Does anyone know what the Wicked voice ranges are? I've been dying to find out!

that's a tough question... I bet tkdchick's sister would know.

I have no idea. I don't know very much about that. :?

I'm pretty sure Glinda is a soprano, Elphie... I think either a alto or mezzo-soprono

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On Topic: I don't know anything about their voice ranges but I am sure there is some way to find out.

I've only heard the songs and not seen the actual sheet music, so I can't say anything for sure, but here's my best try at it going by the voices on the CD.

Boq - Lyric Tenor.
Fiyero - Possibly a Spinto Tenor? To me, at least, his voice needs a lot of character.
Nessarose - Her part is relatively easy, probably best suited to a Lyric Mezzo, but a soprano with a decent lower range could do it too.
Elphaba - Dramatic Mezzo.
Glinda - Very difficult voice part here. My guess would be Lyric Coluratura, but capable of really belting it out and with a better lower register than most sopranos to be able to hit that note at the end of the 'I'm Not That Girl' Reprise.

As for the actual range required, you'd have to check the sheet music.

I think Glinda is a strong mezzo-Soprano because if u look at the music its quite low in popular.

Yes, but listen to Glinda in her introduction and in the ensemble pieces. She hits some high notes when she's singing over the entire company. And just because you're a soprano doesn't mean you can't use middle range if you keep in practice. I'm a lyric soprano (*coughsopranobiascough*) who can hit the notes in 'Painting Her Portrait' without much reaching, and that is a low mezzo song. On the other hand, a mezzo soprano could seriously damage her voice overreaching for, say, that note Glinda has to hit at the end of Thank Goodness. (Need to find out what note that is, exactly.)

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I'm new h ere, but I don't think that either part is that high. I was a lyric (before vocal nodes sidelined me and I got out of practice) and I'm only a mezzo now and I can sing most of the parts. I've never tried to hit those high notes of Glinda's, but I think I "could" I think these parts are a little lower than many of the parts that we've heard in older musicals where the lead was always a really high soprano.

I've also wondered if they transpose anything for hte performer or if everyone has to sing it in the key it came in?

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Elphaba's part requires more skill on the low parts than the high, I think. That's why I figured they'd go for a mezzo. But Glinda is traditionally a soprano and while a talented mezzo possibly could do it, it's better suited to a soprano who doesn't have to reach to hit those notes.
I think one of the reasons it's not a very high soprano part is because the music is very pop-ish. A lot of musicals, like Phantom or Les Mis are closer to operatic in their musical styles, which requires a more trained singer to play the female lead than for a show like Wicked where most of the songs are pop ballads. They're going to cast people who can sing pop ballads instead of high sopranos.

I think they must transpose because Defying Gravity sounds lower when Stephanie Block does it than when Idina Menzel does.

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Both Glinda and Elphie hit low and high notes, so they have a large range, Glinda's more so than Elphie.

AHHH, but you guys are confusing the voice ranges of opera singers and broadway belters. These are both two very different styles of singing and are both used in Wicked. Kristen Chenoweth was trained for opera as you can tell with her singing in Wicked, she is a soporano. Idina Menzel is obviously not an opera singer but she is an amaizing belter and can belt very high. There really is no way to tell what vocal range someone is unless you are there to warm them up and see what range of note they can hit. Since the singers in Wicked are professionals, my guess is that the two girls are what I like to call Sopraltos, where they have been trained enough and are developed to the point that their vocal ranges reach into both soprano and alto.

Glinda is one of the most vocally diverse roles I think I've ever heard. It's incredibly difficult to sing every single Glinda part in Wicked well because it changes so much. No One Mourns the Wicked, Thank Goodness and the Finale require a strong soprano---Popular, For Good, require a lower register but a lot of power. That, my pretties, is why Kristin Chenoweth is my absolute favorite. She makes those transitions perfectly.

On a sad personal note, I pushed my voice too hard yesterday trying to sing Phantom of the Opera and now my throat really hurts. *sigh* I need a voice teacher.

i thought kristin was a belter

ie: "you're a good man, charlie brown"

Megan is great with that super high opera stuff, she goes ever higher than Kristin did on the recording.

Kristin, actually, is a highly trained Opera singer, as well as having the great belted low notes in her range. There is currently an Opera being written for her, so I quite agree that she is amazing.

I love Megan as well, and yes her high notes almost rival Kristin, who went much higher live as well.

I'm no expert, so correct me if you will, voice trained awesome ones :mrgreen:.