legit singers

Because they prefer the pop or rock sound. Simple as that.

Marin Mazzie

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What do you mean by legit singers?

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Legit usually means they were trained solely classical, and have icorporated those skills into their broadway/pop sound.

Michael Arden is VERY legit, the classical training he's had is impeccable, it's Juilliard after all.

OMG, you said Anthony Warlow. LOVE HIM!!! He is def. my idol.

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Bernadette Peters
Marc Kudisch

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Did you all forget Julie Andrews? There is also Barbara Cook. Well those are ones of the past unfortunately. If you are talking of current ones, most of the ones I would be able to come up with were mentioned and I love each and every one of them. I hate the popish sound.

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George Hearn
Mark Jacoby
Cris Groendaal
Greg Edelman
Sally Murphy
Melissa Dye

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Updated On: 8/29/04 at 09:39 PM

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Updated On: 8/29/04 at 12:50 AM

Michael Arden is VERY legit, the classical training he's had is impeccable, it's Juilliard after all.

Actually, Michael went to Juilliard for classical acting. Though knowing Juilliard's reputation, they probably gave him some training in classical voice as well. He sure can employ that gorgeous voice of his - his control of his falsetto is impeccable, which to me is indicative of someone with classical vocal training. (Pop/rock vocalists usually can't control their falsetto and blend it with their chest voice nearly as well as Michael can.)

I still don't understand how one can differentiate a "classical" voice vs. a "pop/rock" voice, because a) the same vocalist can probably do both, and b) these are less qualities in the voice itself and are more qualities of how the vocalist executes the song, ie. their intonation, use of vibrato, range, volume and projection, emotion, etc.

Well, Kerry and Sutton were in Les Mis.

They probably played Eponine, right? The roles in Les Miz that require a really strong classical voice are Fantine, Valjean (in range and use of head voice), Javert, and most interpretations of Cosette. Marius too, but recently the role has been done with a more "poppy" voice.

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Updated On: 8/28/04 at 03:01 AM

OK-- usually, I spend most of the time on this board reading these posts...I can't help myself though on this topic- I have to respond...as a "Legit" singer, I will tell you the reason you see less and less of them, is because is harder! It requires painstaking years and years of vocal training. If you have mastered "legit" singing, you are able to have a seemless vocal range including using a belt voice. Think of singers such as Liz Callaway, Rebecca Luker, Jai Rodriguez, Kristin Chenoweth--- all of these singers and many more have the ability to do both-sing classically and belt, because the truth of the matter is-- if you can sing legit, you can do just about anything...its all about technique.

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