Top 10 Favorite Sopranos?

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:15pm

Mines are:

-Christine Ebersole
-Judy Kuhn
-Sarah Brightman
-josefina Scaglione
-Kelli O'Hara
-Jennifer Hope Wills
-Babra Streisand(mezzo)
-Amy Spanger(mezzo)
-Lea Salonga
-Nancy Anderson

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:18pm

Tony
Carmela
Meadow

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:42pm

I never would've thought of Lea Salonga as a soprano!

I really only have a top five, because I'm not much of a sopranoholic. But I love Rebecca Caine to bits.

1. REBECCA CAINE. All the way.
2. Julie Andrews.
3. Kelli O'Hara
4. Judy Kuhn
5. Kristin Chenoweth (I know, I know, cliched.)

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:44pm

I think Lea is a mezzo-soprano, maybe I made a mistake.

Also I forgot about Julie Andrews, Patti Cohenour, Eden Espinosa(mezzo), Melissa Errico and Idina Menzel(mezzo)

Updated On: 9/28/09 at 03:44 PM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 3:46pm

Haha, Roxy.

[mariusmyhomeboy]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:03pm

Audra McDonald
Julie Andrews
Judy Kuhn
Barbara Cook

These are opera singers, but they're still on my list.
Maria Callas
Denyce Graves
Cecilia Bartoli
Renee Fleming

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:08pm

This MT only. If we included opera it'd be a looot bigger

Kelli O'Hara
Audra McDonald
Elena Shaddow
Erin Davies
Rebecca Luker
Victoria Clark
Kristin Chenoweth
Barbara Cook
Patti Coheneur
Sarah Rice

[philly03]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:10pm

A few of mine!

-Judy Kuhn
-Brandi Burkhardt
-Christiane Noll
-Melissa Errico
-Sarah Brightman
-Lauren Kennedy
-Barbara Cook

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:13pm

No Marin Mazzie love?!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:17pm

Shoot, I knew I was forgetting someone. Judy Kuhn, too.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:40pm

"No Marin Mazzie love?!"

Marin Mazzie and Sarah Berry too!

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:51pm

How could I forget Marin Mazzie? I guess I always mistakenly think of her as an alto because "Back To Before" is so low. But she was wonderful in Camelot! Definitely one of my favorite female singers!

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:56pm

Audra McDonald, Rebecca Caine, and Kristen Chenoweth (I dare say she is a better soprano than belter). How the hell did Sarah get the role of Christine full time over Rebecca? That will always be a mystery to me.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 4:58pm

You mean Sarah Brightman for whom the role was pretty much written for and was doing the composer?

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:01pm

Aww man, I also forgot Rebecca Caine. Curse you, enumerated list D:

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:03pm

blaxx is right, but wasn't Rabecca her alternate? She was miles better than Sarah... it really SHOULD have been hers, IMO.

[BwayBuff2]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:03pm

Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara
Kelli O'Hara

Such a beautiful, healthy singer! Florence Birdwell at OCU taught her well :)

[Kalimba]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:06pm

Sarah Brightman is a brilliant soprano, hence she is the only one on my list.

[dayao]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:15pm

Carol Lawrence
Victoria Mallory
Christine Andreas
Julie Andrews
Florence Henderson
Jo Sullivan
Judy Kaye
Christine Ebersole
Eileen Brennan
Audra McDonald

[dayao]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:26pm

One more significant name: Laura Michelle Kelly, the BEST Mary Poppins and one of the best Eliza Doolittles I have ever seen on stage and, my favorite lyric musical theater soprano today.

Updated On: 9/28/09 at 05:26 PM

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 5:50pm

Kelli O'Hara
Julie Andrews
Kristin Chenoweth
Patti Cohenour
Victoria Clark
Marni Nixon
Shirley Jones
Christine Ebersole

[kchenofan]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 6:33pm

Florence Birdwell at OCU taught her well :)


She also taught Kristin well.

[OnMyWay]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 6:38pm

BwayBuff2 and kchenofan,

While Birdwell DOES know what she's doing, I can pretty much guarantee that Kristin and Kelli knew how to sing before they went to OCU.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 7:15pm

"blaxx is right, but wasn't Rabecca her alternate? She was miles better than Sarah... it really SHOULD have been hers, IMO"

blaxx is never right, and even if he were, he/she/it never uses the right approach or a respectful one at least.

You are wrong as well, Patti Cohenour was Sarah's alternate. And she is a wonderful performer and was thrilled to be part of the success of Phantom. Actually it one of the highlights of her professional career. Maybe if Mrs. Brightman hadn't been ALW's wife she wouldn't have gotten the part of Christine. Could she sing the role? Definetly yes. Is she the best actress in the world? Not at all. Do we need Meryl Streep to play the role of Christine Daae? No. But she got it! Period. Let it go!

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/28/09 at 7:17pm

So, how was I not right, love?