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Audition Requirements for The Mikado - 2008
Note: The page and measure numbers and rehearsal letters are from the
Dover Scores.
| Chorus, Men and Women (SATB) |
| (Must
be memorized) |
No. 11, "With
Aspect Stern...", Pickup to bar 40 thru 45 (p. 111)
No. 24, Finale Act II, Bar 66 thru end of piece (p. 242) |
Listen
Listen |
| Chorus, Men Only |
| (Need not
be memorized) |
No. 5, "Behold the
Lord High...," Bar 14 thru 32 & bar 59 thru end (p.49) |
Listen |
| Chorus, Women Only |
| (Need not
be memorized) |
No. 6, "Comes a train
of little ladies," Entire song (p. 64) |
Listen |
| The following principal
numbers must be memorized |
| Mikado |
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No. 17, "A more
humane Mikado...," Bar 72 thru "Parliamentary trains." (p. 186) |
Listen |
| Nanki-Poo |
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No. 2, "A wand'ring
minstrel, I," Beginning thru bar 42. (p. 22)
No. 9, "Were you not to Ko-Ko...," "So in spite
of..." thru "...thus" (p. 197) |
Listen
Listen |
| Ko-Ko |
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No. 15, "Here's a Howdy
Do," Bar 37 thru bar 50. (p. 173)
No. 18, "The criminal cried...," Beginning thru bar
21, "snickersnee" (p. 197) |
Listen
Listen |
| Pooh-Bah |
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No. 10, "I am so
proud," Last 7 measures, "to sit...block!" (p. 106)
No. 11, Finale Act I, bar 175, "Long
life,... 'till then!" (p. 124) |
Listen
Listen |
| Pish-Tush |
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No. 3, "Our great
Mikado..." bar 119 thru 153, "...And so we...Tooloorallay!" (p. 37) |
Listen |
| Yum-Yum |
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No. 13, "The sun
whose rays...," First verse only thru bar 18. (p. 160)
No. 11, Finale, Act I, bar 464 thru 494, "We do
not heed...," (p. 148) |
Listen
Listen |
| Pitti-Sing |
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No. 12, "Braid the
raven hair," bar 57 thru 85 (p. 157)
No. 18, "The criminal cried...," bar 38 thru 55,
"He shivered...," (p. 199) |
Listen
Listen |
| Peep-Bo |
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No. 7, "Three little
maids...," bar 10 thru bar 70. (p. 72) |
Listen |
| Katisha |
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No. 21, "Alone
and yet, alive" Complete song. (p. 220) |
Listen |
| Quartet - Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing,
Nanki-Pooh, Pish-Tush |
| (Need not
be memorized) |
No. 14,
"Brightly dawns our wedding day," (p. 165) |
Listen |
| Quintet - Pitti-Sing,
Katisha, Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko, Mikado |
| (Need not
be memorized) |
No. 19, "See
how the fates...," Bar 15 thru 26. (p. 208) |
Listen |
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Notes: Pay particular attention to exact
rhythms, dynamics, tempi and style.
Memorization, when indicated, may be
used as a tie breaker. |
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