Audition songs for Eliza?

theatreisme · Audition songs for Eliza?

Does anyone know of a good audition song/songs for eliza?

JIJane

You need to show gutsy, character cockney - so look into either music hall period songs or other British musicals from the period My Fair Lady was written in (Me and my girl, Half a sixpence, etc Oliver is usually overdone).

You also need to show a sop lyrical side, in which case I recommend another Lerner & Loewe song or something by Ivor Novello, Noel Coward, etc.

Brigantine

Just for possible future reference... what if you can only sing one song? or 32 bars or something? Anything that ecompasses both aspects of the character in one song?

JIJane

If you can sing only one song I would probably show the soprano lyrical side in an uptempo - you can show the other side of Eliza through reading (they may hear one song and then have you read). But Eliza needs to above all in the singing department be a secure soprano - so that's probably best to show off first. At last that's what I did when I auditioned for the 2002 West End production - and then got a recall to show what else I can do.

theatreisme	Audition songs for Eliza? Does anyone know of a good audition song/songs for eliza?
JIJane	You need to show gutsy, character cockney - so look into either music hall period songs or other British musicals from the period My Fair Lady was written in (Me and my girl, Half a sixpence, etc Oliver is usually overdone). You also need to show a sop lyrical side, in which case I recommend another Lerner & Loewe song or something by Ivor Novello, Noel Coward, etc.
Brigantine	Just for possible future reference... what if you can only sing one song? or 32 bars or something? Anything that ecompasses both aspects of the character in one song?
JIJane	If you can sing only one song I would probably show the soprano lyrical side in an uptempo - you can show the other side of Eliza through reading (they may hear one song and then have you read). But Eliza needs to above all in the singing department be a secure soprano - so that's probably best to show off first. At last that's what I did when I auditioned for the 2002 West End production - and then got a recall to show what else I can do.

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Audition songs for Eliza?