"The Gondoliers"
To be performed late March/early April 2009
Auditions will be held on
November 23rd 2008 from 11am
Call 0425 853 071 or email
for an audition time
Audition pieces
The Duke of Plaza-Toro (a Grandee of Spain)
Song - Act I No 3
"In Enterprise of Martial Kind..."
Dialogue - after Act I No 2
"At last we have arrived.....
the reigning Queen of Barataria"
Luiz (his Attendant)
Duet - Act I No 5
"There was a time..."
Dialogue - before Act I No 5
"O Luiz, Luiz-what have you said...
...Luiz, it must be so"
Don Alhambra del Bolero (the Grand Inquisitor)
Song - Act I No 6
"I stole the prince..."
Dialogue - after Act I No 9
"And now our lives....
...But we've only been married half an hour"
Marco Palmieri
Song - Act II No 3
"Take a pair of sparkling eyes..."
Dialogue - before Act II No 3
"Yes it really is a very pleasant...
....perfect happiness"
Giuseppe Palmieri
Song - Act II No 2
"Rising early in the morning..."
Dialogue - after Act I No 9
"And now our lives....
...But we've only been married half an hour"
The Duchess of Plaza-Toro
Song - Act II No 9
"On the day the I was wedded..."
Dialogue - before Act II No 9
"Be good enough.....I did - desperately!"
Casilda (her daughter)
Duet - Act I No 5
"There was a time..."
Dialogue - before Act I No 5
"O Luiz, Luiz-what have you said...
...Luiz, it must be so"
Gianetta
Song - Act I No 10
"Kind sir, you cannot have the heart..."
Dialogue - after Act I No 9
"And now our lives....
...But we've only been married half an hour"
Tessa
Song - Act I No 9
"When a merry maiden marries..."
Dialogue - after Act II No 4
"This is indeed a most delightful surprise..."
or after Act I No 9
"And now our lives.....
...But we've only been married half an hour"
Inez (the King's foster mother)
Act II Finale from
"The Royal Prince was by the King entrusted..."
Antonio (Baritone)
Song - Act I No 2 from
"For the merriest fellows are we..."
Francesco (Tenor)
Song - Act I No 2
"Good morrow pretty maids..."
or one verse Act II No 3
"Take a pair of sparkling eyes..."
Georgio (Baritone)
Song - Act I No 2 from
" For the merriest fellows are we..."
Annibale (speaking only but required
to sing in chorus)
Opening dialogue Act II
Fiametta (Soprano)
Vittoria (Mezzo)
Giulia (Soprano)
These three parts are required
to sing Act II No 4
"Here we are at the risk of our lives..."
and the solos in this as far as letter E
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