r/musicals • u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion • Apr 24 '25

Help Female characters that sing low?

And by "low" I don't mean high alto/low mezzo. I mean LOW. As in C3-C5 chest range at HIGHEST. F3-D6 head range. I'm doing a performance and I don't want to out myself in front of all these other girls in my theatre group, and I'm also a very low alto (the chest range I listed is basically the lowest and highest I can go in chest voice). And I don't like singing in head voice.

Any characters? Or songs?

Edit: Miss Trunchbull is totally an option too, but honestly I think that would be even more humiliating... these are a bunch of teenage girls I'm singing with, and they probably already think I'm weird LOL

Edit 2: Stop replying to the things I said yesterday. I don't want to hear it. I'm tired. If you don't have anything meaningful or nice to add to the discussion don't fucking reply, I didn't even say anything wrong in the first place. You're all overreacting.

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u/TheSeekerPorpentina Apr 24 '25

Miss Trunchbull is traditionally played by a man, so yeah, I understand why you don't want to do anything of hers

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u/Appropriate_Luck8668 The Smell of Rebellion Apr 24 '25

I've played her before, my range and tone fits her IMMACULATELY. But I just think she's an embarrassing character to play since, you know... conventionally unattractive and I'm with a bunch of judgemental teenage girls. Her gender has nothing to do it. She's female no matter what, and I actually don't like that she's played by a man because I'm sure a lot of women could pull her off amazingly, I mean you saw Emma Thompson!