Audition Songs for Bass-Baritones – By Time Period

This page features a curated selection of musical theatre audition songs for bass-baritones, featuring a range of show styles and character types. The bass-baritone vocal range extends both the bass and baritone voice types and is relatively uncommon. For more information on vocal ranges, see the vocal types guide.

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1950s-1960s Songs for Bass-Baritones

“Honestly Sincere” – Bye Bye Birdie

“Let’s Not Waste a Moment” – Milk and Honey

“Seventy Six Trombones” – The Music Man

“Snoopy” – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

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1970s-1990s Songs for Bass-Baritones

“Falcon in the Dive” – The Scarlet Pimpernel

“Farewell, Good Angel” – Jane Eyre

“Guido’s Song” – Nine

“I’ll Never Pass This Way Again” – The Civil War

“Is This What You Call Love?” – Passion

“Lesson #8” – Sunday in the Park with George

“Sugar Daddy” – Hedwig and the Angry Inch

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2000s Songs for Bass-Baritones

“A Little More Homework” – 13

“Chillin’ the Regrets” – Alice by Heart

“The Ballad of Farquaad” – Shrek

“The Longer I Live” – Dracula

“You Can Get Away With Anything” – The Woman in White

“Ziggy” – Dear Edwina

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2010s Songs for Bass-Baritones

“Diamond in the Rough” – Aladdin

“My Nose Ain’t Broken” – Rocky

“Out of the Sun” – Honeymoon in Vegas

“Simply Second Nature” – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“The Man Inside the Clues” – Catch Me If You Can

“Tonight Belongs to You” – The Prom

“Yesterday, Tomorrow and Today” – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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DIY Rep Book for Basses

Included Inside:

✅ Step-by-step creation guide
✅ Regularly updated Google folder
✅ 230+ song ideas for basses with time periods, tempos, and exact vocal ranges

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