Brigantine
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Maria's voice range- like the movie?I thought I read somewhere else that for the (old, I guess) stage show Maria's vocal range was lower than that of Julie Andrew's in the movie.
Can someone help me with this? And I've read on the forum that the 1998 version is or may be different from the original Broadway version.
Of course, the reason I ask is my community theater is doing TSOM next season, and I want to see if I would be good for Maria, vocally. I'm 26, will be 27 when they do the show, and a soprano.
I really did look in the sticky and couldn't find any info...
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MsDivaKate
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My sources say she's need a high Bb if that helps.
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Sean
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| MsDivaKate wrote: | For some reason I thought it was higher or perhaps equal.
I think she goes up to a high Bb but I may be wrong. |
well whatever version we did katie.....maria's part was lower well the song Sound of Music was def. lower.
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MsDivaKate
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Sean must you post stalk me? lol.
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what_the_heck013
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Mary Martin (who I belive is a contralto) played Maria in the OBC or The Sound of Music. Her voice (well, her range) is substantially lower than Julie Andrews (a soprano).
The 1998 revival was based more on the film (which butchered the original). Most directors make their show more like the revival/film. Thus in that case, Maria would be a soprano. If your director is staying closer to the OBC, Maria will be a low mezzo.
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mannfann714
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In Lonely Goatherd (which is cut in our show right now) she sings to high Bb, but in most of the songs stay in the lower register (except I Have Confidence, probably written with Julie Andrews in mind, is higher and of course, that isn't in most stage shows)
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Brigantine
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Thanks!!!
I sure hope we do the revival.
I could probably sing either but would much rather sing higher.
Anyone recommend the revival recording w/ REbecca Luker?
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what_the_heck013
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| mannfann714 wrote: | | In Lonely Goatherd (which is cut in our show right now) |
You're director should be slapped and possibly banned from ever directing anything ever again.
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tmg
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | mannfann714 wrote: | | In Lonely Goatherd (which is cut in our show right now) |
You're director should be slapped and possibly banned from ever directing anything ever again. |
LOL. We're doing Sound of Music right now (I'm in the pit orchestra) and our Maria absolutely hates that song. She thought it was cute at first, but now she calls it "Satan's song." I'm not too thrilled about it either. It's unbelievably repetative. The other day, I caught myself watching the stage more than I was watching my music. I'd pretty much memorized the whole song without even trying.
That said, I do think it's important for the show. Not so much for the plot, but simply because that melody shows up again & again during a lot of the incidental & scene change music.
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Mark Walton
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| what_the_heck013 wrote: | | Mary Martin (who I belive is a contralto) played Maria in the OBC or The Sound of Music. . |
Was a contralto: Mary Martin died in 1990.
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mannfann714
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[quote="what_the_heck013"][quote="mannfann714"]In Lonely Goatherd (which is cut in our show right now)[/quote]
You're director should be slapped and possibly banned from ever directing anything ever again.[/quote]
I'm not saying I disagree...but his reasons for cutting were its insignificance to the plot and because we're trying to make it like the movie, therefore replacing it with "my favorite things" in the bedroom scene, there was just no place for it. there's still a reprise at the beginning of Act 2. A little strange...a reprise of a song that never happened...
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Mademoiselle Lanoire
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Well, if the movie includes it, then cutting it isn't exactly bringing it in line with the movie...
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mannfann714
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that makes sense, but I guess my director figured that because we couldn't afford to have a puppet show on stage, it was best not to include the song at all (also that it has nothing to do with the plot).
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what_the_heck013
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I absolutely HATE when directors change things to "make it like the movie". The authors of musicals such as The Sound of Music wrote their shows the way they are supposed to be and should be performed as such. And to Mark Walton, you @$$#073 (like my censoring?), Mary Martin will forever live in my scratchy old video tape of Peter Pan.
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mannfann714
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I totally agree. The only reason my director made the changes is to make it more familiar to people, because everyone has seen the movie, and by doing that, make more MONEY. that's all it's about sometimes, and it makes me furious.
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tmg
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| mannfann714 wrote: | | that makes sense, but I guess my director figured that because we couldn't afford to have a puppet show on stage, it was best not to include the song at all (also that it has nothing to do with the plot). |
Our production didn't do the puppet show. Instead, they just sort of acted it out and did some playful dancing around type of things. It was kind of cute (even though I still hate the song - from a musician's point of view).
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what_the_heck013
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| tmg wrote: | | Our production didn't do the puppet show. Instead, they just sort of acted it out and did some playful dancing around type of things. It was kind of cute (even though I still hate the song - from a musician's point of view). |
I saw a production that did that. Captain Von Trapp was the lonely Goatherd, Maria was the girl in the pale pink coat, and the Mother Abbess was her Mama. It was done as a dream sequence... kind of.
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