This may seem like a dumb question but are there any songs for a baritone in this show....as opposed to a rock tenor.

I can't think of any...

Depends whatcha mean. I think a few of the parts can be handled by baritones...I'm a high baritone (I'm deffinatly a baritone, but I sing a lot of tenor parts) and I'm going to actually play every part in this show in a concert performance (no, it was not my idea to put on, I'm just that "part"...it'll be very the who concert-esque, with the whole band on stage and lotsa jumping about and such). There will however by oppertunities for me to transpose things down.

A lot of the really high parts can be done falsetto, as they were by the who for the most part...but thats not how it was done on the cast recording...soooo I dunno (I plan to do much of it in falsetto...but again, kinda a special situation).

I do find that I can sing along to all of Tommy's parts as Cerveris does them...and Cerveris is very much a baritone...so look at that stuff (you do need a good upper range though).

~The Lone Wanderer

Cerveris is a tenor, not a baritone.

Andy.

High baritone I think, though now his voice has matured and darkened so he's more of a low baritone. I'll buy that he used to be a tenor, though that is debateable (again, I think he was more of a high baritone with a good upper range), but now he is very much a baritone.

The concert dealy has however been cancled...I'm kinda saying thanks god as it would have been quite a vocal push to sing that much high stuff (as it would have been for many performances).

I don't think falsetto really works for a rock opera.

"Cousin Kevin" would probably sound horrible in falsetto. Head voice works much better.

Have you heard the original album by the who? Falsetto is used rather liberally.

Have you heard Paul Nicolas sing Cousin Kevin?

It sounded much better than the original album.

Head voice and falsetto are the exact same thing. Just different names.

Kevin is usually a baritone.

Andy.

Falsetto:


Head Voice:

The reason that Paul Nicholas's rendition of Cousin Kevin is so striking is not only because of his unusual vocal stylings, it's because he sings a minor third below the melody line for all the verses. John Entwhistle, the author of the song, sang this harmony in The Who's original concept recording, so Paul picked up on it and sang it. The song is definitely a baritone role if you sing it like Paul, a method that I personally prefer.

Didn't Anthony Barille sing the same part that Paul Nicholas sang?

And yeah. Cousin Kevin is a baritone. He doesn't go nearly as high as Captain Walker or Tommy. The Specialist is also a baritone, and I think that the Hawker is, too.