Whats a great aria for auditions for university for a lyric bass?

Question

I AM A LYRIC BASS BUT CAN DO DRAMATIC I AM NOT SURE WHIC PIECE TO SING AND NEED HELP BADLY PREFERABLY SOMETHING LIGHT AND PLEASANT TO LISTEN TO NOTHING TO HEAVY BUT STILL WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS SOMETHING TO SHOW OF THAT I HAVE A CLASSICAL TONE BUT NOT NECCESARALY VERY DEMANDING SOMETHING BEATIFULL I KNOW!!!! THANKYOU EVERYONE IN ADVANCE

Answer 1

Look no further than Bach. Search some of his cantatas and you will find as wide of a variety of range and feel that you need. i would personally recommend starting at Bwv 212.

Answer 2

If you are auditioning for university, I assume you are still kinda young ( at least to me) and that your voice is not yet what it will be as a bass ( say in 10-15 years). Don't go dramatic, it's way too early for that.
The earlier suggestion from Marriage of Figaro is excellent, as well as Papgeno's arias from Magic Flute if you are more in the baritone area ( lyric bass sometimes still does mean baritone, y'know).
the Toreador's song from Carmen is also fun, spicy, shows off your timbre, and isn't that difficult.
What about some of the musicals from the 40s and 50s? There's all kinds of beautiful, relatively easy songs to be found there, and the language problem becomes minimal ( we hope)
Best wishes, and keep on singing

Answer 3

There's a great bass solo by Handel called "Where a're you walk." -it's in a lot of solo books for basses or low voices. It's got some nice melismas- to show off the lightness and ease of your voice, and it's a bel canto aria, so you get to go back to the begining and sing it one more time with some ordimentation.

Answer 4

How about opening aria of Act II of Verdi's Don Carlo.

Answer 5

Check out one of Figaro's arias from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro). He has some fun arias that lend themselves to comedy and the melodies are easy to learn.