Savoy Opera’s forthcoming production 4th and 5th October, 2013
Tarantara! Tarantara!
a musical play by Ian Taylor
This production is set for five gentlemen and three ladies, chorus and orchestra. The play tells the story of the famous Gilbert and Sullivan partnership; the meeting, the association with Richard D’Oyly Carte, the mounting success, the divergences of temperament, Sullivan’s conflicting ambitions, Gilbert’s obsession with his “lozenge” story and the trouble it caused. Sullivan’s social life and its disruptive consequences, his ill health, the famous tragi-comic quarrel over a new carpet for the theatre – these and many other episodes are covered. Musical excerpts from all the well-known operas, including chorus numbers, are threaded into the story. The entire cast including Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan, participate in these interludes, singing the various parts, there are also numerous supernumerary characters such as critics, friends, reporters etc. The period of the play is set in the late nineteenth century.
Tarantara! Tarantara! Auditions
Saturday 6th, Sunday 7th July, 2013
Or phone; 0425 853 071
Vocal requirements: People auditioning for the following rôles in Tarantara will be required to select a song from any of the Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas, to suit their voice.
Dialogue: Will be provided on the day of the audition
The Three main characters:
W.S. Gilbert Baritone Large amount of Dialogue
Sir Arthur Sullivan Baritone Large amount of Dialogue
Richard D’Oyly Carte Baritone Large amount of Dialogue
Smaller Main Rôles:
Jessie Bond Soprano with Dialogue
Geraldine Ulmar Mezzo with Dialogue
Sybil Grey Soprano with Dialogue
George Grossmith High Baritone with Dialogue
Joe, the Stage Manager Dialogue
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