64 of the Best Audition Songs for Tenors
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 tenors.
By the way, if your vocal range lies between C3-C5, you are a tenor! If you haven’t gone through the steps to find your vocal type yet, I would definitely recommend doing so!
Please note: This post contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to make a purchase through one of the following links, we may earn a small commission on the sale at no additional cost to you. See our disclosure for more info.
First Step: Read your audition details
Please read your audition details carefully, as they sometimes specify what types of solos they’d like to hear (a ballad, something uptempo, etc.). Make sure to select a song that’s appropriate for your specific casting call.
And here’s Theatre Trip’s matching “Audition Songs for Tenors” 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 Tenors (1940-1959)
“All I Need Is the Girl” – Gypsy
“Come to Me, Bend to Me” – Brigadoon
“Fanny” – Fanny
“Many Moons Ago” – Once Upon a Mattress
“The Flower Garden of My Heart” – Pal Joey
“There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame” – South Pacific
“You Are Beautiful” – Flower Drum Song
“Younger Than Springtime” – South Pacific
Post-Golden Age Songs for Tenors (1960s)
“Boy for Sale” – Oliver!
“How to Succeed” – How to Succeed in Business
“I Will Follow You” – Milk and Honey
“Molasses to Rum” – 1776
“Stay” – Do I Hear a Waltz?
“Take the Moment” – Do I Hear a Waltz?
“Too Many Tomorrows” – Sweet Charity
“Where Do I Go?” – Hair
1970s Songs for Tenors
“All Good Gifts” – Godspell
“Being Alive” – Company
“Ladies in Their Sensitivities” – Sweeney Todd
“Morning Glow” – Pippin
“On the Willows” – Godspell
“On This Night of A Thousand Stars” – Evita
“Proud Lady” – The Baker’s Wife
“Sandy” – Grease
1980s Songs for Tenors
“Bring Him Home” – Les Misérables
“Dreamer in Disguise” – Carrie
“I Chose Right” – Baby
“Love Changes Everything” – Aspects of Love
“My Daddy Always Taught Me to Share” – Grind
“Not a Day Goes By” – Merrily We Roll Along
“Pity the Child” – Chess
“Why God Why?” – Miss Saigon
1990s Songs for Tenors
“A Bit of Earth” – The Secret Garden
“Endless Night” – The Lion King
“I Can’t Stand Still” – Footloose
“Lost in the Wilderness” – Children of Eden
“No Moon” – Titanic
“Sarah” – The Civil War
“She Was There” – The Scarlet Pimpernel
“That’s What He Said” – Parade
2000s Songs for Tenors
“Before the Summer Ends” – Dracula
“Breeze Off the River” – The Full Monty
“He’s Not Here” – Next to Normal
“Nobody Needs to Know” – The Last Five Years
“One Knight” – Wonderland
“Say a Prayer” – Memphis
“Write What You Know” – The Story of My Life
“Work the Wound” – Passing Strange
2010s Songs for Tenors
“And I Breathe” – Next Thing You Know
“Butter Outta Cream” – Catch Me If You Can
“Hold Me In Your Heart” – Kinky Boots
“Isn’t That Enough?” – Honeymoon in Vegas
“My Petersburg” – Anastasia
“Run Away With Me” – The Mad Ones
“You Never Know” – If/Then
“Whaddya Do” – Tootsie
Character/Comedic Songs for Tenors
“A Bit Misunderstood” – The Three Little Pigs
“Don’t Let Me Go” – Shrek
“Hard to Be the Bard” – Something Rotten!
“Man” – The Full Monty
“Never Ever Getting Rid of Me” – Waitress
“Positoovity” – The Little Mermaid
“The Moon and Me” – The Addams Family
“The Squip Song” – Be More Chill
By the way… If you like this post, you might also like:
Know of any other great audition songs for tenors?
And what role are you auditioning for next? We would love to hear all about your own favorite musical theatre songs for tenors in the comments below! In the meantime, you can check out our database of best audition songs for other musicals.
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.