Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#0Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:48pmWhat female broadway performers can belt and sing soprano (especially high soprano)? I know there are a lot, but the only one I can remember is Kristen Chenowith. Thanks
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#1re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:50pmSchool starts soon, doesn't it?
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#2re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:56pm
Sarah Uriarte Barry can sing both very well...
Audra actually has a nice belt, especially on Marie Christine.
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#3re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:58pmHehe. Play nice, Rath.
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Born2cthelightsofbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/04
#4re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 9:58pmRathnait62- Huh?
"You alone can make my song take flight, it's over now, the Music of the Night!!!!!"
Yero
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/29/06
#5re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:03pmRachel York. (I bet you saw that one coming)
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ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#6re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:05pmNot Broadway, but Alexandra Silber sure can (West End Laura in WIW).
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lovesclassics
Broadway Star Joined: 10/7/05
#7re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:13pm
Sure did, Yero! It's so nice to have company on the island of Rachel York love. WRQ, where are you? 
I'd like to add Marin Mazzie and Carolee Carmello to the list. All three ladies showed their tremendous range and vocal prowess in Kiss Me, Kate.
lc
#8re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:14pmI think Kelli O'Hara has a good belt in Pajama Game and then an even better soprano voice in Piazza
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friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#9re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:28pmLiz Mccartney has a huge belt (big Sue in Taboo) and Strong soprano (Carlotta in Phantom)
#10re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:29pm
Victoria Clark
Nancy Opel
#11re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:38pm
Eden Espinosa- amazing soprano belt
Heather Headley- has an amazing range. her belt is ridiculous
Lauren Molina- very cute soprano in Sweeney
Shoshana Bean- if you have not heard her in Godspell you are missing out
Laura Benanti- she is versatile from her classical voice in Into the Woods to her pop belt in The Wedding Singer
Megan Hilty- she is hilarious as Glinda
BJ Crosby- does not get enough recognition but her range is out of this world huge. You have to hear her in Smokey Joe's Cafe
TheEnchantedHunter
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/27/05
#12re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 10:56pm
"BJ Crosby- does not get enough recognition but her range is out of this world huge."
Oh, yes. And as an actress, a team-player, and someone who takes direction, she wears nice clothes.
Catherine Sloper
Washington Square, New York
Updated On: 8/28/06 at 10:56 PM
#13re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:02pmCelia Keenan-Bolger. The Light in the Piazza to Spelling Bee?
#14re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:06pmChristiane Noll.
broadwaybaby221
Featured Actor Joined: 12/26/05
#15re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:38pmJennifer Laura Thompson. I think her range is incredible.
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Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#16re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 11:56pm
Anne Runolfsson.
From Fantine in Les Mis and Victoria in Victor/Victoria to Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera. That's quite a range.
Peter
Leading Actor Joined: 5/28/03
broadjay
Understudy Joined: 8/26/06
#18re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 2:31am
Audra Mcdonald,
Legit soaring soprano
Haunting growls down low
full on heavy belt.
Racheal York woho!
and go Kirstin, wow her range is phenomenal
Janelle188
Understudy Joined: 1/10/06
#19re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 3:00am
Born2cthelightsofbway--
I believe she was referring to your mispelling of "Chenoweth" but I could be wrong.
#20re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 3:01am
Audra is one of my favorite singers simply because her voice is so fluid. She doesn't have a legit voice and a belt voice. She has one voice that shifts seamlessly as she glides through her range.
Those are the voices I really appreciate.
Doogie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/03
#21re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 3:38amFrankly, most broadway singers can do both belt and legit (thats what soprano is called in musical theatre). There are a few whose belts or sopranos are so extraordinary (Debbi Gravitte for belting, Luker for soprano, for example) that its not really necessary for them to be able to do the other style.
COOOOLkid
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/05
#22re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 4:06am
"Born2cthelightsofbway--
I believe she was referring to your mispelling of "Chenoweth" but I could be wrong. "
Or that she was referring to the fact that usually, whenever someone praises Kristen Chenoweth, they're those preteen girls.
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JBSinger
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/04
#23re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 8:25am
Let's not forget -
Judy Kuhn
Judy Kaye
Judy Blazer
Liz Callaway (though she mostly mixes)
Donna McKechnie (in her glory days)
Bernadette Peters (her soprano used to be really sweet)
Christine Ebersole
Christine Andreas
Joan Deiner
Inga Swenson
Kim Criswell
Julie Andrews
Florence Henderson
Lots of women have both a belt and soprano range. The real test is whether you'd like to hear their voice in both registers. Not always. Mary Testa has a soprano range (but I wouldn't want to listen to it much), but Christine Ebersole could sing the phone book in any range and it would be lovely.
Updated On: 8/28/06 at 08:25 AM
#24re: Female broadway performers who belt and sing soprano?
Posted: 8/28/06 at 12:00pm
'Or that she was referring to the fact that usually, whenever someone praises Kristen Chenoweth, they're those preteen girls.'
>>Resents that remark.
And btw it's KRISTIN, not kristen.
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