Pronounce Michael Cerveris?

[BroadwayEdition.org]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:05pm

How do you pronounce Michael Cerveris last name? Can you spell it out phonetically for me? I'm working on featuring a song from Sweeney with him and Patti LuPone in an upcoming podcast/radio show. Thanks.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:11pm

Sir-vir-isss

[StageFan2]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:13pm

Sir-vir-iss

Yankee beat me to it.

Updated On: 3/26/08 at 08:13 PM

[MuppetManiaMan]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 8:27pm

But, remember, Sir-vir-iSSS. You gotta sound like Carmen Ghia.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:32pm

And the accent is on the first syllable, with both of the first two syllables being of the "ir" sound. So it's properly pronounced SIR-vir-iss. I learned this after about a decade of thinking it was sir-VARE-iss.
Updated On: 3/26/08 at 09:32 PM

[winston89]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:33pm

I was going to say that you would type it out Server us. But, that is just me.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:35pm

But it's "iss" not "us."

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 3/26/08 at 9:52pm

-- "I learned this after about a decade of thinking it was sir-VARE-iss." --


Same here, Distinctive Baritone. That's actually EXACTLY how I was pronouncing it until he won his Tony for "Assassins".

[Sleeper2]

Posted: 3/27/08 at 8:11am

I say it Shur-vur-issssshhhh -- so I sound like Liza
Updated On: 3/27/08 at 08:11 AM