Acting in Plays, Singing /male/female duets

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Question

My best friend and I have both worked professionally in the entertainment industry as singer/dancers. We are looking at recording some duets for promotional purposes, and wanted to know if you had any suggestions. I am a mezzo soprano belter and he is a baritone, and we have been having a hard time finding songs that were not written for a tenor/soprano combination. I think he could sing second tenor if he had to.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Answer

Hello, Felicia –

Thank you for the question.

Listen to the mp3 sample available of "Sometimes I'm Happy" sung by baritone Robert Merrill and mezzo-soprano Vivian della Chiesa. They recorded an album together that also included a great song, "You and the night and the music". Another popular team, Nelson Eddy and Gale Sherwood, recorded Cole Porter's "Wunderbar" from KISS ME KATE and "The song is you" from Jerome Kern's MUSIC IN THE AIR. And then there are all those duets sung by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

That ought to keep you busy for a while.

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