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Hamlet Heure Espagnole, L'
Hänsel und Gretel Hérodiade
Harvey Milk Hija de Rappaccini
Help, Help the Globolinks Hugh the Drover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opera:

HAMLET

Orig. Language:

French

Composer

Ambroise  Thomas

Librettist

Michele Carre and Jules Barbier

 

Description:

Opera in V Acts

Notes:

Based on Shakespeare's Play

Time

14th Century

Place:

Elsinore, Denmark

Premiere Date:

March 9, 1868

Premiere Location:

Paris, L'Academie Emperial de Merique

 

Role

Voice Part

Classification

 

Hamlet

Baritone

L

Claudis

Bass

L

Ophelia

Soprano

L

Gertrude

Mezzo Soprano

L

Leartes

Tenor

F

Horatio

Bass

S

Polonius

Bass

S

Marcellus

Tenor

S

Ghost

Tenor

B

Two Gravediggers

Tenor

B

Baritone

B

 

Minimum Chorus:

24

Divisi:

SSTTBB

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Opera:

HÄNSEL und GRETEL

Orig. Language:

German

Composer

Humperdinck

Librettist

Adelheid Wette (Composer's Sister)

 

Description:

Opera in III Acts (Fairy Tale)

Notes:

Text after the Brothers Grimm

Time

Place:

Premiere Date:

December 23, 1893

Premiere Location:

Weimar.   Court Theatre

 

Role

Voice Part

Classification

 

Hansel

Mezzo-Soprano

L

Gretel

Soprano

L

The Witch

Mezzo-Soprano

L

Gertrude (The Mother)

Mezzo-Soprano

F

Peter (The Father)

Baritone

F

Sandman

Soprano

S

Dew Fairy

Soprano

S

 

Minimum Chorus:

10

If adult choristers used in or for children’s chorus

Divisi:

 

 

Notes #3:

The Witch  is occasionally sung by a character tenor.

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Opera:

HARVEY MILK

Orig. Language:

English

Composer

Stewart Wallace

Librettist

Michael Korie

 

Description:

Opera in 3 Acts

Notes:

Time

Place:

Premiere Date:

January 21, 1996

Premiere Location:

Houston Grand Opera  Houston, Texas

 

Role

Voice Part

Classification

 

Harvey Milk

Baritone

L

Dan White/ Man in Trenchcoat/ Cop #1

Tenor

L

Scott Smith/ Man at the Opera (Scott)/ Closet Lover/ Craig/ (in park – Scott)

Tenor

L

George Moscone/ Man at the Opera (Horst)/ Married Man (in Park-Horst) Horst/ Teamster/ Concentration Camp Inmate (Horst).

Bass

L

Henry Wong/ Man at the Opera (Wong)/ Closet Lover Joe/ a Man (in concentration camp)

Counter Tenor

L

Messenger/ Man at the Opera (Mintz)/ Fat Man (in park – Mintz)/ Mintz/ Empress/ Another Man (in concentration camp)/ Drum Major

Baritone

L

Diane Feinstein/ Beard/ Hooker

Soprano

S

Mama

Soprano or Mezzo Soprano

S

Anne Kronenberg/ Dyke

Mezzo Soprano

S

Medora/ Young Girl (in concentration camp)

Soprano

S

Quentin Kopp/ Closet Lover Jack/ Arrival #3 - Stonewall Girl/ Mailman

S

Young Harvey/ Arrival #6/ Handicapped Son (Young Boy)

B

Carol Ruth Silver/ Arrival #1

B

Ella Hill Hutch (African-American)/ Old Lady #1.

B

Robert Gonzales (Hispanic)/ Arrival #5 - Stonewall Girl

B

Robert Pelosi/ Bald Man (in park)/ Arrival #4 – Stonewall Girl

B

John Molinari/ Cop (not the same as Cop #1)/ Arrival #2 – Stonewall Girl/ Blue Collar Man

B

Lee Dolson/ Cleveland/ Stonewall Girl

B

Gordon Lau (Asian)

B

 

Minimum Chorus:

32

Includes all CB roles.

Divisi:

Notes #2:

The following roles are all chorus bit = CB.

 

Man at the Opera #1 (Baldman), Man at the Opera #2 (Smoker), Woman (in concentration camp), Another Woman (in concentration camp), Politico (8)  (#1 through #3), Veteran, S&M (s) (#1 through #4), Gay Doctor, Mother (of Handicapped Son), Old Lady #2, Lavender Menace (#1 through #5),

Clones (#1 through #4).

 

 

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Opera:

HELP, HELP the GLOBOLINKS

Orig. Language:

English

Composer

Menotti

Librettist

Menotti

 

Description:

An Opera in one act for children and people who like children

Notes:

Time

Place:

St. Paul’s School and surrounding countryside

Premiere Date:

December 21, 1968

Premiere Location:

Hamburg, Germany

 

Role

Voice Part

Classification

 

Dr. Stone

High Baritone

L

Madame Uterpova

Soprano

L

Emily (14 years old)

Soprano

L

Tony

Baritone

L

Dr. Turtlespit

Bass

F

Penelope Newkirk

Mezzo-Soprano

F

Timothy

Tenor

F

Mr. Lavender-Gas

Baritone

S

Voice On Radio

Speaking

B

 

Minimum Chorus:

Children’s Chorus

Divisi:

Notes #2:

Children’s Chorus:  12 Children (some of whom are required to sing small Solo Parts).

 

Ballet - Globolinks (Sinister creatures)

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Opera:

HEURE ESPAGNOLE, L’ (The Spanish Hour)

Orig. Language:

French

Composer

Ravel

Librettist

Franc-Nohain (Maurice Legrand)

 

Description:

Opera in I Act

Notes:

Time

18th Century

Place:

Toledo

Premiere Date:

May 19, 1911

Premiere Location:

Paris.   Opéra-Comique

 

Role

Voice Part

Classification

 

Concepcion

Soprano

L

Ramiro

Baritone

L

Gonzalve

Tenor

F

Don Inigo Gomez

Bass

F

Torquemada

Tenor

S

 

Minimum Chorus:

No Chorus

Divisi:

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Opera:

HÉRODIADE