Couldn't I even be good?
Better then the important are
To do good one has to pay.

Nessa...
Doctor Dillamond...
Fiyero... Fiyero!!!

That's what I ask myself
in all this "self-reflection":
Did I want to do genuinly good
or did I want attention?
Is that "Good-Human-Being"
just a form of hypocrisy?
Is therefore no one who does good
exempt from punishment?

To be good one has to pay
Pity can be high in price,
it' s better to flee.
To be good one has to pay
Yes, I was good,
the result of it is now to see.

Ingratitude enough!
Then it will be...it will be this way
In all of Oz, I'll be known as the Wicked Witch
In my only desire
to free Fiyero
I won't do any good,
I will not do it, nevermore
I'll nevermore do good,
never, no, nevermore.

HOLY S$%*(.

That's an unbelievable performance. Brilliant choice for the role.