Preview: The Ballad of Robin Hood
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SKU: A0.755174
Composed by Sy Brandon. 20th Century,Children,Concert,Contemporary,Opera. Octavo. 81 pages. Sy Brandon #3409363. Published by Sy Brandon (A0.755174).An opera designed to be performed by middle school performers. The opera contains all the parts of a traditional opera: overture, choruses, arias, love duet, and a crowd scene with dancers, jugglers, tumblers. The setting is 12th Century England and the plot comes from the famous legend.
Cast of Characters
Singing Roles:
Wandering Minstrel (optional) - tenor Little John - range f-d' Will Scarlet - range c'-db" optional eb" Sheriff of Nottingham - range f-c' Maid Marian - range c'-c" Robin Hood - range c'-c" Merry Men - S.A. Chorus Townspeople - S.A. Chorus
Non-singing Roles:
Friar Tuck Courier King Richard Narrator (if wandering minstrel is not used) 3 Trumpeters on stage jugglers clowns dancers tumblers guards
This opera can be performed with piano accompaniment only or with optional instrumental accompaniment. If you plan to do the work with just piano accompaniment, all you need to purchase is this piano/vocal score. If you plan to use the instrumental accompaniment, you will want to also purchase the full score containing vocal parts, piano accompaniment, parts A,B,C,D and two percussion parts as well that is available as a separate listing. There are separate parts as follows: Part A - Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Trumpet in Bb, Violin Part B - Clarinet in Bb or Trumpet in Bb, Alto Saxophone in Eb, Violin Part C - Bassoon, Trombone, or Euphonium; Tenor Saxophone in Bb or Euphonium T.C.; Horn in F; Viola; Cello Part D - Baritone Saxophone in Eb; Bass Clarinet; Bassoon, Trombone, or Euphonium; Euphonium T.C., Tuba, Cello, Double Bass Percussion 1 - S.D., B.D., W.B., Trg., Timpani Percussion 2 - Tamb., S.C., BD, Ratchet, W.B., Trg. If more than one instrument is used on a part, the conductor should feel free to orchestrate the performance in order to achieve more color. The mp3 file is of Act 1 Scene 1 only.
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