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What's a good upbeat song and a good ballad for a musical theater soprano? I'm doing a musical theater workshop next month, and I need 2 songs: one upbeat and one ballad. I'm a soprano who can hit low notes, as in, I can't belt. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
What's a good upbeat song and a good ballad for a musical theater soprano?
A ballad you could do is Good Night, My Someone from The Music Man for upbeat all I could think of is The Girl from 14G. It's REALLY HARD though. And you haveto be good at all different kinds of stuff. She imitates opera and trumpets and stuff, so . . . Chenoweth sings it. Just youtube it to see if you could do it.
"14G" is not a good song to sing...it's pretty popular because it was written especially for Kristin Chenoweth, and also requires opera training and scatting abilities, which are not the easiest things to do for a singer. I'm also a soprano (classically-trained but not even I would sing "14G".) Here are some songs from my repertoire: Before I Gaze at You Again - Camelot Climb Ev'ry Mountain - The Sound of Music Falling in Love with Love - Boys from Syracuse How Lovely to Be a Woman - Bye Bye Birdie I Could've Danced All Night - My Fair Lady I Feel Pretty - West Side Story I Loved You Once in Silence - Camelot I Speak Six Languages - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee If I Were a Bell - Guys and Dolls It Might as Well Be Spring - State Fair This Can't Be Love - Boys from Syracuse Till There Was You - The Music Man Wouldn't it Be Loverly - My Fair Lady (works ONLY with a Cockney accent) You'll Never Walk Alone - Carousel And just to save some poor inexperienced soul from suggesting it, "Phantom" songs are too overdone...as is anything from "Wicked". E-mail me if you'd like more suggestions. Break a leg!
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