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Audra Ann McDonald (3 July 1970)
Years Active: 1994-present
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: B♭2-D6
Significant High Notes:
D6 (“Conversation Piece”, “Wrong Note Rag”)
C♯6 (“I Could Have Danced All Night”)
C6 (“Conversation Piece”, “Master Class”, "Raunchy", “Song for a Dark Girl”)
B5 (“Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, “It's Love (Reprise)”, “My Man's Gone Now”, “Summertime”, "Vanilla Ice Cream", “Wrong Note Rag”)
B♭5 ("Beauty and the Beast (Finale)", “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, “Master Class”, "Porgy's Entrance")
A5 ("Alabama Song", "As You Make Your Bed", “A Tragic Story”, “Come to Jesus”, “Fake Your Way to the Top”, "Leaving for the Promised Land", “New Music”, “Song for a Dark Girl”, "Summertime (Reprise)")
G♯5 (“Baby Moon”, “Carousel Medley”, "Children, Go Where I Send Thee", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", “Daybreak in Alabama”, "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing", “Love Changes Everything”, “Master Class”, “Mistress of the Senator”, “Ohio”, “Song About the Bad Boys and the News”, “Tell Me”)
G5 ("Alabama Song", “A Lullaby”, "Angels from the Realms of Glory", “A Tragic Story”, “Cadillac Car (On the Road)”, “C'est l'amour/To Find a Lover”, "Chain Of Love", "Children Will Listen/You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", "Days In The Sun", “Dreams Medley”, "Facebook Song", "Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Havana Song", “I Never Has Seen Snow”, "Leaving for the Promised Land", “Mister Snow”, “Mistress of the Senator”, “My Man's Gone Now”, "On a Turquoise Cloud", "Raunchy", “Way Back to Paradise”, “We're Gonna Go to Chicago”, "What You Want With Bess?", “When Did I Fall in Love?”, "Wonderful You")
F♯5 ("Aria", “A Sleepin' Bee”, "As You Make Your Bed", “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, "Can't Stop Talking About Him", “Consuelo's Dream”, “Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, “Dream Variations”, "Havana Song", "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands", “I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here”, “Lay Down Your Head”, "Never Will I Marry", “Ohio”, "On a Turquoise Cloud", "Porgy's Entrance", “Somewhere” Live at the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors, “Summertime”, “Wrong Note Rag”, “Your Daddy's Son”)
F5 ("Ah, Miss", “A Lullaby”, "A Man and a Woman", “And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going”, “A Tragic Story”, “Baby Moon”, "Beat My Dog", "Beauty and the Beast (Finale)", "Being Alive", "Being Good Isn't Good Enough", "Children, Go Where I Send Thee", "Children Will Listen/You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", “Come Down from the Tree”, “Come to Jesus”, "Cornet Man", “Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On”, “Daybreak in Alabama”, "Days In The Sun", "Deck the Halls", “Dreams Medley”, “Dream Variations”, "Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "First You Dream", "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands", “How Glory Goes”, “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “I Had Myself a True Love”, “I Hid My Love”, "I Loves You, Porgy", "I Must Have That Man!", “I Never Has Seen Snow”, "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing", “I Will Love You”, “I Won't Mind”, “Love Changes Everything”, “Mamzell' Marie”, "Maria", “Mistress of the Senator”, "Old Maid", “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, “Tell Me”, “Way Back to Paradise”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”, "10,432 Sheep")
E5 ("Alabama Song", “A Lullaby”, “And You Would Lie/I Will Give”, “Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home”, "As You Make Your Bed", "Blue Skies", “Cadillac Car (On the Road)”, “Carousel Medley”, “C'est l'amour/To Find a Lover”, "Chain Of Love", “Consuelo's Dream”, "Cradle and All", "Dear Friend", "Dividing Day", “Dreamgirls“, “Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, “¡Este Pais!”, "Havana Song", "I Am What I Am", “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “I Don't Hear the Ocean”, "I Double Dare You", “I Hid My Love”, "I'll Be Here", "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)", “I Never Has Seen Snow”, “It's All Over”, "I was powerful sick... ", "Johanna (Todd's Version)", "Leaving for the Promised Land", "Make Someone Happy", "March Is A Windy Month”, "Maria", “Maybe This Time“, “Migratory V", “Mister Snow”, “My Man's Gone Now”, “Party, Party”, "Rainbow High", “Sarah Brown Eyes”, "Some Days", “Song About the Bad Boys and the News”, “Stars and the Moon”, “Summertime”, "Summertime (Reprise)", "Supper Time", "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", “Tell Me”, "The Glamorous Life", "What You Want With Bess?", “Wheels of a Dream”, “When the Children Are Asleep”, “Wrong Note Rag”, “You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan”, “Your Grandfather Is the Sun”)
