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Calling all tenors! We’ve put together a list of audition songs that are underrated and aren’t performed as often in the audition room. This can help you bring something fresh to the casting director and make you stick out from the crowd.
Here are 53 great audition songs for tenors:
1. One Track Mind from Sweet Smell of Success
Range : E4-A5
Style : Uptempo Swing (Contemporary)
Mood : Showstopper, Flamboyant
2. Love To Me from The Light In the Piazza
Range : D4-F#5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Romantic, Passionate, Re-assuring
3. Beethoven Day from You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Range : D4-Ab5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Soulful, Energetic, Charismatic
4. Saturn Returns from Myths and Hymns
Range : C3-Bb4
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Soulful, Tragic, Heartbroken
5. Many Moons Ago from Once Upon A Mattress
Range : D3-G#4
Style : Ballad (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Story-Telling, Inviting
6. One More Beautiful Song from A Class Act
Range : C4-F5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Inspired, Futuristic, Intimate
7. She Was There from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Range : C#4-G#5
Style : Ballad (Pop Opera)
Mood : Romantic, Nostalgic, Introspective
8.Where In the World from The Secret Garden
Range : F4-Ab5
Style : Uptempo (Pop Opera)
Mood : Anxious, Desperate, Afraid
9. Prayer of the Comfort Counselor from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Range : E4-B5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Soulful, Encouraging, Rousing
10. Into The Fire from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Vocal Part : Tenor
Range : D4-Ab5
Style : Uptempo (Pop Opera)
11. Fifty Million Years Ago from Celebration
Vocal Part : Tenor
Range : Eb3-F4
Style : Uptempo
12. The Games I Play Ago from Falsettos
Range : B3-G5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Romantic, Regretful, Introspective
13. Buffalo Nickel Photoplay Inc. from Ragtime
Range : B3-F#5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Enthusiastic, Comedic
14. I’m Martin Guerre from Martin Guerre
Range : D4-A5
Style : Uptempo (Pop Opera)
Mood : Vengeful, Intimidating, Plotting
15. Race You to the Top of the Morning from The Secret Garden
Range : Db4-Ab5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Story-telling, Fatherly, Dramatic
16. Quasimodo from When Pigs Fly
Range : D3-A4
Style : Uptempo Swing (Contemporary)
Mood : Flirtacious, Romantic, Flamboyant
17. When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love from Finian’s Rainbow
Range : B3-D5
Style : Midtempo Waltz (Golden Age)
Mood : Comedic, Romantic
18. The Mason from Working
Range : B3-G5
Style : Ballad (Soft Rock)
Mood : Inspirational, Uplifting, Futuristic
19. Heaven on Their Minds from Jesus Christ Superstar
Range : D4-C6
Style : Uptempo Rock
Mood : Menacing, Critical, Desperate
20. How Glory Goes from Floyd Collins
Range : Bb3-G5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Introspective, Nostalgic, Bittersweet
21. The Flower Garden of My Heart from Pal Joey
Range : Eb4-G5
Style : Midtempo (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Light-hearted, Carefree
22. Drift Away from Grey Gardens
Range : D4-F5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Jazzy, Nostalgic, Romantic
23. What Is It About Her? from The Wild Party
Range : C4-Ab5
Style : Midtempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Passionate, slight Latin rhythm, Seductive
24. Enjoy The Trip from Bring It On: The Musical
Range : C4-Ab5
Style : Midtempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Nostalgic, Romantic, Intimate
25. Stranger from Big Fish
Range : C4-G5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Uplifting, Inspirational, Futuristic
26. Her Voice from The Little Mermaid
Range : D4-F#5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Disney, Romantic, In Awe
27. No Moon from Titanic
Range : E4-G5
Style : Midtempo Waltz (Pop Opera)
Mood : Romantic, Serene
28. The Proposal/The Night Was Alive from Titanic
Range : E4-E5, C4-G5
Style : Ballad (Pop Opera)
Mood : Romantic, Hopeful, Nostalgic
29. I Never Knew from Far From Heaven
Range : C#4-G#5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Jazzy, Confessional, Coming Clean
30. The Streets of Dublin from A Man of No Importance
Range : E4-A5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Cheerful, Observant, In Awe
31. Let It Sing from Violet
Range : D4-Eb5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary)
Mood : Racially Specific, Retro, Inspirational
32. I’d Rather Be Sailing from A New Brain
Range : A3-Gb5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Inspirational, Hopeful, Futuristic
33. I Chose Right from Baby
Range : Bb3-Eb5
Style : Midtempo (Soft Rock)
Mood : Romantic, Youthful, Intimate
34. A Man Could Go Quite Mad from The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Range : A3-G5
Style : Uptempo (Pop Opera)
Mood : Fascinated, Scary, Villainous
35. I Will Follow You from Milk and Honey
Range : D4-Bb5
Style : Ballad (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Passionate
36. The Thought of You from Fanny
Range : E3-A4
Style : Midtempo (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Passionate, Driving
37. Fanny from Fanny
Range : Bb3-Eb5
Style : Ballad (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Passionate
38. You Walk With Me from The Full Monty
Range : B3-B5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Romantic, Intimate
39. I Am In Love from Can-Can
Range : C4-F5
Style : Midtempo (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Light-hearted, Carefree
40. Come With Me from The Boys From Syracuse
Range : B2-F#4
Style : Uptempo (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Lighthearted, Inviting
41. You Are Never Away from Allegro
Range : B3-G5
Style : Uptempo (Golden Age)
Mood : Romantic, Lighthearted
42. Awaiting You from Myths and Hymns
Range : G3-F5
Style : Ballad (Contemporary)
Mood : Contemplative, Soulful, Introspective
43. The Day After That from Kiss of the Spider Woman
Range : D4-A5
Style : Midtempo
Mood : Majestic, Troubled, yet Hopeful
44. Alive from Jekyll and Hyde
Range : D4-E5
Style : Uptempo (Pop Opera)
Mood : Fascinated, Scary, Villainous
45. I’ll Be There from The Pirate Queen
Range : C4-A5
Style : Ballad (Pop Opera)
Mood : Romantic, Hopeful, Passionate, Jealous
46. All Good Gifts from Godspell
Range : D4-A5
Style : Ballad (Soft Rock)
Mood : Inspirational, Uplifting
47. Love Can’t Happen from Grand Hotel
Range : D#4-A5
Style : Midtempo
Mood : Romantic, Passionate
48. Fortune Favors the Brave from Aida
Range : Bb3-G5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary Rock)
Mood : Triumphant, Powerful
49. Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast? from The Pirates of Penzance
Range : G3-Gb4 (optional Bb4)
Style : Ballad (Operetta)
Mood : Romantic, Desperate, Lonesome
50. 30/90 from Tick, Tick…Boom!
Range : E3-A5
Style : Uptempo (Contemporary Rock)
Mood : Hopeful yet Anxious
51. My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada from Avenue Q
Range : Range: B2–G4
Style : Uptempo
Mood : Comedic
52. I Am Aldolpho from The Drowsy Chaperone
Range : Range: E2 (optional)–A4
Style : Midtempo
Mood : Comedic
53. I Don’t Understand the Poor from A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Range : Range: B2–G4
Style : Midtempo
Mood : Comedic
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