Download Audition Selections for Iolanthe Listed in high to low order of vocal

Audition Selections for Iolanthe
Listed in high to low order of vocal range. Page/system/measure numbers are given for the G. Schirmer
edition (ed. Bryceson Treharne). For example, 39/3/2 means page 39, third system, at the second
measure in that system. We will use the G. Schirmer vocal score for this production.
Role
Phyllis (Soprano): "None Shall Part Us From Each Other"
1st stanza and refrain only, stop at 1st ending.
Range of Role
G. Schirmer edition
37/1/1 - 39/3/2
Celia (Soprano): "We Are Dainty Little Fairies" (solo from
opening number). Upper optional notes are preferred.
15/2/1 - 16/2/5
Iolanthe (Mezzo-Soprano): "He Loves!" (from "My Lord, a
Suppliant At Your Feet"), the aria only, omitting the
opening recitative.
Leila (Mezzo-Soprano): "If you ask us how we live" (solo
from the opening number).
196/1/1 - 197/4/5
Queen of the Fairies (Contralto): "Oh, Foolish Fay," 1st
stanza only.
158/1/1 - 160/1/4
Lord Tolloller (Tenor): "Spurn Not the Nobly Born," 1st
stanza only.
73/1/1 - 74/1/3
Strephon (Lyric Baritone): "None Shall Part Us From Each
Other," 2nd stanza and refrain only. Sing your own part in
the refrain, omitting Phyllis. End at 2nd ending.
Lord Mountararat (Baritone): "When Britain Really Ruled
the Waves," 1st stanza only.
37/1/1 - 39/3/3
17/2/1 - 18/3/1
153/1/1/ - 154/1/4
Lord Chancellor (Comic Baritone): "Love Unrequited Robs
171/7/3 (last two
me Of My Rest," 2nd stanza of the main patter song,
notes) - 174/3/1
beginning "For you dream you are crossing...," through
"Sal'sbury Plain on a bicycle."
Private Willis (Bass-Baritone): "When All Night Long a Chap
144/5/3 - 146/5/6
Remains," 1st stanza and refrain only. Stop at 1st ending.
NOTE: This role only appears in Act 2. During Act 1, the
performer will be a member of the chorus.
Minor role: Fleta, a brief speaking role who is otherwise a member of the women's chorus, will be cast
after auditions. You may indicate your interest on the audition form, and perform a chorus audition.
Call-Back Selections
Call-back auditions allow us to evaluate interaction between performers, both in singing and in
dialogue. You may wish to review ahead of time any or all selections below involving roles for which you
think you may be called back, though this is in no way required. For each selection, we will practice the
passage as a group until we are comfortable with it, and then individuals will be called up to sing in
ensemble. In most cases, the focus is on ensemble blend in multipart harmony. In other cases, solo
passages highlight the role in a different mood or tone from the audition selection. The singing selections
are in part an acting audition as well, so you will be encouraged to portray the role as fully as possible.
They are listed here in book order, though they may not necessarily be heard in that sequence.
Roles
Selection
Phyllis/Strephon
"None Shall Part Us," refrain
Phyllis/Iolanthe/Tolloller/Mountararat/Strephon "The Prospect's Very Bad"
Queen
"Oh, Chancellor unwary"
Celia/Leila
"In vain to us you plead"
Phyllis/Tolloller/Mountararat/Willis
Phyllis/Iolanthe/Queen
"Though P'rhaps I May Incur Your
Blame," ending
"It shall be so..." through "...now let
me die!"
"Tho' As a Genral Rule"
Tolloller/Mountararat/Chancellor
"Up In the Air"
Iolanthe/Chancellor
G. Schirmer
edition
38/4/2 39/3/2
92/1/1 93/2/3
125/1/5 126/2/5
155/1/1 156/2/2
165/1/1 165/2/3
198/3/3 200/3/1
205/1/1 206/1/2
205/1/1 206/1/2