E♭5 ("Ah, Miss", "Ain't It de Truth?", “And You Would Lie/I Will Give”, “A Sleepin' Bee”, “Baby Moon”, "Being Alive", "Being Good Isn't Good Enough", "Build a Bridge", "Chain Of Love", "Children Will Listen/You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Damned Ladies", “Daybreak in Alabama”, "Deck the Halls", "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands", “How Glory Goes”, "If I Loved You", “I Had Myself a True Love”, "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)", "I Loves You, Porgy", "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing", “I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here”, "Johanna (Todd's Version)", “Lay Down Your Head”, "Lose That Long Face", "Make Someone Happy", "Married Love", “Maybe This Time“, "Moonshine Lullaby", “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, "My Buddy", "My Stupid Mouth", "Never Will I Marry", "On a Turquoise Cloud", “President”, “Press Conference”, “Ragtime (Reprise)/Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)”, "Rainbow High", "See What I Wanna See", “Somewhere”, “Song for a Dark Girl”, “Spring is Here!”, "Tavern", "The Glamorous Life", “The Man That Got Away”, "There Won't Be Trumpets", “Tom”, "Tom Cat Goodbye", "Vanilla Ice Cream", “Was That You?”, “Wheels of a Dream”, “When Did I Fall in Love?”, "Wonderful Music", “You Don't Know This Man”, “Your Daddy's Son”, "You're Not ousel Medley”, “C'est l'amour/To Find a Lover”, "Chain Of Love”, “Cornet Man", “Consuelo's Dream”, “Conversation Piece”, "Cornet Man", "Cradle and All", “Dreams Medley”, “¡Este Pais!”, "Everything Beautiful", “Family”, "Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev'ry Mountain", “Give it to 'em Good, Carrie”, "Go Back Home Fooling Me", "10,432 Sheep")
D5 ("Ain't It de Truth?", "Alabama Song", "A Man and a Woman", “And You Would Lie/I Will Give”, "Angels from the Realms of Glory", "Audra McDonald Sings Yahoo! Answers", "Baltimore", "Bambalele", "Beat My Dog", “Beautiful”, “Bill”, "Build a Bridge", “Cadillac Car (On the Road)”, “Care", "Days In The Sun", "Dear Friend", "God Give Me Strength", "Havana Song", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "He Loves and She Loves", "I Am What I Am", “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “I Don't Hear the Ocean”, “I Follow”, “I Had Myself a True Love”, “I Hid My Love”, "Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)", "I Must Have That Man!", “I Never Has Seen Snow”, "Is It Really Me?", "It Might As Well Be Spring/Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here", “It's Love (Reprise)”, "I Wish I Were in Love Again", “I Won't Mind”, “Love Changes Everything”, “Lover, Bring Me Summer”, "Make Someone Happy", “Mamzell' Marie”, "Maria", "Married Love", “Mister Snow”, “Mister Snow (Reprise)”, "Moonshine Lullaby", "My Buddy", "My Favorite Things", "My Stupid Mouth", “New Music”, "No Place Like London", "Not A Day Goes By", "Old Maid", "Picnics is all right... ", “President”, “Prison in a Prison”, "See What I Wanna See", "Simple Little Things", "Sing Happy", "Some Days", “Song About the Bad Boys and the News”, “Steppin' to the Bad Side”, "Supper Time", "Tavern", "Tess's Torch Song", "The Hungry Men", “The Man That Got Away”, "Virtue", “Way Back to Paradise”, "What Can You Lose", “Wheels of a Dream”, “When Did I Fall in Love?”, "Wonderful You", “You'll Never Walk Alone”, "You're Not Fooling Me", “Your Grandfather Is the Sun”, "10,432 Sheep")
C♯5 ("Ain't It de Truth?", "Angels from the Realms of Glory", “Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home”, “A Sleepin' Bee”, "Baltimore", “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”, "Children Will Listen/You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", "Damned Ladies", “Daybreak in Alabama”, “Dreamgirls“, “Dreamgirls (Reprise)”, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", “I Follow”, “I Had Myself a True Love”, "I Loves You, Porgy", “I Meant You No Harm”, “In an Instant”, "I Wish I Were in Love Again", “Justice”, “Lay Down Your Head”, "Lose That Long Face", “Love Changes Everything”, "Love, Don't Turn Away", “Lover, Bring Me Summer”, "Make Someone Happy", "Married Love", “Maybe This Time“, “Maybe/Tomorrow (Reprise)”, "Migratory V", “Mistress of the Senator”, "More I Cannot Wish You", "More Than You Know", “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, "My Favorite Things", "No Place Like London", "Old Maid", “One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes”, “One Night Only (Disco Version)”, “Ragtime (Reprise)/Wheels of a Dream (Reprise)”, "Raunchy", "See What I Wanna See", “Somewhere”, "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", “The Allure of Silence”, "The Hungry Men", "There Won't Be Trumpets", "Tom Cat Goodbye", “Tout Mi Mi/He Is My Release”, "Vanilla Ice Cream", “Was That You?”, “We're Gonna Go to Chicago”, "When a Woman Loves a Man", “When the Children Are Asleep”)
C5 ("Ain't It de Truth?", "Alabama Song", “A Lullaby”, "A Man and a Woman", “A Sleepin' Bee”, “Baby Moon”, "Bambalele", "Beat My Dog", "Beauty and the Beast (Finale)", "Being Alive", “Bill”, "Blue Skies", “Carousel Medley”, “Cadillac Car (Recording Studio)”, “C'est l'amour/To Find a Lover”, "Chain Of Love", "Children, Go Where I Send Thee", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", “Come Down from the Tree”, “Come to Jesus”, "Dividing Day", "Edelweiss", “¡Este Pais!”, “Fake Your Way to the Top”, "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)", "Go Back Home", “Heavy”, "He Loves and She Loves", “How Glory Goes”, "I Am What I Am", "I Double Dare You", "I'll Be Here", "It Might As Well Be Spring/Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here", “It's Love”, “I'm Somebody”, "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing", "I Wanna Get Married", “I Want You, Baby”, "I was powerful sick... ", "I Wish I Were in Love Again", “I Won't Mind”, "Leaving for the Promised Land", "Lose That Long Face", "Love, Don't Turn Away", "Make Someone Happy", "March Is A Windy Month", "Maria", "More Than You Know", “Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)”, “My Darlin' Eileen”, “One Night Only (Disco Version)”, "Over the Rainbow", “Pegasus”, "Preludium", “Press Conference”, "Rainbow High", "Sing Happy", “Smile”, “Spring is Here!”, "Supper Time", "Tess's Torch Song", "The Glamorous Life", "The Ladies Who Lunch", “Tom”, "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", “Wheels of a Dream”, “When Did I Fall in Love?”, “When the Children Are Asleep”, "Wonderful You", “You'll Never Walk Alone”, “You're A Queer One, Julie Jordan”, "You're Not Fooling Me", “Your Grandfather Is the Sun”, "10,432 Sheep")
Significant Low Notes:
B3 ("Angels from the Realms of Glory", “Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home”, "Aria", "Baltimore", "Children, Go Where I Send Thee", "Children Will Listen/You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", “Come to Jesus”, “Consuelo's Dream”, "Damned Ladies", “Dream Variations”, "He Loves and She Loves", "I'll Be Here", “It's Love (Reprise)”, “I Won't Mind”, “Lay Down Your Head”, "Maria", "Married Love", "My Heart", "Never Will I Marry", "Old Maid", "Rainbow High", "Simple Little Things", “Song About the Bad Boys and the News”, “Stars and the Moon”, “The Allure of Silence”, "To a Child”, “When I First Saw You”, “Your Daddy's Son”)
B♭3 (“A Lullaby”, “And You Would Lie/I Will Give”, “A Sleepin' Bee”, “A Tragic Story”, "Beat My Dog", "Being Good Isn't Good Enough", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "I Am What I Am", “I Had Myself a True Love”, “I Meant You No Harm”, “I Won't Mind”, “Love Changes Everything”, "My Stupid Mouth", "Never Will I Marry", “New Music”, "Not A Day Goes By", “Ohio (Reprise)”, “One Night Only (Disco Version)”, "Over the Rainbow", “President”, “Prison in a Prison”, "See What I Wanna See", “The Man That Got Away”, "There Won't Be Trumpets", “Tom”, "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", "Wonderful You", “You Don't Know This Man”, “You'll Never Walk Alone”, "10,432 Sheep")
A3 (“Beautiful (Reprise)”, “C'est l'amour/To Find a Lover”, "Children Will Listen/You've Got To Be Carefully Taught", "Cornet Man", "Cradle and All", “Dreamgirls“, "Easy Living", "First You Dream", "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)", “Hard to Say Good-bye”, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", “I Follow”, “I Hid My Love”, “I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here”, "I Think It's Going to Rain Today", "I Wanna Get Married", “Lover, Bring Me Summer”, “Mamzell' Marie”, "March Is A Windy Month", "Raunchy", "Simple Little Things", "Some Days", “Song About the Bad Boys and the News”, "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", “Tell Me”, "Tess's Torch Song", "To a Child", “Was That You?”)
