OK I DID A SEARCH TO NO AVAIL SO HERE GOES...
OK I DID A SEARCH TO NO AVAIL SO HERE GOES...
#0OK I DID A SEARCH TO NO AVAIL SO HERE GOES...
Posted: 8/27/05 at 2:56am
i am auditioning for a gilbert and sullivan show,'the mikado'.
WHAT on earth do i sing? The usual? I know this is very traditional musical theatre so i don't want to do something modern. I don't need song suggestions, just genre suggestions..although...if you have some song suggestions i am more than open to them :) thanks in advance guys!
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Posted: 8/27/05 at 3:04amI"ve always liked Poor Wandring One from Pirates of Penzance, if you want to stay in the G & S vein. Mabel has some great parts in that song.
ashley0139
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Posted: 8/27/05 at 10:39amIt's always a good choice to do something else that the same composer wrote. Or maybe something R&Hy.
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Posted: 8/27/05 at 12:42pmthanks guys, i will probably end up sticking with the composer
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pndmnd
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Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:45amKeep in mind that Gilbert and Sullivan is beyond legit musical theatre. The Mikado, Pirates..., HMS Pinafore, etc. are operettas. So, unless you know a lot of operettas, I'd stick with something G & S. If you are doing a song from a musical, though, and assuming that you're a soprano, I'd go less with Rogers and Hammerstein, and more with something like 3 Penny Opera or Sweeny Todd (Greenfinch...).
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Posted: 8/28/05 at 2:42pm
i think "green finch" would actually be a really good choice in terms of finding something comparable to G&S.
it carries the same classical feel (i feel it almost as if it were an art song), but is still in the musical theatre vein.
pndmnd is definitely right - G&S is far past musical theatre into operetta, but i think if you have to audition with a musical theatre piece that "green finch" would work really well.
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Posted: 8/28/05 at 2:53pm
yeah thats the thing, i'm SO used to singing 'musical theatre' i've had absolutely NO opera/classical voice training at all!
The songs i've been listening to are all...well...VERY...unlike anything i would sing- maybe i should go with R&H; its not quite like g&s but its around the same era, no?
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Posted: 8/29/05 at 10:38pmif you do want to try some other operetta composers try Sigmund Romberg or Victor Herbert. You could also possibly sing some Jerome Kern. Good luck-The Mikado is great! I did it last year!!!!!!!
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