On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Molly S wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm looking for a duet for soprano (coloratura or full lyric) and lyric
> baritone. The person coordinating this event wants it to be American, and
> I'm not sure if he means that he'd prefer musical theater or not. I'd like
> to get ideas from both American operas and musicals if possible. This will
> be for an encore, so it has to be light/upbeat.
I've put an asterisk next to the ones that are definitely coloratura-only,
and a plus-sign next to the ones that are definitely full lyric-only. All
others could be sung by either, particularly in concert (ie, out of the
context of the staged opera/operetta/musical).
FROM OPERA
*Moore: THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE - "I'm not going, Horace...Horace, my
love!"
+Gershwin: PORGY AND BESS - "Bess, you is my woman/I loves you Porgy"
Hanson: MERRY MOUNT - Act II love duet for Wrestling Bradford and Lady
Marigold (as Astoreth)
+Robert Ward: THE CRUCIBLE - duet for Abigail Williams and John Proctor
*Menotti: THE TELEPHONE - final duet
+Barber: ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA - duet for Antony and Cleopatra
FROM OPERETTA
Friml: ROSE MARIE - Indian Love Call ("When I'm calling yooooooooou")
Friml: THE VAGABOND KING - Only a Rose
Herbert: EILEEN - Thine alone
Herbert: SWEETHEARTS - Sweethearts, Cricket on the Hearth, Angelus
Romberg: THE DESERT SONG - The Desert Song
Romberg: MAYTIME - Will you remember? (Sweetheart)
Romberg: THE NEW MOON - Wanting you
Romberg: UP IN CENTRAL PARK - Close as pages in a book
Herbert: NAUGHTY MARIETTA - Ah! Sweet mystery of life
FROM MUSICAL THEATRE
Rodgers/Hammerstein: OKLAHOMA! - People will say we're in love
Rodgers/Hammerstein: CAROUSEL - If I loved you
Kern: SHOW BOAT - Make believe, You are love
Simon/Norman: THE SECRET GARDEN - How could I ever know? (from the full
score, not the "Selections" songbook)
Lerner/Loewe: CAMELOT - What do the simple folk do?
Loesser: GUYS AND DOLLS - My time of day/I've never been in love before
Ahrens/Flaherty: RAGTIME - Wheels of a Dream
Porter: KISS ME KATE - Wunderbar
Willson: THE MUSIC MAN - Till there was you
Kern: THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE - The night was made for love, I watch the
love parade
Rodgers/Hart: I MARRIED AN ANGEL - Spring is here
Wright/Forrest: KISMET - Rhymes have I
Rodgers/Hammerstein: CINDERELLA - Do I love you because you're beautiful?
Rodgers/Hammerstein: SOUND OF MUSIC - Something good [from the movie
soundtrack; now generally included in live productions too]
Herman: HELLO, DOLLY! - It only takes a moment
Schmidt: THE FANTASTICKS - Soon it's gonna rain, They were you
Weill: LADY IN THE DARK - This is new
Karen Mercedes
http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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