Operatic Musical Theatre Songs – By Vocal Type

Last Updated: May 18, 2025

The following list includes a curated selection of operatic musical theatre songs, drawn from a wide range of stage musicals and organized by vocal type. Additional song lists are available in the musical theatre song library.

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Altos

“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” – Evita

“I Don’t Know What I’d Do” – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

“Look With Your Heart” – Love Never Dies

“Losing Roberto” – Death Takes a Holiday

“The Face I See” – Marguerite

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Baritones

“Dust and Ashes” – The Great Comet

“Joey, Joey, Joey” – The Most Happy Fella

“The Big Black Giant” – Me and Juliet

“The Highest Judge of All” – Carousel

“Why Does She Love Me?” – Love Never Dies

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Basses

“Don’t Cry” – The Most Happy Fella

“I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’” – Porgy and Bess

“Lost in the Darkness” – Jekyll & Hyde

“Ol’ Man River” – Show Boat

“Thousands of Miles” – Lost in the Stars

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Contras

“Another Winter in a Summer Town” – Grey Gardens

“Gypsy Lovers (The Abduction)” – The Great Comet

“Living in the Shadows” – Victor/Victoria

“Pirate Jenny” – The Threepenny Opera

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Mezzo-Sopranos

“Is It Really Me?” – 110 in the Shade

“Loving You” – Passion

“No One Else” – The Great Comet

“The Light in the Piazza” – The Light in the Piazza

“Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” – The Phantom of the Opera

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Sopranos

“Green Finch and Linnet Bird” – Sweeney Todd

“Moonfall” – The Mystery of Edwin Drood

“One More Kiss” – Follies

“Vanilla Ice Cream” – She Loves Me

“Think of Me” – The Phantom of the Opera

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Tenors

“A Bit of Earth” – The Secret Garden

“Bring Him Home” – Les Misérables

“Come to Me, Bend to Me” – Brigadoon

“Fanny” – Fanny

“Il Mondo Era Vuoto” – A Light in the Piazza

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