Help: Tenor Show-Stopping Solos

[taynizzle]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 10:31pm

Since I have no clue how to use the search engine, I couldn't fine stuff about this. I need ideas of songs that are Tenor "Show-Stopping" kind of solos. Thanks!
Updated On: 4/7/06 at 10:31 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 10:42pm

FUNNY - from City Of Angels?

[rock00]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:23pm

Depends on how high you want to go and your own personal tastes. However, all of these are pretty good (in my opinion)...

Streets of Dublin - A Man of No Importance
Love Changes Everything - Aspects of Love
What Is It About Her? - The Wild Party (Lippa)
Valjean's Soliloquy (What Have I Done?) - Les Miserables

And if you have the range and feel like going super high, there's always things like Gethsemane from Superstar or Pity The Child from Chess.

You may also want to check out The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology songbooks for Tenor. There's 4 volumes and they also sell practice CDs for each volume.

Hope that helps.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:30pm

Bring Him Home

[rock00]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:40pm

I forgot to ask what this was for. Some songs are fine for concerts but not so good for auditions.

Valjean is not a tenor? Valjean sings high A's & B-flats (Bring Him Home, Soliloquy) and a High-B (Who Am I?). That's absolutely a tenor role. You're nuts if you're going to call it baritone or anything else.

Bring Him Home is a good example of what I asked above. It'd be good concert material, but I wouldn't use it for an audition.

[Actinggbugg474]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:44pm

Lost in the Wilderness - Children of Eden

Definitely shows off range!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:44pm

Being Alive from Company

*is obsessed*

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:51pm

BEING ALIVE is definitely show stopping. But I consider it a baritone song.

[Emcee4ever]

Posted: 4/7/06 at 11:52pm

Gethsemene from Jesus Christ Superstar!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:13am

Really? I thought Dean Jones was a tenor.

I meant that regardless of its official classification, unless he's a Michael Jackson-eqsue tenor, he could probably pull it off because it's not that low drastically if tenors have sung it in the past.

Updated On: 4/8/06 at 12:13 AM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:26am

He may be a tenor, but the song is a Baritone song.

[Tsao5]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:18am

Out There from Hunchback is not a bad choice, and people like the song.

Oh What a Circus from Evita...that middle part: Sing ya fools but ya got it wrong....

Papa can you hear me from Yentl (If you find a nice arrangement)

Pity the Child

Valjean's Sol. taken out of context does not have the impact as one would expect.

Try to be original, Bring Him Home is overdone.

What is that Craig Carneila song..the batter? Diamonds? The one he sings about baseball as a kid. That is nice

And this is my beloved is ok. You do not have to limit yourself to "guy songs". Change a pronoun and the possiblities are endless :)

[Katurian2]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:25am

oo- yes, "Funny" from City of Angels is an amazing song.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:29am

I doubt this is a tenor song....but "Moving Too Fast" from The Last Five Years is amazing. Maybe "What Do I Need With Love?" from Thoroughly Modern Millie would work???

[Brodybaby03]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:35am

"What do I need with Love" from Millie???

[sanda]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:45am

"Anthem" from chess

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:51am

What is that Craig Carneila song..the batter? Diamonds? The one he sings about baseball as a kid. That is nice

I think it's "What You'd Call a Dream." Very pretty, but it doesn't strike me as show-stopping.

"Pity the Child" and that section of "Oh What a Circus" are great ideas if you can pull them off. Ooh, and "Anthem" is wonderful, and definitely a showstopper.

"Not While I'm Around" from Sweeney Todd, maybe? Updated On: 4/8/06 at 10:51 AM

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:52am

Brody, I don't know. I really like that song though.

[sharon1]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 10:53am

Love Changes Everything
Anthem
Gethsemane
I thought a high baritone and a tenor could interchange some songs????? Just a question
Updated On: 4/8/06 at 10:53 AM

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 11:28am

I think that's true, sharon... doesn't vocal clasification have more to do with vocal quality than the actual range of notes? There are some singers who can sing in the tenor range but still have a baritone quality to their voices.

[Tsao5]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:04pm

Thought of two more from Spider Woman....

A male version of Kiss of the Spider Woman....Stay on the A natural at the end.

Or, The Day after that......not really tenor tenor...but a cool song...

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:21pm

Is "Anthem" really a tenor song? The part of Anatoly is usually played by a baritone, although I suppose there are some higher notes in the song.

I don't know if I'd call "Moving Too Fast" a show-stopping number. Good song, but if you really want to wow someone with a show-stopping tenor song that shows off your range, try "Gethsemane" or "Pity The Child." I don't think "Bring Him Home" even has the same show-stopping element as those songs do. Of course, if you don't have the range, don't try it.
Updated On: 4/8/06 at 12:21 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:24pm

The Soliloquy from "Carousel." That can really stop the show. And John Raitt's tenor is one of the best ever to grace a Broadway stage.

[mrkringas]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:41pm

Valjean may have those high notes but its not necessary to cast a tenor in the role. That may have been the case on Broadway but most of the London cast are more along the lines of high baritones. Those money notes only crop up a few times in the show.

[jaesdare]

Posted: 4/8/06 at 12:49pm

Begin the Beguine from Jubilee?
Guido's Song from Nine
Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha