Highest and Best Broadway Belters- Page 3

[NBRISBY]

Posted: 6/25/04 at 2:26pm

I've got to say the following girls belt not only high, but healthy:

Heather Headley
Jennifer HOlliday
Nancy Opel
Stephanie J Block
Liz Callaway

One no one has mentioned: Linda Eder

The best of all the belters, IMHO: Sutton Foster. Her voice is ah-ma-zing!

[Bobby457]

Posted: 6/25/04 at 2:55pm

I have worked with Alix Korey and Flo Lacey and both have AMAZING belts! Alix can peel the paint off the walls!

You have also left out Deborah Gibson. girl can belt!!!

[Tiny_Dancer]

Posted: 6/25/04 at 3:27pm

I'm so happy people are mentioning Stephanie J Block....I can't wait until more people know who she is and what she is capable of. Brilliant!!!!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/25/04 at 3:31pm

Coming in a bit late on this, but with regards to Betty Buckley - to some people's ears she can be quite shrill. She has great technique and passion, but her placement is a bit odd. Which is why, to answer your question, she's not on everyone's list.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/25/04 at 3:35pm

Also, Andrea McArdle and Karen Ziemba are great belters - although not with the high soprano range of some of the others.

[Craig]

Posted: 6/26/04 at 9:19am

Add Julia Murney and Sara Gettelfinger to that list too...

[alterego]

Posted: 6/26/04 at 10:24am

And Stephanie Mills!

[jo]

Posted: 6/26/04 at 11:58am

Stephanie J. Block - of the upcoming ones.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 6/26/04 at 12:02pm

I'm not getiing why Sutton Foster isn't on that list. She can sustain a high F with vibrato

Julia Murney's another great one.

And Idina most certainly has a vibrato...more often than not...

[Broadwaybaby614]

Posted: 6/26/04 at 9:10pm

NANCY!!!

Nancy is not only an amazing singer and an amazing actress, she is also one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

I think we're leaving the guys out. I nominate Hunter Foster...

[broadwaybaby654]

Posted: 6/26/04 at 10:07pm

I think lea salonga can hit some pretty high chest notes.

Posted: 6/27/04 at 11:26am

Old school ~
Melba Moore - Purlie
Leslie Uggams - Hallelujah, Baby
Nell Carter - Ain't Misbehavin'

New ~
Idina the Great

[zoran912]

Posted: 6/27/04 at 3:44pm

AMY SPANGER!!!

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 6/27/04 at 4:34pm

is there a cast recording of the musical purlie??? i would love to here melba moore belt, what other recording can she be heard on?? thanks :)h

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 6/27/04 at 11:36pm

My favorite "balls to the wall" belters:

Merman
LuPone
Holliday
Peters
Ripley
Eder

[alterego]

Posted: 6/28/04 at 9:12am

Melba Moore sings I Got Love on the Purlie Cast Album. This song actually was on the charts briefly at the time of the show. Those were the days! Whatever happened to Melba Moore?

[missy]

Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:35am

Kerry butler

[missy]

Posted: 6/28/04 at 11:38am

Oh yeah and Kristen chenoweth

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/29/04 at 7:24pm

There are quite a few, but I'll only mention some that stick out in my mind...

Idina Menzel
Sutton Foster
Nancy Opel
Cady Huffman (sp?)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Sherie Rene Scott
Bernadette Peters

I was also a bit disappointed, although not completely, with Beth McVey's singing portion of Urinetown on its tour. Nancy Opel really belted them out high...Beth kind of sounded low...if you heard both Nancy and Beth you would know the difference. Now, I am no voice expert, but what is head voice and chest voice?

[broadwaybaby654]

Posted: 6/29/04 at 8:49pm

If you sing out loud to soundtracks or the radio you're most likely using your chest voice and head voice is when you go into a higher register. Head voice is more like opera.

[broadwaybaby654]

Posted: 6/29/04 at 8:49pm

If you sing out loud to soundtracks or the radio you're most likely using your chest voice and head voice is when you go into a higher register. Head voice is more like opera.

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 6/29/04 at 9:14pm

i have also seen the touring prodiction of urintown and was dissapointed by beth mcvey's rendition of its a privagel to pee. i was looking forward to hearing this song belted live but was dissapointed. but over all she gave a wonderful performence

[JimVukovich]

Posted: 6/30/04 at 11:52am

Jon - I agree...........KAREN MORROW is the best Broadway Belter ever.

[jayem1968]

Posted: 6/30/04 at 3:58pm

There's not a whole lot of mention for the guys....one of my all time favorite belters is Bryan D'Arcy James. He nearly blew me out of my seat in Titanic - lungs of steal on that one! :)

[musicaltheatreman]

Posted: 6/30/04 at 6:52pm

sorry, but this is off topic. i am haveing troubel logging into the message board. everytime i try to go in the main room it does not open up. that's why i am posting here because i am not able to start a new topic. is anyone else haveing this problam?? thanks :)