I am not having much luck thinking of anything that shows everything Glitter shows without actually singing it. Most pieces with this range that I know are not really for an ingenue. Can anyone help me think of something? I have two students auditioning-I think one of them will sing Should I be Sweet, but the other one doesn't have anything really suitable-I am thinking of maybe a 20's or 30's operetta thing, but it would be great if someone could jostle my brain:)

maybe something in this will do ya? It is often performed in English.. I find the translations to be very entertaining!

"You can't always control how you feel.. but you can always control how you act!"

If not, there are lots!

When you say you're looking to show off the exact same things as in Glitter and Be Gay, are you talking about every single thing? The spoken parts, the facetiousness, the range, the coloratura? All of the above?

from Menotti's The Telephone.

Yes I would like something that has a fast and slow section in English that shows the top. These are musical theater sopranos-more Chenowith and Cook types than classical singers. But they both sing the shit out of Glitter and be Gay-the company they are singing for doesn't want to hear Glitter over and over which I guess I understand-but what piece comes anywhere near it? I certainly never sang one that was not from an opera.

Thanks!

If the original language doesn't have to be English, what about Adele's Laughing Song or the audition aria from Fledermaus?

There's also "Poor Wand'ring One" from Pirates of Penzance.

This is delightful pieces of musical systems integration was engineered for Beverly Sills by her coach Roland Gagnon.



I am in doubt as to whether sheet music exists anywhere for the Gagnon medley - but it certainly exists for the numerous aria and song excerpts that Gagnon so cleverly wove together to create this "aria", so you could probably "reconstruct" the work, or something close to it, yourself. (Just make sure your accompanist can hold a tune...you'll understand why around 4:45 into the aria.)

I suspect that if anyone knew how to get hold of "Sillsiana" sheet music, it would be Glendower Jones. - www.classicalvocalrep.com


Some other possibilities:

Karl Millöcker: Der arme Jonathan - "Ach, wir armen primadonnen"

P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele): The Stoned Guest - "Now is the season" (Carmen Ghia's Act I aria)


(aria starts at 6:33)

Victor Herbert: The Enchantress - "Art is Calling Me (I want to be a prima donna)"



Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann - Les oiseaux dans la charmille



Lerner & Loewe: The Simple Joys of Maidenhood




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