CHARACTER-DRIVEN /ROLE SONGS FOR SUMMATIVE EXAM

If you are not as comfortable playing a role, choose an art song from the ART song List for your exam.

SOPRANO
COMPOSER
W. A Mozart

TITLE/WORK
Oiseaux si tous les ans

REQUIRED SKILLS

WILL HELP YOU BUILD

Antonio Vivaldi
Gabriel Faur

Domine Deus from Gloria

Pie Jesu from Requiem

Clear and agile in upper range,

rhythm
Advanced agile, legato lines, light,
clear tone
Long legato lines, light tone, Latin
Comfort in upper range, Latin

S. Sondheim

Lovely from A Funny Thing

Happened
What A Movie from Trouble in
Tahiti

Comedy, rhythmic and vocal colour

changes
Comedy, rhythmic and vocal colour
changes

Light, clear baroque-style tone

Long, legato lines, light, clear
tone
Comedic timing, long legato
line
Comedic timing, long legato
line

REQUIRED SKILLS

WILL HELP YOU BUILD

Legato breath and warm tone

classical vowels and changes in
tone
Advanced control of large intervals,
mix
Advanced control of upper
passaggio
Speech-level singing, chromaticism

Breath in ascending/long lines

Breath in large intervals and
intensity
Chest strength in continuity,
vowels
Sudden character changes,
chromaticism, Italian diction
Tonality changes, Mus Th
vowels
Comedic timing, long legato
line

Un Moto di Gioja

L. Bernstein

Warmth in a light tone, mix

Warmth in upper range, mix

MEZZO-SOPRANO
COMPOSER

TITLE/WORK

Felix
Mendelssohn

O Rest in the Lord from Elijah

Woe Unto Them from Elijah

Gian Carlo
Menotti
W. A Mozart

Lullaby from The Consul

S. Sondheim
L. Bernstein

Voi Che Sapete from Le Nozze di

Figaro
I know things now from Into the
Woods
What a Movie from Trouble in
Tahiti

Comedy, rhythmic and vocal colour

changes

TENOR
COMPOSER

TITLE/WORK

REQUIRED SKILLS

WILL HELP YOU BUILD

F. Mendelssohn

If With All Your Hearts from Elijah

High tenor voice

(private training

recommended)

G. F Handel
Gioachino
Rossini
Gaetano
Donizetti
W. A Mozart
S. Sondheim

Total Eclipse from Samson

Se il mio nome from Il barbiere di
Siviligia
Quanto e Bella from Lelisir damore

Warm tone and agility

Legato lines, warm tone and
agility
Advanced legato ascending lines

Alles fhlt der leibe Freuden, Die

Zauberfte
Giants in the Sky from into the
Woods

Light legato lines, warm tone

Speech-level singing, strong
upper range

Legato line and breath

energy
Long lines, classical vowels
Italian diction, mix in upper
range
Sustained upper register, mix
German diction, comedic
timing
Comedy, differences in vocal
colours

BARITONE/BASS
COMPOSER

TITLE/WORK

REQUIRED SKILLS

W. A Mozart

Der Vogelfnger bin ich ja from Die

Zauberfte
O Isis und Osiris from Die Zauberfte

Ambroise
Thomas
S. Sondheim

vin dissipe la tristesse from Hamlet

Lambert &
Morrison

I am Aldolfo from The Drowsy

Chaperone

Isnt It? from Saturday Night

WILL HELP YOU BUILD

Advanced Legato line,

comedy
A true bass with an easy Low
F
Strong tone and legato lines

Agility & spin in lines, vocal

colours
Long, legato lines, German
diction
Agility, vocal colours,

Comedic timing, changing

line length
Comedic timing, strength in
range

Legato singing, ascending

lines
Leading tempi through
character

SONGS FOR ANY VOICE TYPE (Male or Female High and Low Keys Available)
COMPOSER
Giovanni
Bonocini
Antonio Lotti

TITLE/WORK
Per la gloria dadorarvi from
Griselda
Pur dicesti, o bocca bella from
unknown

REQUIRED SKILLS
Agility in legato lines, changing
rhythms
Light legato tone, long lines

WILL HELP YOU BUILD

Ornamentation, light but
warm tone
Ornamentation, agility

Alessandro
Parisotti
Franz Schubert

Se tu mami from unknown

Der Tod und das Mdchen

(Lieder)
FEMALE CHARACTER ONLY:
W. A Mozart
Als Luise die Briefe ihres
ungetreuen Liebhabers
verbrannte (Lieder)
MALE CHARACTER ONLY:
Robert Schumann Waldesgesprch (Lieder)

Breath energy in ascending lines,

mix
Two different characters (Optional
Low D), warm tone

Vocal colours, agility in

legato lines
Sustaining one pitch,
changing phrase lengths

Strength and clarity in voice and

sound without pushing

Builds intensity and colour in

voice, changing phrase
lengths/breath

Two different characters, strong

storytelling

Different vocal colours,

legato lines