Oklahoma, King and I, South Pacific, Kismet, Kiss me Kate, Showboat, pretty much anything that features a strong Baritone voice, or Howard Keele in a big role. That guy had a gorgeous voice, and he was super hot!
I'll be honest, I don't really like the musicals nowadays. I'm sure they have their place, and I've seen quite a few of them, and my voice students really like them, but to be honest, they all sound like screaming to me. It makes my vocal chords hurt to hear some of the people who "sing" in musicals now. The plots are also not too original.
Aida = Verdi's Aida, which has a much jucier plot, better music, and better stage effects, IMO
Miss Saigon = Puccini's Madama Butterfly, set in Vietnam
Rent = Puccini's La Boheme with updated diseases and social issues. Not so impressive to die of consumption anymore, though it was a horrible disease at the time, and a top-killer, along with syphillis. If your interested in watching someone die of the disease, the always delightful Johnny Depp will be ravaged by syphillis in the big screen in the movie Libertine. Oooooo, infected syphillis leasions on the big screen. I'm sure it'll be splendid. sick: It's amazing what Hollywood will consider bankable entertainment. That was a long tangent.
I am not knocking the above musicals, I'm just using them as an example. A student bent on singing a song played me excerpts from Wicked, and though I thought the plot idea was cute, I just couldn't let her sing one of the Wicked Witch of the West's songs (I don't remember her name before her career change). Too much laryngeal pressure on the chords, I thought the poor creature was going to bust them as I was listening. Again, the modern musicals have great appeal for some, but for me, they sound too much like your average pop singer, and it all sounds the same to me.
Now, I do like Caberet, Chicago, and Victor/Victoria (original motion picture musical), but I think the composer of the music did a fine job maintaining the musical atmosphere of the time period the musical was set in, and all three are great period pieces.
Sorry, I probably sound like a snot, I don't mean too, but you asked what musicals I was into. Your fault for opening that can of worms.
I'll be honest, I don't really like the musicals nowadays. I'm sure they have their place, and I've seen quite a few of them, and my voice students really like them, but to be honest, they all sound like screaming to me. It makes my vocal chords hurt to hear some of the people who "sing" in musicals now. The plots are also not too original.
Aida = Verdi's Aida, which has a much jucier plot, better music, and better stage effects, IMO
Miss Saigon = Puccini's Madama Butterfly, set in Vietnam
Rent = Puccini's La Boheme with updated diseases and social issues. Not so impressive to die of consumption anymore, though it was a horrible disease at the time, and a top-killer, along with syphillis. If your interested in watching someone die of the disease, the always delightful Johnny Depp will be ravaged by syphillis in the big screen in the movie Libertine. Oooooo, infected syphillis leasions on the big screen. I'm sure it'll be splendid. sick: It's amazing what Hollywood will consider bankable entertainment. That was a long tangent.
I am not knocking the above musicals, I'm just using them as an example. A student bent on singing a song played me excerpts from Wicked, and though I thought the plot idea was cute, I just couldn't let her sing one of the Wicked Witch of the West's songs (I don't remember her name before her career change). Too much laryngeal pressure on the chords, I thought the poor creature was going to bust them as I was listening. Again, the modern musicals have great appeal for some, but for me, they sound too much like your average pop singer, and it all sounds the same to me.
Now, I do like Caberet, Chicago, and Victor/Victoria (original motion picture musical), but I think the composer of the music did a fine job maintaining the musical atmosphere of the time period the musical was set in, and all three are great period pieces.
Sorry, I probably sound like a snot, I don't mean too, but you asked what musicals I was into. Your fault for opening that can of worms.
