56 of the Best Audition Songs for Bass-Baritones
Are you getting ready for an important audition? Well, first you should check out our giant database of audition songs for specific musicals. But if your show hasn’t yet been covered by us, or if you’re just looking to expand your repertoire, you can go through this list of audition songs for bass-baritones.
By the way, if your range lies between the bass and baritone vocal types (or if it extends both), you are a bass-baritone. And if you haven’t gone through the steps to find your vocal type yet, I would definitely recommend doing so!
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First Step: Read your audition details
Please read your audition details carefully, as they sometimes specify the type of song they’d like to hear (a ballad, something uptempo, etc.). Make sure to select a song that’s appropriate for your specific casting call. Also, as you’re picking out a song, these links may be helpful:
• Backing Tracks for the Songs Below
• “Audition Songs for Bass-Baritones” Spotify Playlist
Quick Tip: For easy access to each song’s sheet music, backing tracks, music, time period, and vocal type info, just follow any of the links below!
Golden Age Songs for Bass-Baritones
“A Fellow Needs a Girl” – Allegro
“Just in Time” – Bells are Ringing
“More I Cannot Wish You” – Guys and Dolls
“On the Street Where You Live” – My Fair Lady
“This Nearly Was Mine” – South Pacific
“Welcome Home” – Fanny
“Were Thine That Special Face” – Kiss Me, Kate
1960s Songs for Bass-Baritones
“My Wish” – Miracle on 34th Street
“Melinda” – On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
“Put on a Happy Face” – Bye Bye Birdie
“Real Live Girl” – Little Me
“Sweet Charity” – Sweet Charity
“Try Me” – She Loves Me
“Why Should I Wake Up?” – Cabaret
1970s Songs for Bass-Baritones
“Friend” – Snoopy!!!
“I Don’t Remember Christmas” – Starting Here Starting Now
“I’ll Be Here Tomorrow” – The Grand Tour
“I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore” – Gigi
“Joe” – Working
“Movies Were Movies” – Mack & Mabel
“The Road You Didn’t Take” – Follies
1980s Songs for Bass-Baritones
“A Marriage Proposal” – Falsettos
“Funny” – City of Angels
“I Waltz Alone” – Grand Hotel
“If I Sing” – Closer Than Ever
“Out There” – Barnum
“Sometimes a Day Goes By” – Woman of the Year
“Stars” – Les Misérables
1990s Songs for Bass-Baritones
“As Good As You” – Jane Eyre
“Does the Moment Ever Come?” – Just So
“I Want to Go Home” – Big
“If I Can’t Love Her” – Beauty and the Beast
“I’ll Be Here” – The Wild Party
“Love Who You Love” – A Man of No Importance
“Wheels of a Dream” – Ragtime
2000s Songs for Bass-Baritones
“1876” – The Story of My Life
“Aftershocks” – Next to Normal
“Deep Into the Ground” – Billy Elliot
“Don’t Do Sadness” – Spring Awakening
“I Like It Here” – The Story of My Life
“Mrs. Remington” – The Story of My Life
“The Longer I Live” – Dracula
2010s Songs for Bass-Baritones
“Come to an Agreement” – Honeymoon in Vegas [first half]
“I Am Back” – American Psycho
“Night Will Come” – Groundhog Day
“Something About Her” – Pretty Woman
“Temporarily Lost” – The Bridges of Madison County
“The Great Comet of 1812” – The Great Comet
“Yesterday, Tomorrow and Today” – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Character/Comedic Audition Songs for Bass-Baritones
“Happy/Sad” – The Addams Family
“I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight” – Camelot
“I’d Order Love” – First Date
“I’m Allergic to Cats” – The Theory of Relativity
“Lucky” – Lucky Stiff
“That’s Your Funeral” – Oliver!
“Where is the Life That Late I Led?” – Kiss Me, Kate
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.