64 of the Best Audition Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
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 mezzo-sopranos.
By the way, if your vocal range lies between A3-A5, you are a mezzo-soprano! 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 Mezzos” 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 Mezzos (1940-1959)
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” – Gypsy
“How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” – Finian’s Rainbow
“I’ll Show Him” – Plain and Fancy
“Let’s Start the New Year Right” – Holiday Inn
“Nothing More to Say” – Holiday Inn
“Shall We Dance?” – The King and I
“Something Wonderful” – The King and I
“That’s the Way It Happens” – Me and Juliet
Post-Golden Age Songs for Mezzos (1960s)
“Is It Really Me?” – 110 in the Shade
“I Wanted to Change Him” – Hallelujah, Baby!
“Love, Look Away” – Flower Drum Song
“Secret Love” – Calamity Jane
“Sing Happy” – Flora, the Red Menace
“So Many People” – Saturday Night
“There Won’t Be Trumpets” – Anyone Can Whistle
“What Makes Me Love Him?” – The Apple Tree
1970s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“All Things to One Man” – Grind
“Another Suitcase in Another Hall” – Evita
“Bless The Lord” – Godspell
“Hopelessly Devoted to You” – Grease
“I Belong Here” –The Grand Tour
“Measure the Valleys” – Raisin
“Set Those Sails” – In Trousers
“Spread a Little Sunshine” – Pippin
1980s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“Anything But Lonely” – Aspects of Love
“Children Will Listen” – Into the Woods
“Colored Lights” – The Rink
“I Am Changing” – Dreamgirls
“Out Here On My Own” – Fame
“Patterns” – Baby
“The Girls of Summer” – Marry Me a Little
“The Movie in My Mind” – Miss Saigon
1990s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“Come Down from the Tree” – Once on This Island
“Do It Alone” – Parade
“Home” – Beauty and the Beast
“I Wish I Could Forget You” – Passion
“Only Love” – The Scarlet Pimpernel
“Something Bad Is Happening” – Falsettos
“When I Look at You” – The Scarlet Pimpernel
“When Will Someone Hear?” – Martin Guerre
2000s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“A Part of That” – The Last Five Years
“Even Though” – I Love You Because
“Finding Wonderland” – Wonderland
“How Bout a Dance?” – Bonnie & Clyde
“Remember Me” – Little Fish
“So Anyway” – Next to Normal
“The Light in the Piazza” – The Light in the Piazza
“The Oldest Orphan” – Daddy Long Legs
2010s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“Days and Days” – Fun Home
“No One Else” – The Great Comet
“Losing Roberto” – Death Takes a Holiday
“On and On and On” – We Aren’t Kids Anymore
“Remember This” – The Mad Ones
“Safer” – First Date
“Sister’s Pickle” – Amélie
“Where Did the Rock Go?” – School of Rock
Character/Comedic Audition Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“Brimstone and Treacle” – Mary Poppins
“Every Day of the Week is a Saturday” – Nunsense Jamboree
“I’m Breaking Down” – Falsettos
“Loud” – Matilda
“The Mad Hatter” – Wonderland
“Turn up the Spotlight” – Nunsense
“Waiting” – The Addams Family
“What’s New At The Zoo?” – Do Re Mi
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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.