Highest note belted on a cast recording? — Page 3

hahaha okay Idina and Sherie are tied best belters of all time


WTF?? Have you not heard of a singer named Patti LuPone? All these little wann-a-be belters of today can't even come close to Patti.

Patti's belt is unmatched by the new performers of today.

This includes, Idina, Eden, Shoshana, Sherie (who is wonderful), and others.

Carmello has far more of a belt like Patti, than those other girls.

"My vote goes to Sarah Uriarte Berry for that insanely high note she hit and held in The Joy You Feel on the OBC for The Light in the Piazza (which someone said was a high F)."

That note is actually in the song "Aiutami," not "The Joy You Feel." I do believe it is an F. The only time I heard her miss it would be on the PBS special; she was shrieking those notes and she got a little flat, but I still love her.

And she doesn't really hold it out. She hits an F only for a quick moment. The rest of the time, she's singing other high notes.

Updated On: 7/20/06 at 09:04 PM

Another "astute" opinion by Renthead2. Benanti and JLT are not belters at all. They sing high in traditional legit(theater) style, but they're not belters.

Pretty sure the high notes in Phantom aren't belted.

Mattbrain, Sarah Brightman sang higher in Phantom than Emmy Rossum did. In the film version, a verse was eliminated from the title song which, in turn, eliminated a key change which resulted in Emmy singing a note lower than the high E that was originally written. (I'm not sure of what the note actually is, but it is lower.)

This award goes to Melba Moore - she belts a high B in "The Harder They Fall", then sustains an A. and I mean BELT. no mix. she also hits a high A in "I Got Love" and an F in "He Can Do It" with her mad belt.

Although Melba'sthe highest, I think the BEST belting done on a cast recording goes to Patti LuPone on the OBC of "Evita" for her legendary "A New Argentina".

That's an F in "I Have Found".

Carollee has one the purest, highest, hugest belts I have EVER heard. Where Nancy Opel mixed her G's in "Priveledge to Pee", when I saw Carollee, she BELTED them. And I do know the difference. Melba's has a crazy mix that sounds like belt, but it's definately a strong mix.

Idina mixes her higher notes, and she does resort to screaming when she gets tired.

Patti, Carollee, Mary (Testa), Lillias.
That have great strong BELTS.

Put people like Lilias and Carollee just sing, so if you asked them if that note they sang in that song was a mix or a belt, they probably wouldn't know. They might. I know Carollee isn't trained, and I feel like Lilias isn't either, but I could be wrong.

Eder is great belter too. Even if I don't like her.

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Idina does not scream at all in SWIWS except for the one sentence in NO MORE (because it is called for in the song), have you guys seen this performance live or heard the cd? Thats an insane notion. I saw the show, and she is not screaming in "Kesa." And I will admit I don't know the technical stuff regarding mixing and A flats and whatnot -

And I didn't know that Carollee was in Urinetown, I saw it with Jennifer Laura Thompson (I mentioned she was amazing again didn't I?). I have again only seen Carollee in Lestat and we all know what I am going to say next! However, how can it be said that Idina or Sherie are screaming their way through the songs?

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"I am not sure what note that is, but it is it is definitely a full throat belt with no "mix" or "head"."
This is a bad statement to make. No one should EVER use their throat to belt, because by definition that is screaming. The throat is always doing A LITTLE work, but only in regards to the vocal chords and surrounding muscles. good belts come from way down deep. Not necessarily from the "diaphragm," because it technically doesn't help much, it just has everything to do with good deep breathing and lots of "openness" for the breath all the way up.

I do think many times actors are mixing and it is just hard to tell. and rightly they should, lest they die (j/k). Full on "throat" belting, as it has been called, will cause you to lose your voice everytime. Patti LuPone WAS belting in Evita, and she said herself, she did not have the training to sing that part yet, and every morning she woke up with no voice and had to kick start her voice. That being said, my vote has to go to her.

I would say there are four levels for women in Musical Theatre: Belt, Mixed, Head, and Falsetto (which is actually usually not used except by really high HIGH soprano parts, because that's where it exists, really HIGH up for girls). I would bet that most are using mixed when they get high, it changes technique, but can still sound like a belt. Penny in Urinetown I believe mixes at the top, which is still spectacular, if you ask me. Bananti has a wonderfully smooth switch from belt or chest to mixed to head, and she uses a lot of head voice (which gives her a more pure sound higher up).

I do believe that there are many actors and actresses who "scream" at least a little. it's the nature of the beast. it's hard to constantly think about good technique when you're emotionally involved in a role. It's okay to an extent, it still sounds fine, or these people would not be successful. just if they do it too much, they will LOSE their voice. Muscles get tired, and those vocal chord muscles are VERY important, and when strained to scream, they will get tired.

Maria Friedman belts out a high-God-only-knows-what in the song "How Many Tears" on the HEY, MR. PRODUCER CD. (The actual song is from MARTIN GUERRE, I guess, but isn't on the OLCR.)

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I would guess it would be someone from "Hair."

They were ALL high when they belted their songs.

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are you all forgetting about chester gregory in tarzan!?

i know a lot of people dont like the show/the recording, BUT, his last note in "trashin' the camp" is...HIGH. and since the question was about the highest note BELTED, i dont know if it counts as belting, but it was crazy.

and the recording doesn't give it justice. i saw him perform last night, and i couldn't believe my ears. plus, he has a five octave vocal range!!

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