Melissa Benoist (5,090 views)

[Tara]

Melissa Marie Benoist (4 October 1988 - present) is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles as Supergirl/Kara Danvers in the DC universe, and as Marley Rose on the television series Glee. She made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
Years Active: 2012 - present
Associated Acts: Glee Cast (2012 - 2014), Supergirl Cast (2015 - present), The Flash Cast (2016 - 2018)
Vocal Range: E♭3 - B5

Significant High Notes:
B5 ("You're All I Need to Get By")
A5 ("You're the One That I Want")
G5 ("Anything Could Happen", "You're All I Need to Get By", "You're the One That I Want")
F♯5 ("Freedom")
F5 (“Some Nights", "Something's Gotta Give", "Take Me Or Leave Me")
E5 ("Anything Could Happen", "Holding Out for a Hero", "Love Child", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Some Nights", "Super Friend", "Take Me Or Leave Me", "You're All I Need to Get By", "You're the One That I Want")
E♭5 ("Born to Hand Jive", "Chasing Pavements", "Everytime", "I Feel the Earth Move", "Intergalactic", "Longest Time", “Nasty/Rhythm Nation”, "New York State of Mind", "Outcast", "Superstition")
D5 ("Applause", "Blow Me One Last Kiss", "Everytime", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "Intergalactic", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Take Me Or Leave Me", "Tell Him")
C♯5 ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend/Material Girl", "The First Noel", "Freedom", "Gasoline and Matches", "La Vie En Rose", "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)", "Mary's Little Boy Child", "New York State of Mind", "Outcast", "This Is the New Year", "We've Got Tonite")
C5 ("Anything Could Happen", "Born to Hand Jive", "Chasing Pavements", "Don't Dream It's Over", "The First Noel", "Holding Out for a Hero", "I Feel the Earth Move", "Longest Time", "Moon River", "On Our Way", "Say", "Something's Gotta Give", "The Super Duper Minecraft Musical", "A Thousand Years", "Two Is Better Than One")
B4 ("Freedom", "I Got You, Babe", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "La Vie En Rose", "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)", "Mamma Mia", "One Fine Day", "The Super Duper Minecraft Musical", "Wannabe")
B♭4 ("All Or Nothing", "Crazy/U Drive Me Crazy", "Don't Dream It's Over", "Locked Out of Heaven", "On Our Way", "Roar" (One Night Only), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "Running Home to You", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "A Thousand Years", ''Womanizer",''Wrecking Ball", "You Have More Friends Than You Know")

Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 ("All Or Nothing", "Don't Dream It's Over", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "I Feel the Earth Move", "I Got You, Babe", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "Moon River", "Roar" (One Night Only), "Say", "Something's Gotta Give")
A3 ("Holding On", "Locked Out of Heaven", "Mamma Mia", "Natural Woman", "New York State of Mind", "So Far Away", "Some Nights", "Super Friend", "Supergirl Season 1 Musical Recap", "Take Me Or Leave Me", "Womanizer")
G♯3 ("Born to Hand Jive", “Everytime", "The First Noel", "Freedom", "It Might as Well Rain Until September", "La Vie En Rose", "Outcast", "Something's Gotta Give", "You Have More Friends Than You Know")
G3 ("Anything Could Happen", "Blow Me One Last Kiss", “Chasing Pavements”, “Crazy/U Drive Me Crazy", "I Got You, Babe", "Longest Time", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "The Super Duper Minecraft Musical", "Take Me Or Leave Me", "A Thousand Years", "You're All I Need to Get By")
F♯3 ("Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Material Girl", "Freedom", "Mamma Mia", "Mary's Little Boy Child", "Natural Woman", "You Have More Friends Than You Know")
F3 (“Crazy/U Drive Me Crazy", "Nasty/Rhythm Nation", "Running Home to You", "A Thousand Years", "Wrecking Ball")
E3 ("Love Child")
E♭3 (“Chasing Pavements”)
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Blue marks soft falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable Notes}
D5 ("Wrecking Ball" [2a])
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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.
(a. marks harmonies that I believe were supplied to the Glee soundtrack by a backing vocalist.)
[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.

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{Discography}
Glee Season 4 (2012-2013): E♭3 - B5
Glee Season 5 (2013-2014): E3 - F5
One Night Only concert (2014): G3 - F5
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2015): F♯3 - E♭5
Supergirl & The Flash soundtracks (2015 - 2019): F3 - E5

[mjuk2013]

I'd give those Don't Dream It's Over C5s a nice, fat bold. The ease on each one of them is great, and her tone there is beautiful!

[Tara]

The passage with the sustained B♭4 topping at C5 is impressive, and I will bold that, thank you. The falsetto run near the end is pretty, but I don't think it's particularly impressive for her, so given that I can only link to one of them, I will link that middle passage :thumb: