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Sullivan, Arthur 1842 - 1900

Ruddigore

Operetta in Two Acts

Vocal Ensemble, Mixed Chorus, Orchestra Savoy operas Operettas Romantic Composed 1886 published 1887 29 movements

Movements

29 movements
  1. 1 Overture
  2. 2 "Fair is Rose" (Chorus of Bridesmaids)
  3. 3 "Sir Rupert Murgatroyd" (Hannah and Chorus)
  4. 4 "If somebody there chanced to be" (Rose)
  5. 5 "I know a youth" (Rose and Robin)
  6. 6 "From the briny sea" (Chorus of Bridesmaids)
  7. 7 "I shipp'd, d'ye see, in a revenue sloop" (Richard and Chorus)
  8. 8 Hornpipe
  9. 9 "My boy, you may take it from me" (Robin and Richard)
  10. 10 "The battle's roar is over" (Rose and Richard)
  11. 11 "If well his suit has sped" (Chorus of Bridesmaids)
  12. 12 "In sailing o'er life's ocean wide" (Rose, Richard, and Robin)
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  1. 13 "Cheerily carols the lark" (Margaret)
  2. 14 "Welcome, gentry" (Double Chorus)
  3. 15 "Oh, why am I moody and sad?" (Sir Despard and Chorus)
  4. 16 "You understand? I think I do" (Richard and Sir Despard)
  5. 17 Finale Act I
  6. 18 "I once was as meek" (Sir Ruthven and Adam)
  7. 19 "Happily coupled are we" (Rose and Richard)
  8. 20 "In bygone days" (Rose with Chorus of Bridesmaids)
  9. 21 "Painted emblems of a race" (Sir Ruthven, Sir Roderic, and Chorus of Ancestors)
  10. 22 "When the night wind howls" (Sir Roderic and Chorus)
  11. 23 "He yields, he yields" (Chorus)
  12. 24 "Away, remorse!"... "For thirty-five years I've been sober and wary" (Robin)
  13. 25 "I once was a very abandoned person" (Margaret and Despard)
  14. 26 "My eyes are fully open" (Margaret, Sir Ruthven, and Despard)
  15. 27 "Melodrame"
  16. 28 "There grew a little flower" (Hannah with Sir Roderic)
  17. 29 Finale Act II (Ensemble)

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