Baritone Belting Songs

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:36pm

What are some?

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:38pm

Epiphay- Sweeney Todd

A Little Priest- Sweeney Todd

I am what I am -La Cage

Updated On: 4/13/09 at 04:38 PM

[figaroindy]

Posted: 4/13/09 at 4:55pm

Baritones don't belt - it's a particular technique that's specific to the female voice (normally sopranos, not altos, are belters - it depends on their natural passagio).

So, if you're just talking about "screaming high notes" for baritones - I'd say "Being Alive" from Company (only a G) or either of the leading men in "Scarlet Pimpernel" - "Falcon in the Dive?" or "Into Fire?" some of those.

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 4/13/09 at 6:37pm

Baritones rumble.

[philly03]

Posted: 4/13/09 at 7:08pm

Many from Wildhorn shows...

As 'figaroindy' said:
"Falcon in the Dive"
"Into the Fire ("Reprise")/Curtain Call" - Percy wise

"This is the Moment" - J&H
"The Way Back" - J&H
"Where's the Girl? (Reprise)" - SP
"I Can't Recall" - ATOTC
"Life after Life" - DRACULA, the musical
"Farewell Good Angel" - JE

Basically, many a show where James Barbour has been cast in that role.

[sparrman]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:43am

Thank you, figaroindy, I agree completely. I've never known what people were talking about when they spoke of men "belting".

[madbrian]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:46am

The Impossible Dream from Man Of LaMancha

[esparza 333]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:09am

Philly ATOTC was composed by Jill Santoriello not Frank Wildhorn

[figaroindy]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:53am

Glad to help Sparrman - it's my pet peeve, as a vocal coach, that people don't have a clue when they speak of belting. It's just like all women with lower (alto) voices speaking of belting. Real belters are always sopranos, because their passagio starts on high D - and belters have to belt up to high D or E....it's basically carrying additional weight and focus into the passagio/head voice. If your voice (as it does for altos) enters the passagio around Bb, then you can't belt the high belting notes (D & E) that people expect to hear. It makes me laugh when people who "love" belters also say they don't like sopranos....they're the same thing! They may not like the soprano in her "legit" head voice, but a belter's still, most often, a soprano. Look at Merman, the consummate belter....could belt an E or F when she had to - that's no alto!

The best belters are those who are also excellent head voice singers - because they know the "proper" placement and can then push it a bit more forward into the belt. (Judy Kaye is a PRIME example - Carlotta in "Phantom of the Opera" right next to Babe in "Pajama Game" - also Lily Garland in " On the Twentieth Century" and Meg in "Brigadoon" - that's a legit soprano - with a solid HIGH high D (above high C) and a fantastic belt range, too - Emma Goldman was another role of hers on Broadway - and Rosie in Mamma Mia!) Updated On: 4/14/09 at 10:53 AM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:58am

If I Can't Love Her- Beauty and the Beast

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 11:03am

I don't know if this is baritone or tenor, but "Joey, Joey, Joey" is thrilling at the end.

[philly03]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 12:08pm

"Philly ATOTC was composed by Jill Santoriello not Frank Wildhorn"

I'm aware. He also did not compose JE - Jane Eyre ~ The Musical.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 8:20pm

Look at Petruchio/Fred's songs from KISS ME, KATE.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:12pm

Belting does not just refer to female singers. Yes most belters are sopranos but tenors also can belt above their breaks.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:26pm

what does ATOTC stand for? what show is that? thanks

[beltingbaritone]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:37pm

A Tale of Two Cities.

[goober1632]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 1:58am

You Should Be Loved - Side Show
Funny - City of Angels
Stars - Les Miz
Sunset Blvd - Sunset
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin - Oklahoma

[figaroindy]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 8:18am

Actually, singing "above your break" is not belting - it's just singing in the next register....tenors can't belt. They might carry some extra weight into the head voice (even operatic tenors do that), but it's not belting. It is simply and totally a female vocal phenomenon!

[esparza 333]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 10:51am

I'm aware. He also did not compose JE - Jane Eyre ~ The Musical.


My apologies Philly. I misunderstood your post.