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Description:
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Opera
in I Act
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Notes:
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Time
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Present
Day and 100 Years Ago
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Place:
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The
Teller House Bar, Central City, Colorado
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Premiere
Date:
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July
22, 1978
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Premiere
Location:
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Central
City Opera, Central
City, Colorado
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| Role |
Voice
Part |
Classification |
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Isabelle/Madeline
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Soprano
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L
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Tom/John
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Baritone
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L
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Larry/Matt
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Tenor
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L
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Minimum
Chorus:
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No
Chorus
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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FAIR
AT SOROCHINTSKY, The
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Orig. Language:
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Russian
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Composer
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Moussorgsky
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Librettist
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Moussorgsky
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts.
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Notes:
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Left unfinished at the time of the
composer’s death, without the greater part of the last act, and
unorchestrated. Text
founded on an episode from Gogol’s “Evenings on a Farm near
Dekanka”.
Version classified here is N. Tcherepnin’s
(1923).
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Time
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19th Century
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Place:
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Sorochinsk (Little Russia) Ukraine
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Premiere Date:
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December 30, 1911
(orig).
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Premiere Location:
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St. Petersburg.
Comedia Theatre
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Tcherevik, an old countryman
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Bass
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L
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Parassia, his daughter
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Soprano
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L
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Khivria, his wife
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Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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Gritzko, a young countryman
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Tenor
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L
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The Priest’s Son
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Tenor
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F
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The
Compere, Tcherevik’s Crony
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Bass
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F
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The Gypsy
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Bass
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S
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1st Guest
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Tenor
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B
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2nd Guest
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Tenor
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B
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3rd Guest
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Bass
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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32
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Gypsies, Young Men & Women, Jews,
Merchants, Cossacks.
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Divisi:
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SATB Divisi + Double choruses.
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| Opera: |
FALSTAFF |
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| Orig. Language: |
Italian |
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| Composer |
A. Salieri |
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| Librettist |
C. P. DeFranceschi |
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| Description: |
Comic Opera in II
Acts |
| Notes: |
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| Time |
15th Century |
| Place: |
Windsor, England |
| Premiere Date: |
January 3, 1799 |
| Premiere Location: |
Vienna
Krtnertor |
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Role |
Voice Part |
Classification |
| Alice Ford |
Soprano |
L |
| Mistress Slender |
Mezzo Soprano |
L |
| Ford |
Tenor |
L |
| Falstaff |
Baritone |
L |
| Slender |
Baritone |
L |
| Betty (Meg) |
Soprano |
F |
| Bardolfo |
Baritone |
F |
| An Echo |
Baritone |
CB |
| Minimum Chorus: |
16 |
Divisi: |
SATB |
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Opera:
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FALSTAFF
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Verdi
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Librettist
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Arrigo Boito
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text based on Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives
of Windsor” and “Henry IV”.
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Time
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Reign of Henry IV
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Place:
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Windsor
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Premiere Date:
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February 9, 1893
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Premiere Location:
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Milan.
La
Scala
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Sir John Falstaff
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Baritone
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L
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Alice Ford
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Soprano
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L
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Ford
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Baritone
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L
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Nanetta
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Soprano
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L
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Fenton
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Tenor
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L
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Dame Quickly
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Contralto
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L
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Meg Page
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Bardolfo
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Tenor
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S
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Pistola
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Bass
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S
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Dr. Caius
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Tenor
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S
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L’Oste Della Giarrettiera (Innkeeper)
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Mute
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Robin, Falstaff's page
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Mute
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Minimum Chorus:
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40
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Burghers and Street-folk, Ford’s Servants,
etc.
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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FANCIULLA
del WEST, La (Girl of the Golden West)
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Puccini
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Librettist
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Guelfo Civinini & Carlo Zangarini
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text after David Belasco’s play “The Girl
of the Golden West”.
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Time
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1849-1850
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Place:
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A Mining Camp, USA
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Premiere Date:
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December 10, 1910
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Premiere Location:
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New York, Metropolitan
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Minnie
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Soprano
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L
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Jack Rance
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Baritone
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L
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Dick Johnson (Ramerrez)
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Tenor
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L
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Nick
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Tenor
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F
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Sonora
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Baritone
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F
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Ashby
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Bass
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F
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Jake Wallace
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Baritone
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S
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Trim
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Tenor
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S
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Handsome
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Baritone
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S
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Sid
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Baritone
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S
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Harry
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Tenor
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S
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Joe
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Tenor
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S
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Larkens
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Bass
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S
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Happy
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Baritone
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S
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Billy Jackrabbit
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Bass
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B
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Wowkle
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Mezzo-Soprano
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B
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Jose Castro
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Bass
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B
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Pony Express Rider (A Courier)
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Tenor
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B
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Un
Baritono
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Baritone
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CB
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Minimum Chorus:
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27
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Divisi:
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Act III, 3 Male choruses divided
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Opera:
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FANTASTIC
MR. FOX |
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Orig.
Language:
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English
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Composer
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Tobias
Picker
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Librettist
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Donald
Struuock
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Description:
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Opera
in III Acts |
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