G♯3 ("Baby Doll", “Baby Moon”, "Baltimore", “Before the Morning”, "Crazy He Calls Me", "God Bless the Child", "God Give Me Strength", “How Glory Goes”, "I Am What I Am", "It Might As Well Be Spring/Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here", “Maybe This Time“, “Mistress of the Senator”, “One Night Only (Disco Version)”, “Somewhere”, "Strange Fruit", "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", "When a Woman Loves a Man", “When Did I Fall in Love?”, “Your Daddy's Son”)
G3 ("Ah, Miss", "Audra McDonald Sings Yahoo! Answers", "Bambalele", “Beautiful”, "Bein' Green", "Cradle and All", "Dividing Day", “Dreams Medley”, "Facebook Song", "I Am What I Am", "Is It Really Me?", "I Wanna Get Married", “I Will Love You”, “Lover, Bring Me Summer”, "Moonshine Lullaby", “Tell Me”, "What Can You Lose")
F♯3 ("Baltimore", "Build a Bridge", "Damned Ladies", "God Give Me Strength", "I Think It's Going to Rain Today", "Some Days", “Somewhere” Live at the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors, "The Ladies Who Lunch", "Tom Cat Goodbye")
F3 ("Beat My Dog", “Beautiful”, "Deep Song", "Don't Explain/What a Little Moonlight Can Do (Reprise)", "Foolin' Myself/Somebody's on My Mind", "When a Woman Loves a Man")
E3 ("Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)", "Rainbow High", "Say No To This")
E♭3 ("Baby Doll", "God Bless the Child", "I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone", "What a Little Moonlight Can Do")
C3 ("Deep Song", "Tess's Torch Song")
B♭2 ("What a Little Moonlight Can Do")
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Underlines marks notes found in harmonies and backing vocals.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Discography}Carousel (1994) - C♯4-G5
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (1996) - A3-G♯5
Way Back to Paradise (1997) - G♯3-C6
George Gershwin: The 100th Birthday Celebration (1998) - D4-B5
Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1998) - G♯3-A5
Wonderful Town (1998) - C4-D6
Marie Christine (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1999) - F3-G♯5
How Glory Goes (2000) - G♯3-G5
Sweeney Todd: Live in Concert (2000) - G3-F5
Dreamgirls In Concert (2001) - G3-B5
Happy Songs (2001) - C3-G5
Build a Bridge (2006) - F♯3-G5
The Wonder of Christmas (2006) - G♯3-G♯5
110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast Recording) (2007) - G3-C6
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (New Broadway Cast Recording) (2012) - C4-B♭5
Go Back Home (2013) - F♯3-F5
The Sound of Music Live! (2013) - B♭3-G♯5
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2014) - B♭2-C♯5
Beauty and the Beast (2017) - B3-B♭5
Sing Happy (2018) - G3-B5
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (1996) - A3-G♯5
Way Back to Paradise (1997) - G♯3-C6
George Gershwin: The 100th Birthday Celebration (1998) - D4-B5
Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1998) - G♯3-A5
Wonderful Town (1998) - C4-D6
Marie Christine (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1999) - F3-G♯5
How Glory Goes (2000) - G♯3-G5
Sweeney Todd: Live in Concert (2000) - G3-F5
Dreamgirls In Concert (2001) - G3-B5
Happy Songs (2001) - C3-G5
Build a Bridge (2006) - F♯3-G5
The Wonder of Christmas (2006) - G♯3-G♯5
110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast Recording) (2007) - G3-C6
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (New Broadway Cast Recording) (2012) - C4-B♭5
Go Back Home (2013) - F♯3-F5
The Sound of Music Live! (2013) - B♭3-G♯5
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2014) - B♭2-C♯5
Beauty and the Beast (2017) - B3-B♭5
Sing Happy (2018) - G3-B5
{Questionable notes}
B5 (“Come to Jesus” [1])
G3 (“Baby Moon” [1], "I Double Dare You" [1])
E3 ("Baltimore" [3], “I Hid My Love” [1], “I Never Has Seen Snow” [1], "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" [1])
D3 ("Bein' Green" [1], "See What I Wanna See" [1])
C♯3 ("When a Woman Loves a Man" [1])
C3 ("Facebook Song" [1], "I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone" [1])
B♭2 ("Audra McDonald Sings Yahoo! Answers" [3], "Cornet Man" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
B5 (“Come to Jesus” [1])
G3 (“Baby Moon” [1], "I Double Dare You" [1])
E3 ("Baltimore" [3], “I Hid My Love” [1], “I Never Has Seen Snow” [1], "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" [1])
D3 ("Bein' Green" [1], "See What I Wanna See" [1])
C♯3 ("When a Woman Loves a Man" [1])
C3 ("Facebook Song" [1], "I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone" [1])
B♭2 ("Audra McDonald Sings Yahoo! Answers" [3], "Cornet Man" [3])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
