Baritones Unite!

[MattSingsAlot]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:24am

C'mon all you Baritone leading men, where are all you guys?!

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 10:27am

Not necessarily a leading man, but a baritone all the same.

[King Stevos]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:03am

Baritone yes... But leading man... not so much. Maybe when I'm forty lol

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 1:34pm

Umm.... holla...??

[boy_blake]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 4:04pm

Baritone here!

[alphieboy]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 4:45pm

Here I am!

[Pasty]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 5:37pm

Here here!

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 5:58pm

I am a baritone.

[MattSingsAlot]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 6:09pm

Favorite baritone role you've played?

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 7:34pm

OO this thread is hot.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 8:08pm

I'm a baritone.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:53pm

I've always been tenorish, but with my range I guess I'm a Bari-tenor. Favorite role (only baritone role) is Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress.

[boy_blake]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 9:58pm

Um... actually most of the roles I've played have been transposed a tiny bit (taboo, I know). But one of the only real baritone roles that I've played and actually really enjoyed was Josh in "Big". Not the best show, but a fun role!

[JudasIscariot]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:05pm

Nope, not a leading man, but a baritone none the less.

[broadwayboy1939]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:11pm

What is the range of a baritone? I dont know if I am a baritone or Tenor II...

[MattSingsAlot]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:12pm

Baritone is more the timbre of the voice. Are you rich and darker or a bit lighter? The latter of the two would be Tenor 2


For me my favorite baritone singing role would have to be The Pirate King in "Pirates of Penzance"

[broadwayboy1939]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:16pm

ugh... I don't really know.. I am leaning more toward tenor II though.. Do baritones and tenor IIs basically have the same range? How high can a baritone sing?

[MattSingsAlot]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:31pm

I sing up to a Bb, but I'm still a baritone because I have a heavier and darker sound...

[GClef2]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 2:38am

Matt we have the same range!


Love to all of my baritone brothers!

[StartaFire]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:10pm

Do baritenors count????

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:22pm

Certainly, we're all about being inclusive here.

[MattSingsAlot]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:43pm

Well I'm a baritone with a High Bb but CERTAINLY NO TENOR thank you very much so I guess that makes me a baritenor or a "lyric baritone". Anyway it has Baritone in it, so it counts. ha!

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 3:13pm

clarifying --

tenor II is a CHORAL distinction. on your resume, you're never going to write JOHN SMITH - TENOR II. many tenor II/bass I's in a chorus will be baritones, and conductors will often call these parts "baritones" in rehearsal.

this is like the alto-mezzo thing for girls. if you sing alto in a chorus, you're probably a mezzo. there are so few contraltos very few women are "true" altos (as in the derivation from contralto)

baritones have a rich, lyrical quality DUE TO the situation of their range. most baritones could/do sing bass (whether I or II) in a choral situation, but would not be called "basso" on stage (the operatic term for bass).

[GypsyRoseLee]

Posted: 4/22/06 at 11:32am

I'm neither a Baritone nor a Male, but I'm playing Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar! That's a part for a Baritone! Can I be an honorary member of the Baritones Unite club?!?!

[soapguy17]

Posted: 4/22/06 at 12:42pm

Why not, the club look a heck of a lot prettier with you here