Singers who Understood Character and Drama

Three singers who understood, quite deftly, the character and drama, in which they were performing:

1.

Brian Stokes Mitchell, portraying Don Quixote in a stirring performance.  From the musical "Man of La Mancha," based on the masterpiece by Miguel de Cervantes.

2.

Madonna, portraying Eva Peron superbly, from her brash youth to her dying days.  In the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Evita."

3.

Anne Hathaway, portraying Fantine with the sheer pathos of this epic song.  From "Les Miserables," based on the Victor Hugo masterpiece.