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THE DUKE OF PLAZA TORO
COMIC BARITONE – top E required A proud haughty though thread-bare Grandee of Spain: Preferably with Spanish accent. ACTOR/SINGER role. Age 50 plus. The duke, who always led his regiment from behind, except when it retreated, is eager to place his daughter on the throne of Barataria and to feather his own nest as much as possible.
Music: In Enterprise of Martial kind. Page 76 - 78 verses 1 & 2 (bottom of page 77 continue on bass line)

LUIZ

LYRIC TENOR - top F required Casilda’s lover and the duke’s attendant, who carries a drum to beat before the duke. He turns out to be the real king of Barataria.
One of the secondary young lovers in the show. SINGER/ACTOR roles, ages around the 20 -30 year range. Some dance experience preferred
Music: There Was a Time: Pages 86-87

DON ALHAMBRA DEL BOLERO - GRAND INQUISITOR OF SPAIN
BASS-BARITONE top D required. Commanding presence, ACTOR/SINGER role 50 plus
He is searching for the royal heir, whom he had stolen in infancy and left with a tippling gondolier to rear with his own son. The gondolier could not remember which of the two boys was his own son and which the prince. The Inquisitor decides to torture their former nurse to find out which is which.
Music: I Stole the Prince. Pages 91 - 92. Verses 1 & 2

MARCO PALMIERI TENOR top A flat required
Gondoliers with republican principles. Each being half a king until the truth can be discovered, they promote everybody in the kingdom to a lord high something-or-other, to the inquisitor’s disgust. They are separated from their recent brides and told that one is an unwitting bigamist. One of the primary young lovers; 20-30 years. SINGER/ACTOR roles with some dance experience preferred.
Music: Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes. Page 176 - 179 verse 1 but sing the second ending on page 179

GIUSEPPE PALMIERI BARITONE top F required
Gondoliers with republican principles. Each being half a king until the truth can be discovered, they promote everybody in the kingdom to a lord high something-or-other, to the inquisitor�s disgust. They are separated from their recent brides and told that one is an unwitting bigamist. One of the primary young lovers; 20-30 years. SINGER/ACTOR roles with some dance experience preferred
Music: Rising Early In The Morning. Page 176 - 179 verse 1 but sing the second ending on page 179

THE DUCHESS OF PLAZA TORO
ALTO Top F required
The Duke’s formidable wife. Age 50 plus
Music: On The Day When I was Wedded:

CASILDA SOPRANO. top B flat required
Daughter of the Plaza Toro’s, married in infancy to the royal heir of Barataria. She is in love with Luiz.
One of the secondary young lovers in the show. SINGER/ACTOR roles, ages around the 20 -30year range.
Some dance experience preferred.
Music: List and Learn. Pages 57-59

GIANETTA SOPRANO. top B flat required
Flower girls, wives of Marco and Giuseppe.
One of the primary young lovers; 20 -30years. SINGER/ACTOR roles with some dance experience preferred.
Music: List and Learn. Pages 57-59

TESSA MEZZO SOPRANO top F requ’d
Flower girls, wives of Marco and Giuseppe.
One of the primary young lovers; 20 -30years. SINGER/ACTOR roles with some dance experience preferred.
Music: List and Learn: Page 57 - 59

INEZ CONTRALTO
An elderly nurse. The King’s foster-mother: She’s looks about 90 “in the dust with the light behind her” ACTOR/SINGER COMIC role.
She is readily persuaded by torture to confess that Luiz is the king of Barataria, for whom she had substituted her own son, actually the child stolen by the Grand Inquisitor. Her testimony reunites Luiz and Casilda and the gondoliers and their brides.
Music: Here Is The Case Unprecedented.