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• RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera - jsch3 13:58:35 08/10/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  It is a very nice thing you are doing for her!
  
  I can't speak to the Broadway side but as for opera let me suggest she select at least five contrasting arias suitable for her fach, two in Italian and one each in French, German, and English. The aria in English should be relatively recent; Britten or Barber for example.
  
  Audition announcements are found on the Classical Singer and YAP Tracker websites to name a few. Each company will have different requirements if they ask for a CD.
  
  I wish her well.
  
  
  
  

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• RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera - goldenthal 21:19:41 07/31/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  John, my Italian spelling ain't what it used to be, but how 'bout Zerlina's "Bati, Bati . . ." from Don Giovanni?
  
  
  Jeremy
  

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• I have one suggestion which doesn't fit well in either category... - krisjan 18:34:36 07/31/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  Walk on By (Bachrach/David) This is a GREAT tune and not an easy vocal. But in the right hands (vocal chords?) it can be outstanding and a wonderful vocal showcase.
  

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  • Thanks! My top non-conforming pick is "Lush Life"... - John Marks 09:11:27 08/01/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: I have one suggestion which doesn't fit well in either category... posted by krisjan on July 31, 2015 at 18:34:36

    But "Walk on By" is great, less over-exposed, and does not make you want to slit your wrists, so: Thanks!
    
    John
    

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• RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera - briggs 17:39:32 07/31/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  My daughter, who also has a light voice, studied with some good New York teachers. I agree with the Mozart arias and suggest Aaron Copland/ Emily Dickinson "Heart, We Will Forget Him". Or how about Noel Coward's "I'll Follow My Secret Heart", or Sigmund Romberg's "April Snow" from Up in Central Park?
  

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• FWIW, My Broadway (and Broadway-ish) List - John Marks 07:45:03 07/31/15 (6)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  FWIW & YMMV (non-Broadways noted):
  
  Goodnight My Someone
  
  Till There Was You
  
  Tea for Two
  
  I Could Have Danced All Night
  
  Show Me
  
  Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
  
  If I Loved You
  
  Summertime
  
  Stormy Weather (GAS)
  
  Over the Rainbow (Movie)
  
  Someone to Watch Over Me
  
  Embraceable You
  
  The Folks Who Live on the Hill (GAS)
  
  (You'd Be So) Easy to Love
  
  My Foolish Heart (Movie)
  
  
  
  Thanks again to all!
  
  John
  

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  • How about one of three beautiful songs from Bernstein's "Peter Pan." - Mali 13:44:28 08/01/15 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: FWIW, My Broadway (and Broadway-ish) List posted by John Marks on July 31, 2015 at 07:45:03

    "Build my House," "Dream with Me," or "Who am I"

    Touching and gorgeous.

    • Linda Eder sings   (Open in New Window)

    
    

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    • THANKS! nt - John Marks 17:30:51 08/01/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: How about one of three beautiful songs from Bernstein's "Peter Pan." posted by Mali on August 01, 2015 at 13:44:28

      The soprano has gone to attend to the burial of her grandmother in a foreign country, so, this will wait, but, I am sure that she will be touched and very grateful.
      
      "She's a good Sheila, and not stuck up!"
      
      ATB,
      
      John
      

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  • And, my Opera list FWIW & YMMV - John Marks 12:35:55 07/31/15 (3)
    In Reply to: RE: FWIW, My Broadway (and Broadway-ish) List posted by John Marks on July 31, 2015 at 07:45:03

    Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito, K 621 - "S'Altro Che Lagrime"
    
    Mozart: Zaide, K 344 - "Ruhe Sanft, Mein Holdes Leben"
    
    Mozart: Il Re Pastore, K 208 - "L'Amerò, Sarò Costante"
    
    Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K 492 - "Voi, Che Sapete"
    
    E. W. Korngold: Die tote Stadt, "Glück, das mir verblieb"
    
    Please see my posting above for an amazing YT of Marietta's Lied.
    
