Duets for high baritone and soprano?

TheEngineer
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joined:3/4/14
Duets for high baritone and soprano?
Posted: 3/4/14 at 11:50pm
I'm looking for some lovely duets for the upcoming spring festival at my college. My friend says she doesn't want something too over the top, but not too boring at at the same time. Any suggestions? My range is around A2 - C5, with chest voice up to Ab4 (below C5 is ok, but C5 is very weak tho), and we're around 20-ish. Thanks in advance!!
Also I have a question, for my range and my age, what kind of musical character should I be looking for? I'm thinking of doing an extra solo, and right now I have a couple in my mind: giants in the sky, seeing you there (I did this for a workshop so I might end up not choosing this), larger than life, lost in the wilderness, proud of your boy, corner of the sky, and run away with me.
bwayobsessed
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joined:5/28/13
Duets for high baritone and soprano?
Posted: 3/5/14 at 09:00am
Well for the duet, any of the love duets by Rogers and Hammerstein are baritone and soprano.

For the solo, it depends a lot on your personality. Think of what type of music you do best or enjoy doing the most. There isn't a type you *should* be doing. Out of the songs you listed, personally, i think Lost in the Wilderness would be an awesome choice, I almost used it as an audition myself. However, that and giants in the sky are very high (more tenor-y).
TheEngineer
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Duets for high baritone and soprano?
Posted: 3/6/14 at 02:32pm
Thanks! I will definitely go check them out now.
About those two songs, you're right. There should be parts I feel like I'm pushing to reach the note, but I'm sure it won't be a big issue.
Right now, I feel like I do best with comic or like-able roles. Last semester,I got my very first role on stage, which is the engineer from Miss Saigon; and my impression was people enjoying laughing throughout the number I did (If you want to die bed). But since pretty much many of these roles are around 30s or older, so I thought maybe I should be looking for something else. Idk... pretty new to the musical theater scene, so I don't have much experience or knowledge about shows or what to do..
Steven9
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joined:2/7/13
Duets for high baritone and soprano?
Posted: 3/18/14 at 12:12pm
In My Life from Les Mis
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera
Yours, Yours, Yours from 1776
mbelle46
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joined:12/17/13
Duets for high baritone and soprano?
Posted: 4/3/14 at 06:28am
Have you heard of "two of a kind" from "the wild party"? It's a really awesome comedic duet.
Brandon122
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joined:4/2/14
Duets for high baritone and soprano?
Posted: 4/3/14 at 07:41am
You could do "They were you" from the Fantasticks, may be a little low for a soprano, but it isn't that hard. The melody is basically the same throughout..