Example: Christine Daaé, who hits an E6.
So often people cite roles like Eliza from My Fair Lady or Katherine from Newsies or Jo from Little Women as sopranos, but I find they often lean mezzo and that I can sing their songs with a good warm up (I’m a mezzo). So who are some TRUE sopranos that you KNOW couldn’t be played by a mezzo soprano?
Hi all! This comes up often at rehearsals.
What methods do you use to cover your actor’s / your own tattoos? I am looking for any kind of cover up or makeup suggestions - preferably by brand name if you know it!
What do you hate to see productions get wrong? What do you love to see them get right?
Man, I sound so good singing ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ - but so does everybody else apparently. 😅
Working on my audition repertoire and I am lacking in this pretty important department. So I want to hear what you guys like!
I think my fav is If I Can’t Love Her from Beauty & the Beast. Just makes my heart melt.
Side Quest: Since I’m a mezzo, I’m mostly familiar with unrequited love songs like On My Own (Les Mis), Someone Like You (J&H), or I’m Not That Girl (Wicked) - so I’m looking to branch out if anybody has any suggestions for me too!
I guess I’m just curious!
By far the most common one I see is Americans doing British accents or Brits doing American accents.
Local theatre is doing both next season and I’m thinking of auditioning for one, but I can’t do both. I’m a mezzo soprano who is hoping for any role including ensemble.
The only experience I have with Ana is the animated dreamworks movie. I have no experience with CFA.
What are this sub’s preferences between the shows? Does either show stick out as something more interesting / fun to do? Is there a clear winner in quality? Which show’s soundtrack will drive me insane at rehearsals every night faster? I plan on finding a recording of both, but I figured I would ask here first!
ISO: Rapunzel, Esmeralda, & Djali
FT: Merida, Frollo, & Quasimodo
I bought two blind boxes on a whim today. I think they’re adorable. Will probably try to complete the collection over the next month.
Does anybody know what the best ways to find people to trade with are incase I get dupes? I don’t live anywhere near a park.
I was just thinking about how similar to Idina Menzel, other actresses have played both Elphaba and Elsa professionally like Cassie Levy and Emily Koch.
Are there any other examples of these kinds of typecasts for other roles?
So basically the house is perfect, except for these tiles. The grout isn’t holding up and they are popping out of place
Now, I have DIY re-tiled a floor before… but this is a heated floor. I, frankly, have no idea what that entails or what to expect under the tiles. From what I understand, the grout began to crumble because the floor’s heat was turned on too soon after the tiles were placed.
So is this something that I can research? Is there a layer of anything between the tiles and heating elements which can help me out, like a barrier? Do I need a tool to see what’s under the tiles? Etc etc.
I was just fooling around on Wikipedia and noticed this movie is currently in production. Wikipedia says:
“Octet is an upcoming American musical filmdirected by Lin-Manuel Miranda as his second feature. Written by Dave Malloy, it is an adaption of the stage musical of the same name. The film will star Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Phillipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Tramell Tillman, and Paul-Jordan Jansen.”
I’ve never heard of this musical before, but that cast sounds absolutely S T A C K E D. Like, ridiculously so. AND it’s by Lin-Manuel Miranda??!
So does anybody have any experience with this show? Is it generally well received as a stage show? What do you think of the casting choices?
How do you prefer to do your research and write on how people spoke in the past?
I was told I was a female alto by my chorus teacher in elementary school, but it turns out that there just weren’t enough real altos so she just threw me in to fill out the section. Except she didn’t tell any of us this, it was just something I found out was common in choirs later on.
So for years I limited myself to alto songs. Because that’s what I was told I was. And man did I STRUGGLE to sing. My voice was constantly cracking on low notes and I had no control over pitch because it just wasn’t comfortable. I always wanted to go higher, so I’d end up sharp. But since I was still in the same choir, I kept being told I was an alto.
Then one day, years later, I was practicing a small solo when my private singing teacher said “try this song instead” - it was a song meant for sopranos. I INSTANTLY sounded better. I watched her eyebrows raise immediately, and she told me I was actually a mezzo soprano. Ever since, I’ve been singing with far more ease.
So anybody else be held back for several years due to a music instructor’s mistake?
My tone is a very naturally bright mezzo soprano sound, and I am seriously so sick of being shoehorned into limited musical theatre roles because of it, lol. Think Disney princess voices like Belle or Aurora. I end up playing a lot of roles where I’m the romantic interest or the princess or the young mother - but I wanna be eeeeeviiilllllll.
Unfortunately whenever I try to sing something that’s serious or ominous, it just kind of comes off as like a barking puppy. I tried singing “Last Midnight” from Into the Woods and honestly the recording just sounds so non threatening.
So what do I do?? Tell me how to become more villain-esc vocally.
So I’m looking to do a small practice study on successful musical theatre shows, and for it I’d like to pick 100 musicals for my data set.
I’d ideally like the musicals to be recognizable and avoid people asking “what is that?” or “who is that character?”.
So does anybody have any ideas of how to best pick 100 otherwise random musicals, but make sure they are still popular? I did try going with only winners of best musical from the Tony awards, but there aren’t 100 winners yet and some of those musicals haven’t stood the test of time well so they’re more obscure now than when they won 50 years ago.
I’m a light mezzo who LOVES singing (and belting) in an upper mixed range and is looking for some new songs for my repertoire. My voice is very bright (honestly I struggle to make it dark) and so far these songs have the best range/mixed feel for me:
Astonishing - from Little Women
My Days - from The Notebook
Are there any more songs out there that are like these two? Send help and thanks in advance!!!
They’re a bad person so only suggestions that will negatively impact their lives somehow.
Keep it legal.
So far the best I got is signing them up for some spam emails, and I also scheduled an appointment with local Jehovah’s witnesses.