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Opera:
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Pagliacci,
I
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Leoncavallo
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Librettist
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Leoncavallo
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Description:
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Opera in Prologue and II Acts
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Time
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The Feast of the Assumption, about 1865-70
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Place:
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Montalto, in Calabria
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Premiere Date:
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May 21, 1892
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Premiere Location:
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Milan.
Teatro del Verme
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Canio
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Tenor
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L
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Nedda
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Soprano
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L
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Tonio
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Baritone First peasant
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L
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Silvio
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Baritone
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F
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Beppe-Harlequin
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Tenor Second peasant
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S
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1st & 2nd Peasants
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Tenor/Baritone
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CB parts
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Minimum Chorus:
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24
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+ Children’s Chorus
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Parsifal
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Orig. Language:
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German
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Composer
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Wagner
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Librettist
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Wagner
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Description:
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Sacred Music Drama in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text based on the legends of the Holy Grail
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Time
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The Middle Ages
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Place:
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Spain, near and in the Castle of the Holy
Grail; in Klingsor’s enchanted castle; and in the garden of his
castle.
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Premiere Date:
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July 26, 1882
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Premiere Location:
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Bayreuth
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Parsifal
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Tenor
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L
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Gurnemanz
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Bass
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L
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Amfortas
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Baritone
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L
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Kundry
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Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano
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L
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Klingsor
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Bass
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F
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1st & 2nd Knights
of the Grail
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Tenor – Bass
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S
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Titurel (a voice)
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Bass
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S
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Four Esquires
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Sopranos and Tenors
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S
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Six Flower Maidens
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Sopranos & Mezzo Sopranos
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S
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Alto Solo (Act I – from high)
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Alto
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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40
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Brotherhood of the Knights of the Grail,
Youths and boys, Flower Maidens (two choruses of Sopranos and
Altos)
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Divisi:
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Opera: |
PATIENCE
or BUNTHORNE’S BRIDE |
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Orig.
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English |
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Composer |
Arthur
Sullivan |
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Librettist |
W.S.Gilbert |
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Description: |
Operetta
in Two Acts |
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Time |
Abstract |
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Place: |
Exterior
of Bunthorne’s Castle and A
Glade |
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Premiere
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April
23, 1881 |
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Premiere
Location |
Opera
Comique, London |
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Role |
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Patience
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Soprano
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L |
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Reginald
Bunthorne
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Tenor
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L |
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Archibald
Grosvenor
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Baritone
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L |
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The
Lady Jane
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Contralto
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Colonel
Caverley
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Bass-Baritone
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F |
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The
Lady Angela
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Mezzo
Soprano
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F |
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The Lady Saphir |
Mezzo
Soprano |
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Lieutenant,
The Duke of Dunstable
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Tenor
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S
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Major Murgatroyd |
Baritone |
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The Lady
Ella |
Soprano |
S |
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Mr. Bunthorne’s
Solicitor |
Silent |
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Minimum
Chorus: |
24 |
Divisi: |
SATB |
| A Chorus of Rapturous Maidens and Dragoon Guards |
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Opera:
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Paul
Bunyan
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Britten
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Librettist
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W.H. Auden
(Poet)
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Description:
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Operetta in II Acts and a Prologue |
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Notes:
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Britten and Auden describe their work
as a Choral Operetta, "...with many small parts rather than a few
star roles." |
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Time
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Abstract - Mythical (poetical) history |
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Place:
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The New World (America) |
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Premiere Date:
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May 5, 1941
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Premiere Location:
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Columbia Theatre Associates of Columbia University,
New York
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Paul Bunyan
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Speaking
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L
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Tiny
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Soprano
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L
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Johnny Inkslinger
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Tenor
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L
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Hot Biscuit Slim
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Tenor
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L
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Narrator/Ballad Singer
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Bass or Tenor
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F
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Hel Helson
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Baritone
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F
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John Shears
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Baritone
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S
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Western Union Boy
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Tenor
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S
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Sam Sharkey
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Tenor
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S
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Ben Benney
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Bass
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S
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Fido
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Soprano
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S
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Moppet
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Poppet
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Jen Jenson
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Bass
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B
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Andy Anderson
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Tenor
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B
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Pete Peterson
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Tenor
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B
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Cross Crosshaulson
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Bass
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B
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First Wild Goose
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Mezzo-Soprano
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B
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Second Wild Goose
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Mezzo-Soprano
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B
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Third Wild Goose
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Soprano
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B
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Quartet of the Defeated
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Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass |
B
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Possible Combined
Roles |
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Fido/Third Wild Goose |
Soprano |
F |
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Moppet/First Wild Goose |
Mezzo-Soprano |
F |
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Poppet/Second Wild Goose |
Mezzo-Soprano |
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Chorus Roles
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Four Young Trees
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Soprano, Soprano, Tenor, Tenor
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CB
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Heron
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Speaking
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CB
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Moon
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Speaking
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CB
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Wind
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Speaking
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CB
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Beetle
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Speaking
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CB
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Squirrel
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Speaking
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CB
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Solo 1/Swedish Lumberjack
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Bass
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CB
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Solo 2/French Lumberjack
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Bass
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CB
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Solo 3/German Lumberjack
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Tenor
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CB
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First Crony
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Baritone
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CB
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Second Crony
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