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Last night rehearsals we were joined by the principals playing Cinderella, Madame de la Haltière and the Fairy. Chorus rehearsals are progressing well and proving a lot of fun.
Some snaps of our rehearsals for Cinderella in full swing! We’re having lots of fun getting ready, and really want you to come and have fun with us in June! Head over to Sheffield City Opera’s facebook page for the opera event page and details on where to buy tickets @scopera #sheffieldcityopera #cinderella
Fun times at Wednesday’s rehearsal.
This week we have been staging the scene at the King’s Palace where the prince has to choose a wife.
The King tell him that “soon you will see quite a display, the Creme de la Creme of my Kingdom”
The court is not so sure…
1) Opening chorus from Nabucco The glory of Israel is shattered & broken (p10-20) VERDI 5 mins
2) Zachariah & Chorus from Nabucco VERDI: Take heart O my children (p21-30) VERDI 6 mins
3) O lovely peace from Judas Maccabeus (2 Sopranos) HANDEL 4 mins
4) Avant de quitter ces lieux – Valentine’s aria from Faust (Baritone) GOUNOD 5 mins
5) Soldiers’ Chorus from Faust (Men) (Opera Choruses Book p 116) GOUNOD 5 mins
6) Finale Trio & small chorus from Don Giovanni MOZART 7 mins
7) O mio babbino caro – from Gianni Schicchi (Bass & Sop) section p59 to aria PUCCINI 3 mins
8) Witches chorus – from Macbeth (WOMEN) (Opera Choruses Book p 319) VERDI 5 mins
9) Pieta, rispetto, amore – Macbeth’s aria from Macbeth (Baritone) VERDI 5 mins
10) O soave fanciulla – from La Boheme (Soprano & Tenor) PUCCINI 4 mins
11) I hear the soft note – from Patience (Sextet) GILBERT & SULLIVAN 4 mins
12) Bella figlia dell’amore – from Rigoletto (Sop, Mezzo, Tenor, Bass) VERDI 6 mins
13) Finale – from Magic Flute MOZART 3 mins
Interval
14) Grand March – from Aida (Opera Choruses Book p 298) VERDI 7 mins
15) Softly Awakes my heart – from Samson & Delila (Soprano) SAINT SAENS 5 mins
16) Au fond du temple saint – Duet from Pearl Fishers (Tenor & Bass Baritone) BIZET 7 mins
17) Love theme – from Romeo & Juliet TCHAIKOVSKY 5 mins
18) Casta Diva – from Norma (Soprano) BELLINI 6 mins
19) Soave il vento – Trio from Cosi Fan Tutti (Sop, Mezzo & Bass) MOZART 3 mins
20) Tonight quintet and chorus – from West Side Story BERNSTEIN 4 mins
21) Nessun Dorma – from Turandot (Tenor) + chorus PUCCINI 3 mins
22) Finale – from Marriage of Figaro (p 344) MOZART 5 mins
All voice types are welcome.
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A selection from Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Think of Me (Soloist: Anne Bailey)
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Soloist: Lorraine Webb)
The Music of the Night (Soloist: Michael Willis)
The Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You
O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicci (Soloist: Fiona Constantine)
Giacomo Puccini
Habanera (Soloist: Anne Bailey) & Toreador Song (Soloist: Michael Willis) from Carmen
George Bizet
A selection from West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
Tonight
I Feel Pretty
Make of our Hands (Soloist: Anne Bailey)
Maria (Soloist: David Brothers)
America
Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas (Soloist: Fiona Constantine)
Henry Purcell
Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana (Soloist: Lorraine Webb)
Pietro Mascagni
— INTERVAL —
A Medley from Oliver
Consider Yourself
Food, Glorious Food
Where is Love? (Soloist: Jo Hutchesson)
Pick a Pocket (Soloist: David Tomkins)
I’d do anything
Oom-Pah-Pah
Consider Yourself
A selection from other Musicals
The Hills Are Alive (Soloist: Rebecca Lambert) and
I have confidence (Soloist: Catherine Davison) from The Sound of Music Rogers and Hammerstein
This is my beloved from Kismet (Soloist Joanna Mackey) Wright & Forrest
Do You Love Me? from Fiddler on the Roof (Soloists: David Tomkins & Christine Ayres) Joseph Stein
A selection from Les Miserables – Claude-Michel Schönberg
At the End of the Day
I Dreamed a Dream (Soloists: Jo Huchesson & Jeremy Craven)
Do You Hear the People Sing?
On My Own (Soloist: Jo Huchesson)
Bring Him Home (Soloist: David Brothers)
On this Page (Soloists: Jeremy Craven & Fiona Constantine)
Do You Hear the People Sing?
