Villainous Tenor roles

[Hughes83]

Villainous Tenor roles#1

Posted: 2/10/13 at 8:04pm

I can't even begin to tell you how tired I am of being love struck, naive, blah blah blah, all the typical things tenors get to be. And so the title says it all. I know about Pirelli from Sweeney Todd, but that's...pretty much the only one.

[Jon]

Villainous Tenor roles#2

Posted: 2/13/13 at 8:45am

From an obscure Off-Broadway musical: The role of Christopher "Kit" Gill, the serial killer in NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY. A flamboyant failed actor who dons various disguises to strangle old ladies.

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Villainous Tenor roles#2

Posted: 2/17/13 at 2:51pm

Lord Farquaad from SHREK.

[Nettik]

Villainous Tenor roles#3

Posted: 2/18/13 at 12:38pm

The Phantom/Erik in Phantom of the Opera is a high baritone role, if not a tenor role.

Gabe from Next to Normal is definitely a tenor and is rather villainous in comparison to the other characters.

While not a stage musical, Dr. Horrible in Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog is a tenor.

Jasper in Drood is a tenor IIRC.

And, of course, Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, though portrayed more sympathetically than in other tellings of the story, is a tenor.