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Edgy/serious soprano songs?
LittlexFallxOfxRain
Featured Actor Joined: 2/25/08
#25re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 3/21/08 at 3:51pmDefinatley agree with Spark of Creation, Natural High and Hold On.
annatorgerson
Swing Joined: 3/31/08
#26re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 3/31/08 at 5:32pmHmm try Pie Jesu from "Requiem" by Gabriel Faure. =] Won me a Superior in a contest. Good luck!
#27re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 3/31/08 at 6:43pmI'm suprised no one has mentioned "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" from Sweeny Todd. It may be a little over done, but if you can do it well its wonderful. And a great dramatic piece. Got me into thespian festival showcase last summer. Also look at pretty much any of Lizzie's songs from 110 in the Shade, and "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime. Oh, and "Bill" from Showboat.
"I may be small, but I've got giant plans to shine as brightly as the sun!" (Little Women the Musical)
#28re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 3/31/08 at 7:03pmPatti LuPone has a good version of Meadowlark that's about 5 minutes.
-Don't let anyone tell you you can't reach the stars when there are footprints in the moon.-
p.s. display picture was a dress rehersal...stop asking why the seats are empty please ;)
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#29re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:13am
Meadowlark, Daddy's Son (especially) and Bill are SO overdone, seriously. Green Finch also, there are plenty of other equally as good sop songs to resort to. Like 110 in the shade. 
#30re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 4/1/08 at 5:22pmGorgeous from The Apple Tree. Hilaaaarious
#32re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 4/6/08 at 10:54pmhow long does it have to be, because you could do Miss Dorothy's part in "how the other half lives" and "falling in love with someone"
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
#33re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 4/7/08 at 12:32am
The most heartbreaking soprano song I know is "What's the Use of Wondrin'?" from Carousel. It's absolutely devastating, and gorgeous too.
there's a lot of really great heavy soprano material.
"Old Maid" from 110 in the Shade also comes to mind. The person who recommended Faure also knows what they're talkin' about.
I believe "Migratory V" was mentioned earlier. "The Beauty Is" from The Light in the Piazza is great, too.
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#34re: Edgy/serious soprano songs?
Posted: 4/8/08 at 5:34pmOkay so the competition was yesterday. I ended up singing Somewhere That's Green from Little Shop of Horrors. Totally not a legit serious soprano song, but I never really get to sing anything in that style and I wanted to show my interpretation of the character. I ended up getting 2nd place! The guy I lost to sang Johanna from Sweeney Todd. Green Finch and Linnet Bird was my other option, but I assumed ST would be heavily overdone this year with the movie and I was right because the winner and another girl from a different school in my town sang from that show.
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