A selection from Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber
A selection from Carmen George Bizet
A selection from other Opera
INTERVAL
A selection from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein
A selection from other Musicals
A selection from Les Miserables Claude-Michel Schönberg
Dronfield Programme can also be download as a PDF
Please find below the rehearsal schedule for Carmen.
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Date |
Principle Rehearsals |
Chorus Rehearsals |
Combined Rehearsals |
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29/01/14 |
None |
7.30 – 10pm pages 309-325, 340-348, 252-263 (GU) |
None |
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5/02/14 |
7 – 8.40 Don Jose, Carmen pages 92-100, 168, 169 – 192, 233 – 235, 331-348. 9.30 Don Jose and Escamillo pages 274-281 (GU) |
7.30 – 8.40 Chorus general rehearsal with RW. 8.55 Habanera with Carmen (GU) then pages 331-348 (GU), then general rehearsal with RW to 10. |
Don Jose and Carmen to rehearse pages 331-348 and 42-51 at 8.55. |
|
12/02/14 |
6.45 – 7.20 Mercedes, Frasquita and Carmen pages 108 – 119 (GU) 7.20 – 8.10 pages 236 – 250 (NR) 8.10-8.30 as needed for M, F and C. (NR) 8.45 pages 108 – 119 with movement (GL) |
7.30 – 8.45 men’s chorus pages 5-19, 31, 39-41, 120-123, 124-128, 198, 199, 327. 8.55 – 10pm ladie’s chorus pages 76-88, 33-41, 53-54, (RW) |
Zuniga to be present for first part of ladie’s chorus rehearsal to put in pages 76-88. This will be rehearsed first at 8.55pm. |
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19/02/14 |
6.50 – 7.20 Micaela and Don Jose pages 57-75, (GU) 7.20-8.50 Zuniga, Don Jose, Remandado, Dancairo, Frasquita, Mercedes pages 193-212, 220-231, 282-297 (all without Carmen) (NR) |
7.30-8.40 – general chorus rehearsal concentrating on next passages. (RW) |
9 – 10 principle and chorus rehearsal on pages 193-213, 220-231, 282-297. (RW) |
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26/02/14 |
7pm Morales and Micaela pages 5-19, 7.30 Micaela pages 265-272, 7.50pm Escamillo pages 124-138, 8.15 Zuniga all bits. (GU) |
7.30 – 8.35 pages 302-308, 286-294 (RW) 8.50 – 10 pages 5-19, 76-88, 53-54, then as needed. (GU) |
Morales and Micaela to be present at second half of chorus rehearsal to do pages 5-19 at 8.50. |
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5/03/14 |
6.50 – 7.20 Escamillo, Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita pages 326-329 (GU) 7.20 – 8.50 all relevant principles (without Don Jose) pages 120-123, 124-138, 141-167, 193-213, 220-231, 251-263, 282-297 |
7.30-8.45 – general chorus rehearsal concentrating on next passages. (RW) |
9.05-10. Run through of principles (NO Don Jose) and chorus of the following passages – 31-41, 89-91, 120-123, 124-138, 193-213, 220-231, 251-263, 282-297. |
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12/03/14 |
6.45 – 7.20 Carmen pages 101-103, Carmen, Frasquita and Mercedes pages 236-250. |
All chorus and principles 7.30 – 10 stumble through of opera with RW/GL |
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19/03/14 |
All principles to be present at orchestral rehearsal as required. (GU) |
Chorus top and tail of everything (RW) |
None. |
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26/03/14 |
All chorus and principles rehearsal with orchestra. (GU) |
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28/03/14 – 7pm |
Run through of opera with orchestra. (GU) |
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Key
GU – Gavin Usher (music director)
RW – Robert Webb (assistant music director)
NR – Nicholas Rose (accompanist)
GL – Gareth Lloyd (producer)
No. 4
No. 5a
No. 5b
No. 7 – 1st Alto
No. 7 – 2nd Alto
No. 16 – 1st Alto
No. 16 – 2nd Alto
No. 18
No. 20 – 1st Alto
No. 20 – 2nd Alto
No. 23 – 1st Alto
No. 23 – 2nd Alto
No. 24
No. 25 – 1st Alto
No. 25 – 2nd Alto
No. 26
No. 2 [Download]
No. 4 [Download]
No. 5a – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 5a – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 5b [Download]
No. 11 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 11 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 12 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 12 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 16 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 16 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 18 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 18 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 20 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 20 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 23 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 123 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 24 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 24 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 25 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 25 – 2nd Tenor [Download]
No. 26 – 1st Tenor [Download]
No. 26 – 2nd Tenor [Download]