AUDITION MATERIAL FOR THE ARDENSINGERS 2005 PRODUCTION OF
UTOPIA, LIMITED
Stage Director: Kate Nealley
Music Director: Florrie Marks
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES
April 28, 29, 30 at 8:00 p.m.
May 5, 6, 7 at 8:00 p.m.
Matinee on May 7 at 2:00 p.m.
AUDITION DATES AND TIMES
Sunday, Sept. 12: 2:00-5:00
Monday, Sept. 13: 7:00-10:00
Tuesday, Sept. 14: 7:00-9:00
See the bottom of this page for links to the vocal score and dialog scenes.
----MENS ROLES----
Utopian Court:
King Paramount (Baritone)
p.44, ("I requested Scaphio and Phantis to be so good as to favor me with an audience ")
p.48-49, ("It's all very well. I always like to look on the humorous side of things ")
p.82, ("My daughter! At last we are alone together ")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.186-188 (No.25a): sing 2nd verse and sing through 1st measure on p.188
p.136 (3rd ending)-137
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.146-147 (No.24a): sing 2nd verse and sing through 1st measure on p.147
p.103 (3rd ending to the end)
Scaphio (Baritone)
DIALOGp.18, ("Phantis, you are not in your customary exuberant spirits ")
p.69, ("No. She is extraordinarily--miraculously lovely! " to "Dear! Dear! What is the matter with me?")
p.154, ("What do we complain of? " to "Are we to understand that we are defied?")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.14-16 (1st verse only)
p.113
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.6-7
p.86
Phantis (Baritone)
p.18, ("Scaphio, I think you once told me that you have never loved?")
p.44, ("Odd, the notion of a King not being allowed to wear one of his own crowns " to "It's immense!")
p.154, ("Then our Burlesque Theater is absolutely ruined!" to "Defied! We are defied!")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.14-16 (1st verse only)
p.113
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.6-7
p.86
Tarara (Baritone)
p.11, ("Lalabalele talala! Callabale lalabalica falahle!")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.159-160
p.113
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
p.124, beginning to downbeat of 6/8 (sing top notes)
p.86
Calynx
p.10-11, ("Good news! Great news!" to " an autocrat who dares not abuse his autocratic power")
NO MUSIC
Flowers of Progress:
Lord Dramaleigh (Tenor)
p.168-169, ("Well, what do you think of our first South Pacific Drawing-Room?" to " a general characteristic of Utopian young ladies?")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
p.93
pp.135-137 (start 2nd system on p.135, take 3rd ending on p.136, sing to the end
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
p.68
102-103 (start at letter K, take 3rd ending on p.103, sing to the end
Captain Fitzbattleaxe (Tenor)
p.63, ("Sir, I have eyes for nothing " to "It's particularly English"
p.69, ("Zara, this is very awkward" to "Good--then that's settled")
p.128, ("How good and wise you are!")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.125-128 (sing recit. and 2nd verse
pp.135-137 (start 2nd system on p.135, take 3rd ending on p.136, sing to the end
p.118, 4th measure to p.120, end of 1st system; sing 2nd line of each system
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.95-97 (sing recit. and 2nd verse)
pp.102-103 (start at letter K, take 3rd ending on p.103, sing to the end
p.90, 2nd system, 3rd measure to p.91, downbeat of DD; sing 2nd line of each system
Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, K.C.B. (Baritone/Bass)
NO DIALOG
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.99-101
pp.135-137 (start 2nd system on p.135, take 3rd ending on p.136, sing to the end
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.73 (last note)-75
pp.102-103 (start at letter K, take 3rd ending on p.103, sing to the end
Mr. Goldbury (Baritone)
p.168-169, ("My dear Dramaleigh " to "I'll tell you all about her.")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.109-111 (1st verse only)
pp.135-137 (start 2nd system on p.135, take 3rd ending on p.136, sing to the end
p.179, 1st system only
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.83-85 (1st verse only)
pp.102-103 (start at letter K, take 3rd ending on p.103, sing to the end
p.139, 2nd system to letter M
Sir Bailey Barre (Tenor)
NO DIALOG
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.90-91
pp.135-137 (start 2nd system on p.135, take 3rd ending on p.136, sing to the end
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.65-66
pp.102-103 (start at letter K, take 3rd ending on p.103, sing to the end
Mr. Blushington (Tenor)
NO DIALOG
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
p.93
pp.135-137 (start 2nd system on p.135, take 3rd ending on p.136, sing to the end
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
p.68
pp.102-103 (start at letter K, take 3rd ending on p.103, sing to the end
----WOMENS ROLES----
Utopian Court Ladies:
The Princess Zara (Soprano)
p.82, ("Yes, and I'm glad we are, ")
p.128, ("Why, Arthur, what does it matter?")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.87-88
p.96
pp.118 (start last measure)-120; sing top line of each system
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.63-64 (sing through 3rd measure)
pp.70-71
pp.90 (2nd system, 3rd measure)-91 (downbeat of DD); sing top line of each system
The Princess Nekaya (Soprano)
p.168-169, ("Oh, if you please, " to "Oh, you shocking story!")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.35-37 (1st verse only)
pp.118 (start last measure)-120; sing 3rd line of each system
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.21-22 (omit last note on p.22!)
pp.90 (2nd system, 3rd measure)-91 (downbeat of DD); sing 3rd line of each system
The Princess Kalyba (Soprano/Mezzo)
p.168-169, ("Are you? I wonder why." to "Oh, you shocking story!")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.35-37 (1st verse only)
pp.118 (start last measure)-120; sing 3rd line of each system
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.21-22 (omit last note on p.22!)
pp.90 (2nd system, 3rd measure)-91 (downbeat of DD); sing 3rd line of each system
The Lady Sophy (Contralto/Mezzo)
p.48-49, ("My monarch is soliloquizing. I will withdraw")
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.38-41 (1st verse only)
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.25-27 (1st verse only)
Utopian Maidens:
Salata
p.10, ("Then in a few months Utopia may hope to be completely Anglicized?" to " English tastes, and oh, English fashions!")
NO MUSIC
Melene
p.10, ("We are very well as we are. ")
NO MUSIC
Phylla (Soprano)
NO DIALOG
MUSIC ARCHIVE EDITION
pp.8-9
MUSIC CHAPPELL EDITION
pp.2-3 (end 2nd measure after G)
For this production, we will be using the vocal score, edited by Larry Byler, available online in the G&S Archive at http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/utopia/score/score.html. For dialog passages, click on the page numbers below.
pp.10-11 dialog after the opening chorus
p.18 dialog after "O make way for the Wise Men!"
pp.48-49 dialog after "First youre born"
p.63 dialog after "Oh, maiden, rich in Girton lore"
pp.69-70 dialog after "Ah! gallant soldier, brave and true"
p.82 dialog before the Act 1 Finale
pp.128-129 dialog after "Oh, Zara, my beloved one, bear with me! / A tenor, all singers above"
p.131 dialog before "Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses"
p.137 dialog after "Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses"
p.139 dialog between "Entrance of the Court" and "Drawing Room Music"
p.154 dialog after "With fury deep we burn"
p.158 dialog after "If you think that when banded in unity"
pp.168-169 dialog before "A wonderful joy our eyes to bless"