Good choices for building a strong vocal repertoire (mezzo)?
I’m considering beginning to audition for local choirs/other music groups and/or some musical theatre. I have a very small selection of songs that I know to choose from – mostly folk and classical (a very vague smattering of musical theatre.) I’d like suggestions of songs to learn to cover a variety of styles.
Note: I’m very comfortable with Spanish or Italian, but I have no knowledge of German or French so, while I know there are some wonderful pieces out there, please nix suggestions in those 2 languages for now.
I am a 2nd year, mezzo vocal performance major. Here are some pieces I have sung in the last couple of years that I would recommend. They vary widely in range, as I was a soprano until about a year and a half ago, and they also vary in availability, as some are pieces my voice teacher just happened to have and that you may have trouble finding. Nonetheless, look into:
Classical:
The Black Swan (Menotti)
Cangia, cangia tue voglie (Fasolo)
Che far senza Euridiche (Gluck — very popular mezzo aria, also very dramatic. Includes recitative.)
Domine Deus (from Vivaldi’s Gloria)
Luke Havergal (John Duke — this is an amazing modern English aria)
Non e ver! (Tito Mattei)
Pie Jesu (from the Faure Requiem)
Music, when soft voices die (Ernest Gold — great setting of this text)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Paul Sargent — a hard arrangement to find, but absolutely fabulous)
Come l’allodoletta (Donaudy — minor, slow, beautiful)
Old Song (Douglas Moore — English art song)
Quella Barbara Catena (Ciampi — sorta high, sang this when I was a « soprano »)
Sebben, crudele (Caldara)
O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck — also a bit high for a mezzo)
Musical Theater:
As Long as He Needs Me (Oliver — ballad)
Another Hundred People (Company — belter piece, not great for me but if you’re a belter, this is a fabulous song)
Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along — ballad, love this song)
Pirate Jenny (Threepenny Opera — a dark piece, but if you can get into the character right, can be very powerful)
I Wish I Were In Love Again (Babes in Arms — can be done with a baritone as a duet)
Jazz:
The Man I Love (Gershwin)
Love Me or Leave Me (Kahn/Donaldson — very low, down to G below middle C, pretty upbeat)
Folk:
Rainy Night House (Joni Mitchell — her stuff is LOW, basically alto with some higher parts)
For Free (Joni Mitchell again, and again, LOW but gorgeous)
Hope that helps, I love these pieces.
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