Since you did the highest voices, what are the lowest female roles on broadway?
These are the roles with the lowest low notes!
Mrs. Sowerberry from Oliver! (C3-F5)Donkey from Shrek (C3-B4)Madame Armfeldt from Little Night Music (C3-F#4)Leading Player from Pippin (D♭3-A♭4)Gary Coleman from Avenue Q (D3-A#5)Fraulein Schneider from Cabaret (D3-A♭4)
Since Donkey and Mrs. Sowerberry have the lowest note they could be considered the lowest female roles. However, among these with the lowest low notes of all of musical theatre, Leading Player and Fraulein Schneider have the lowest high notes, and LP has a lower low note than Fraulein Schneider so they could be the lowest role in musical theatre
Another issue for people looking for the lowest roles is when they can’t sing high at all, so then you would want to look at the roles with the lowest high notes period, even if they don’t have the lowest low notes. Lets look at those:
Nimue from Camelot (D#3-D#4)Grizabella from Cats (G3-E4)Mrs. Gloop from Willy Wonka (B3-E4)Madame Armfeldt from Little Night Music (C3-F#4)Grandma from Billy Elliot (F#3-F#4)Leading Player from Pippin (D♭3-A♭4)Fraulein Schneider from Cabaret (D3-A♭4)
So we see Madame Armfeldt, Leading Player, Fraulein Schneider again so those could be the definitive lowest roles in musical theatre even though Nimue have the lowest high note.
So many ways to look at this! Let me know what you think!