I dunno about Broadway but I saw Jesus Christ Superstar in 95-96(tour) and there was a guy in there the had the highest voice I ever heard. Edited to say his name is Larry Alan and he played Annas. I saw him twice and each time he just about blew out my eardrums.
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Well it would have been Brian Charles Rooney if they had decided to record the revival of Threepenny Opera but alas that didn't happen so I would have to say David Sabella on the Chicago revival recording
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I love Tituss but the man who is doing a lot of mixing of chest and head which is AWESOME. I wouldn't put that as highest chest note. Anyone else with me on that?
For just a higher voice, I would think that the operatic character in the recent La Cage revival went higher than Brian Charles Rooney in Threepenny. Neither are on record, but both are equally impressive and quite high.
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gottadance2, I'm with you. Many people don't realize that singers who do 8 shows a week aren't singing "full voice" or "in their chest voice" on those notes. It's far too stressful and sometimes physically impossible for the voice. Belters on Broadway who sing with healthy and proper technique use a mix, between the chest voice and falsetto/head voice that grows stronger and more resonant with time and training.
not a legal cast recording but I have a recording of Rashard Waylor in La Jolla's The Wiz and hit a note at the end of Born on the Day Before Yesterday that is the highest note I have ever heard, higher than any of the previous ones mentioned on this thread. Anybody that saw the show or have heard any audios wanna back me up?
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What about the actors who play Freddie / The American in the various versions of Chess during "Pity the Child".
Also, Anthony Warlow at the very end of his single recording of "Beauty School Dropout".
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Philip Casnoff rarely hit that note on Pity the Child in Chess on Bway and it really sounds squelched on the cast recording. I saw him in Chess numerous times and, while those notes are high, the forementioned are considerably higher.
oh, and when I say "belt" - it's a male mix... no male who sings correctly BELTS above a High C or so... it's just not good for you, and it never sounds right. You can growl and make it sound like it's belted, but that's the trick