64 of the Best Audition Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
Here is a curated selection of musical theatre audition songs for mezzo-sopranos, featuring a range of styles and character types. Every song on this page was chosen because it is dramatically strong, suitable for mezzos, and appropriate for use in an audition room.
Mezzos have a range of A3 to A5. Not sure if that’s you? Find out your vocal type here!
Golden Age Songs for Mezzos (1940-1959)
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” – Gypsy
“I’ll Show Him” – Plain and Fancy
“Little Lamb” – Gypsy
“Look to the Rainbow” – Finian’s Rainbow
“Love, Look Away” – Flower Drum Song
“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)
“Cry Like the Wind” – Do Re Mi
“Is It Really Me?” – 110 in the Shade
“I’ve Never Said I Love You” – Dear World
“Sing Happy” – Flora, the Red Menace
“So Many People” – Saturday Night
“The Simple Joys of Maidenhood” – Camelot
“There Won’t Be Trumpets” – Anyone Can Whistle
“What Makes Me Love Him?” – The Apple Tree
1970s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“Another Suitcase in Another Hall” – Evita
“Autumn” – Starting Here, Starting Now
“Hopelessly Devoted to You” – Grease
“I Belong Here” –The Grand Tour
“Measure the Valleys” – Raisin
“Nobody Does It Like Me” – Seesaw
“Set Those Sails” – In Trousers
“Spread a Little Sunshine” – Pippin
1980s Songs for Mezzo-Sopranos
“Anything But Lonely” – Aspects of Love
“Colored Lights” – The Rink
“Let’s Play a Love Scene” – Fame
“Out Here On My Own” – Fame
“Patterns” – Baby
“The Girls of Summer” – Marry Me a Little
“The Movie in My Mind” – Miss Saigon
“The Night It Had to End” – Romance/Romance
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
“Look At Me Now” – The Wild Party
“Only Love” – The Scarlet Pimpernel
“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
“Heaven Knows” – Far From Heaven
“No One Else” – The Great Comet
“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
“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
“When You Got It, Flaunt It” – The Producers
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip and the author of The Thespian’s Bucket List. She is also the creator of The Cast Album List. Her background includes a BA in Theatre, a TESOL Drama certificate, and professional experience in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
