Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse - Sullivan, Arthur

"Composed: 1886-87. Movements: 2 acts: :Overture ;*Act I :1. "Fair is Rose" (Chorus of Bridesmaids) :2. "Sir Rupert Murgatroyd" (Hannah and Chorus) :3. "If somebody there chanced to be" (Rose) :4. "I know a youth" (Rose and Robin) :5. "From the briny sea" (Chorus of Bridesmaids) :6. "I shipp'd, d'ye see, in a revenue sloop" (Richard and Chorus) :6a. Hornpipe :7. "My boy, you may take it from me" (Robin and Richard) :8. "The battle's roar is over" (Rose and Richard) :9. "If well his suit has sped" (Chorus of Bridesmaids) :10. "In sailing o'er life's ocean wide" (Rose, Richard, and Robin) :11. "Cheerily carols the lark" (Margaret) :12. "Welcome, gentry" (Double Chorus) :13. "Oh, why am I moody and sad?" (Sir Despard and Chorus) :14. "You understand? I think I do" (Richard and Sir Despard) :15. Finale Act I ::"Hail the bride of seventeen summers" (Ensemble) ::Madrigal, "When the buds are blossoming" (Ensemble) ::"When I'm a bad Bart, I will tell taradiddles!" (Robin and Chorus) ::"Oh, happy the lily" (Ensemble) ;*Act II :16. "I once was as meek" (Sir Ruthven and Adam) :17. "Happily coupled are we" (Rose and Richard) :18. "In bygone days" (Rose with Chorus of Bridesmaids) :19. "Painted emblems of a race" (Sir Ruthven, Sir Roderic, and Chorus of Ancestors) :20. "When the night wind howls" (Sir Roderic and Chorus) :21. "He yields, he yields" (Chorus) :22. "Away, remorse!" ... "For thirty-five years I've been sober and wary" (Robin) :23. "I once was a very abandoned person" (Margaret and Despard) :24. "My eyes are fully open" (Margaret, Sir Ruthven, and Despard) :25. "Melodrame" :26. "There grew a little flower" (Hannah with Sir Roderic) :27. Finale Act II (Ensemble) ::"When a man has been a naughty baronet" ::"For happy the lily" (reprise) (Ensemble)"

◈ Genre / Form → Romantic ♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 6-8)

Parts 4

Instruments voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra

Posted 2024-01-06