actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#1actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 1:50pmare there any current broadway actresses that have both a good strong pop beot and a good strong soprano?
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 1:54pmDoes Laura Benanti count?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#2re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:03pmThere are waaay too many to name, but two examples offhand are Kelli O'Hara and Marin Mazzie (though I dunno if their belts are really "pop.")
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#3re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:03pmKristin Chenoweth can do some belting, and she is a soprano, of course.
How to properly use its/it's:
Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...
eb412
Stand-by Joined: 10/10/06
#4re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:05pmsutton foster mixes pretty well. Never heard her sing anything like the sound of music or west side story..but I would guess she could sing it.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#6re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:25pmI'm assuming Ashley Brown. Lord knows she can belt, and I know that she was Johanna in a production of Sweeney Todd back in 2002 at the Cincinnati Conservatory...
"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."
- Eeyore
- Eeyore
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#7re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:28pm
Wasn't she also Cunegonde in her school's production of Candide?
Oh, two more: Andrea Burns and Christianne (sp?) Noll.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Updated On: 1/2/07 at 02:28 PM
#8re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:30pm
Brown played Cunegonde in the CCM production of "Candide."
I think Linda Eder is the essential mezzo-soprano belter. That woman has a range that is unreal.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#9re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:31pmHmm I'm surprised that nobody said Sherie Rene Scott.
#10re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:34pm^I was thinking about her but wasn't sure.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#11re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:36pmI've never heard Sherie sing soprano, so I can't say.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#12re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:39pm
Yeah, I haven't heard Sherie's soprano either...
But holy crap! Laura Benanti's soprano is so great! It blew my mind on the Benefit recording of "Hair"! I was more familiar with her work in The Wedding Singer, so I just couldn't believe she could sing that high! Good call, millie_dillmount!
"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."
- Eeyore
- Eeyore
#13re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:39pmSusan Egan
-Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D.
theatrelvr431
Swing Joined: 12/9/06
#14re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:51pm
Like said, there are tons. Two I can think of at the moment though are:
-Celia-Keenan Bolger (Johanna in Sweeney Todd, and of course Olive in Spelling Bee, and Eponine in Les Mis)
-Emily Rozek (Glinda u/s, but she also played Maggie in A Chorus Line, and understudied Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie)
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#15re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:54pm
Alice Ripley is another.
MovieGuy: Eh, I wasn't that impressed by Laura's belt though.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#16re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 2:56pm
Susan Egan definitely
Elizabeth Loyacano
Mandy Gonzalez
#17re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:05pm
Eden Espinosa, so I hear. We all know her as a screamer, but she's done the whole Maria/Laurey/other legit soprano parts in her past as well. :3
MovieGuy1031
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/06
#18re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:05pmSpork Goddess: Yeah, i'll agree with you. I haven't listened to the soundtrack in a while, but, from what I remember, it was enjoyable... not impressive, but enjoyable.
"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."
- Eeyore
- Eeyore
mrkringas
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/05
#19re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:25pm
How about a pair of British performers both just cast as Elphaba in differnt productions?
Carmen Cusack - sassy belt and high legit soprano from her days playing Christine Daae
Kerry Ellis- rock belt and a half from We Will Rock You, legit belt from Les Mis and Miss Saigon oh and a lovely soprano when playing Eliza Dolittle at the National.
Thats versatility for you.
Oh and anyone that has listened to the cast recordings of Taboo and Light in the Pizza will be aware of Sarah Uriarte Berry's soprano and belt abilities.
#20re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:28pmBack to Sherie (lol)...listen to that note in Love is my Legs. She can sing soprano...
#21re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:28pmStephain J. Block without a doubt is amazing at both and uses both in Pirate Queen a lot...
"Passion can drive you crazy but is there any other way to live"
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#22re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:45pm
What's that note she hits in "Love is My Legs," a B5? She hit it all right but it didn't sound that great IMO.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Updated On: 1/2/07 at 03:45 PM
Mateo2
Understudy Joined: 4/12/06
#23re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:45pmDiana Degarmo - you only hear a little of her belting ability in "Hairspray" but "Brooklyn" omg! Diana's Maria in WSS was all soprano.
"The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived".
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, Act 3
#24re: actresses that have a strong belt and a good soprano
Posted: 1/2/07 at 3:45pm
Donna McKechnie
and
Ruthie Henshall
are queens of tis...
Videos