    jm
    

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    • Good list - should be very workable - I like the offbeat Mozart selections too [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:52:44 07/31/15 (2)
      In Reply to: RE: And, my Opera list FWIW & YMMV posted by John Marks on July 31, 2015 at 12:35:55

      
      
      

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      • I consider praise from you to be high praise! THANKS! - John Marks 16:15:04 07/31/15 (1)
        In Reply to: RE: Good list - should be very workable - I like the offbeat Mozart selections too [nt] posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 31, 2015 at 15:52:44

        And kind of you not to comment that I chose basically the same Mozart aria in four different seasonal outfits!!!!!

        jm
        

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        • Aww shucks! I'm blushing - I know we have our mini dust-ups from time to time, but deep down. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:50:40 07/31/15 (0)
          In Reply to: RE: I consider praise from you to be high praise! THANKS! posted by John Marks on July 31, 2015 at 16:15:04

          . . . I think it's folks like you who make this site so darn interesting!
          

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• Broadway portion - jimbill 21:46:50 07/30/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  But not for me
  
  Send in the clowns
  
  I'll know
  

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• RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera - hesson11 21:15:16 07/30/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  Hi John,
  
  Coming in from left field:
  
  Berlioz: Le jeune patre breton
  Strauss: Im Abendrot
  Rogers & Hammerstein: Something Wonderful (King & I)
  M. Wilson: Till There Was You (Music Man)
  
  Just a few of my faves. :-)
  -Bob
  

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• RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera - rbolaw 17:10:06 07/30/15 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  Three of the all time greatest (imo) female sidekick songs from Broadway:
  
  A person could develop a cold (Loesser); I'm just a girl who can't say no (Rodgers/Hammerstein); A boy like that (Bernstein/Sondheim).
  
  There are many more recent good ones too, but hey, there once was a golden age.
  
  
  

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• Some songs.... - andy evans 15:57:22 07/30/15 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  Everytime we say goodbye
  Theme from Valley of the Dolls
  A House is not a Home
  
  All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera). Duet with...?
  Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)
  Morgen, Strauss
  

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  • Thanks! - John Marks 16:26:10 07/30/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Some songs.... posted by andy evans on July 30, 2015 at 15:57:22

    Bailero is great.
    
    I recorded an audition for my daughter it must have been 8 or 9 years ago of La Delaissado. What a song!
    
    jm
    

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• She doesn't already have her own repertoire that she sings? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 10:19:15 07/30/15 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: Audition/Demo CD soprano song selections--Broadway and Opera posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 08:43:31

  
  
  

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  • Decision paralysis + she wants new ideas - John Marks 10:32:54 07/30/15 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: She doesn't already have her own repertoire that she sings? [nt] posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 30, 2015 at 10:19:15

    Also, she is mostly classical/lieder/sacred oriented, and at this point is more interested in what the deciders might want to hear.
    
    She's a paid church singer and a voice teacher and I have heard her do a knockout Bist du Bei Mir.
    
    But she's looking to make a Broadway/Opera/Popera demo to cast the net wider.
    
    Does that make sense?
    
    JM
    

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    • "Bist du bei mir" - sehr hilfreich! - Chris from Lafayette 16:55:45 07/30/15 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: Decision paralysis + she wants new ideas posted by John Marks on July 30, 2015 at 10:32:54

      So I'm assuming that if part of her demo is for opera, then she would want arias, rather than songs? And if she's got a light voice, some of the following arias might work:

      • Dvorak: Rusalka's Song to the Moon (after all, even Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Weber sings this one!)
      • One of the Despina arias from Cosi, Barbarina from Marriage of Figaro, etc. (i.e.,, light Mozart)
      • I think one of the nuns in Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites" is an ingenue type with a matching aria - can't remember which one though! ;-)

      Many more possibilities of course. . .
      

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      • THANKS EVERYBODY! nt - John Marks 06:12:32 07/31/15 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: "Bist du bei mir" - sehr hilfreich! posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 30, 2015 at 16:55:45

        nt
        

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