[Monsieur D'Arque]

My group may be doing "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" as a workshop, in which we present four or five songs as a sample of the current trends on Broadway. Does anyone know the vocal ranges for the characters?

[Jekkienumber24601]

Not the range but the very simple basics

Freddy Tenor

Lawerence Bari-tenor

Andre baritone

Christine- Not sure, Alto-soprano?

[Monsieur D'Arque]

Okay... I found the ranges for the main characters, at least the high note.

Freddy: Tenor. Belts a high C, but in falsetto sings a D# during the yodel.

Lawrence: Bari-tenor, belts a high G during "Dirty Rotten Number." He sings it a few times, but it's more spoken than sung during the rest of the show.

Andre: F

Christine: More or less an alto role, but sings a very high Bb during "Love Is My Legs."

[Webster]

Freddy only does a Bb belted.

[Monsieur D'Arque]

Hmm... I checked up on this. In a few live recordings, during the "Meatloaf Section" of "Love is my legs," he scats a bit and plays around, and the note occasionally goes up to C.

[TheNextTenMinutes]

[Monsieur D'Arque]

She's sort of in the middle. Some of her songs go very low, but she does some definite high stuff in "Love Is My Legs," although according to my copy of the score, Sherie improvised some of her higher notes.

[Salome]

dont forget Muriel and Jolene.
Muriel is na alto

jolene alto belt

[Mr_X]

Something tells me Freddy's B flat in "Dirty Rotten Number" is optional. When I saw the show I had an understudy for Butz, and it seemed like he sang a G while Pryce sang something like an E or E flat. However, those notes in "Love is My Legs", the G sharps and A's don't seem optional. So I believe:

Lawrence: Baritone
Freddy: Tenor
Christine: Belty alto/mezzo
Muriel: Mezzo
Andre: Baritone
Jolene: Belty alto/mezzo

[Salome]