| Work Title
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Ruddigore, or The Witch's Curse
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| Alternative. Title
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Operetta in Two Acts
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| Composer
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Sullivan, Arthur
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IAS 67
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 acts:
- Overture
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- 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)
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- 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)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1886-87
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| First Performance.
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1887-01-22 — London: Savoy Theatre
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| First Publication.
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1887 – London: Chappell & Co.
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| Librettist
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William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
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| Language
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English
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voices, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
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| InstrDetail
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Mortals
- Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd Disguised as Robin Oakapple, a Young Farmer (comic baritone)
Richard Dauntless His Foster-Brother – A Man-o'-war's-man (tenor)
Sir Despard Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, A Wicked Baronet (bass-baritone or baritone)
Old Adam Goodheart Robin's Faithful Servant (bass)
Rose Maybud A Village Maiden (soprano)
Mad Margaret (mezzo-soprano)
Dame Hannah Rose's Aunt (contralto)
Zorah Professional Bridesmaid (soprano)
Ruth Professional Bridesmaid (speaking/chorus)
Ghosts
- Sir Rupert Murgatroyd (The First Baronet)
Sir Jasper Murgatroyd (The Third Baronet)
Sir Lionel Murgatroyd (The Sixth Baronet)
Sir Conrad Murgatroyd (The Twelfth Baronet)
Sir Desmond Murgatroyd (The Sixteenth Baronet)
Sir Gilbert Murgatroyd (The Eighteenth Baronet)
Sir Mervyn Murgatroyd (The Twentieth Baronet)
Sir Roderic Murgatroyd (The Twenty-first Baronet) (bass-baritone)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Mortals: Chorus of Professional Bridesmaids, Villagers, Bucks, Blades
Ghosts: Chorus of Ancestors
Orchestra
- 2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon
2 horns, 2 cornets, 2 trombones
timpani, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, gong, strings
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| Related Works
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Pieces based on 'Ruddigore'
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| Discography
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Gilbert & Sullivan Discography
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
Gilbert & Sullivan Archive
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