broadway crossover singers
broadway crossover singers
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#1broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 8:58pmAre there any broadway singers who can easilly cross over into something like opera or classical? the only people that come to mind are Ashley Brown and sara jean ford. I cannot think of anyone else.
evadiva
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#2re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:03pmAudra McDonald
LandSk8tr
Swing Joined: 8/16/07
#3re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:09pmLiza from Broadway to Easy Listening To Dance (a La Pet Shop Boys) ?
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Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:10pmI agree with EvaDiva about Cheno. That was the first person who popped in my head.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#6re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:19pmI was thinking more of broadway to opera/classical.
#7re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:27pmGary Morris is a country star who then did Les Miz. Also did a great recording of Wind Beneath my Wings. You don't often hear country stars do Broadway but he was great!
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#8re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:30pm
Here's the list off the top of my head:
Audra McDonald. She did a couple of arias in Master Class, and she did some one-woman opera last year or 2 years ago.
Rebecca Luker has sung with the New York City Opera.
Kristin Chenoweth was supposed to do Alice in Wonderland, an opera, but I think that project stalled.
And I don't remember his name, but wasn't the guy who played the lead in The Most Happy Fella a classical/operatic singer?
Oh, and Michel Bell (Joe) in the 1994 Broadway revival of Showboat was also an operatic singer, if I recall correctly...
#9re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/16/07 at 9:41pm
Lord, how did I forget Luker??? I have the Aria 2 CD on iTunes. I had the privledge of seeing her as Mrs. Banks, and was amazed at how versitile she was, having already listened to her sing operetic songs.
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#10re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/17/07 at 2:39pmwell Cheno's MFA is in Opera Performance... and PATTI! she can do anything and everything...
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Posted: 8/17/07 at 2:40pmMarin Mazzie
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Posted: 8/17/07 at 3:52pmPatti LuPone has done both opera and mainstream theater.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#13re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:43pmKelli O'Hara! Wonderful at everything I have ever heard her sing!
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
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Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:45pm
Rebecca Caine and Sarah Rice.
And I can't believe no one's mentioned Anthony Warlow yet!
#15re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:59pmI am going home and putting "Results" on!
chinto1984
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/07
#16re: broadway crossover singers
Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:54pmPatti Lupone and Audra McDonald did an opera together in LA. There seem to be more women who have really good traing in opera than men. I'm trying to think of men who have or do crossover.
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