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I am your spaniel
      from Act I of the English opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare

• Role : Helena, in love with Demetrius
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : the wood at twilight, near Athens, Greece
• Range : E4 to G5. Tessitura : E4 to E5
• Synopsis : Helena is desperately pursuing the man she loves, Demetrius, into the woods. Demetrius does not return the affection and is, in fact, chasing after Hermia, who has run away with her love Lysander. In an attempt to attract Demetrius's attentions in some way, Helena tells him that the more he treats her like a dog, the more faithful she will be to him.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera 
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Be kind and courteous
      from Act II of the English opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare

• Role : Tytania, the Queen of the Fairies
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Setting : the wood at twilight, near Athens, Greece
• Range : E4 to C6. Tessitura : G4 to G5
• Synopsis : Unbeknownst to her, Puck has used a flower on Tytania in her sleep that causes her to love the next creature she sees when she wakes up. Tytania is awakened by the sound of Bottom the weaver singing loudly. Puck has given him the head of an ass in place of his normal head. Regardless, Tytania falls in love with him immediately. She tells her fairy attendants to feed and take care of Bottom and eventually bring him to Tytania's bed.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera 
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Injurious Hermia
      from Act II of the English opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare

• Role : Helena, in love with Demetrius
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : the wood at twilight, near Athens, Greece
• Range : E4 to A6. Tessitura : F4 to E5
• Synopsis : Both Demetrius and Lysander have been interested in Hermia instead of Helena. Suddenly, however, they both fall in love with Helena because of the magic flower that Oberon uses upon them. Suspicious of this sudden change of heart, Helena believes that Hermia is behind some plot to embarrass her. Angrily, Helena asks Hermia if the friendship between them that has lasted since childhood is now forgotten.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera 
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

When my cue comes, call me
      from Act III, Scene 1 of the English opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after the play by Shakespeare

• Role : Bottom, a weaver
• Voice Part : bass-baritone   Fach : lyric bass
• Setting : the wood in the morning, near Athens, Greece
• Range : B3 to F4. Tessitura : D3 to C4
• Synopsis : Bottom awakens in the bed of Tytania and wonders where he is. He calls for his friends but they do not answer. Looking around, he remembers hazily spending the night with Tytania, the Queen of Fairies. However, he does not remember if it was real or just a fabulous dream.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera 
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Doctor Jessop's midwife
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Florence, the housekeeper for Lady Billows
• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Setting : the breakfast room in the house of Lady Billows, Loxford, East Suffock, England, the night of late April, 1900
• Range : A4 to E5. Tessitura : E4 to D#/Eb5
• Synopsis : Florence reads off the duties Lady Billows has for her to do that morning. Most of them consist of telling other people to stop doing things that Lady Billows considers immoral. Florence muses on all the things she has to do, indicating that Lady Billows needs a whole crew of workers to do what she expects Florence to do by herself.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Now then! Notebook, Florence
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Lady Billows, an elderly puritanical autocrat
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : the breakfast room in the house of Lady Billows, Loxford, East Suffock, England, the night of late April, 1900
• Range : A#/Bb4 to G#/Ab5. Tessitura : G4 to G5
• Synopsis : Lady Billows rhapsodizes to the town committee about the Queen of May selection. She indicates that the purity of the town is particularly lacking, unlike in her youth when there were many worthy candidates for the Queen of May. She declares that she has put up a monetary prize this year to induce the youth of the town to be more virtuous in order to be named Queen of May.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Is this all you can bring?
      from Act I, Scene 1 of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Lady Billows, an elderly puritanical autocrat
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : the breakfast room in the house of Lady Billows, Loxford, East Suffock, England, the night of late April, 1900
• Range : A4 to A#/Bb6. Tessitura : E4 to G#/Ab5
• Synopsis : Lady Billows rages at the committee that is to select the Queen of May. She wonders why none of the women they have suggested is morally upstanding (according to her moral code). She accuses the town of being a hotbed of immoral behavior, especially among the young women of town.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Tickling a trout, poaching a hare
      from Act I, Scene 2 of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Sid, a butcher's shophand
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : lyric baritone
• Setting : Mrs Herring's greengrocery, Loxford, East Suffock, England, the night of late April, 1900
• Range : A3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : E3 to E4
• Synopsis : Disgusted by Albert's boring character, Sid recites the wonders of getting away from your parents and spending time just having fun. Chiefmost among these pleasures is the pleasure of meeting a girl.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

I'm full of happiness
      from Act II, Scene 1 of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Lady Billows, an elderly puritanical autocrat
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Setting : a celebration in the garden of the Vicar, Loxford, England, May first, 1900
• Range : G3 to A#/Bb6. Tessitura : D4 to F#/Gb5
• Synopsis : At the celebration to name Albert Herring as the virtuous King of May, Lady Billows makes a speech in which she announces Albert as the foremost example of virtue in Loxford. She admonishes the other children present that they should follow Albert's example and resist the temptations that come upon them. At the end of her speech, she loses her notes and finishes with several aborted patriotic sayings.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Albert the Good
      from Act II, Scene 2 of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Albert Herring, clerk in his mother's grocery store
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : tenor leggiero
• Setting : Mrs Herring's greengrocery, Loxford, East Suffock, England, the night of May first, 1900
• Range : C3 to A#/Bb5. Tessitura : D#/Eb3 to G4
• Synopsis : At the party at which he is named King of May as a testament to his virtuous behavior, Albert discovers the joys of alcohol. After the party, he revels in the joyous food and drinks of which he partook. He especially enjoyed the lemonade that was spiked with rum, unbeknownst to him. His thoughts shift to Nancy, who was with him at the celebration. He wonders why she paid so much attention to him at the party. He doesn't think that she could be interested in him because he is shy and no girl could really like him. The mere thought of a girl liking him sends him floating on a cloud of ecstasy.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

I can't remember everything
      from Act III of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Albert Herring, clerk in his mother's grocery store
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : tenor leggiero
• Setting : Mrs Herring's greengrocery, Loxford, East Suffock, England, May 2nd, 1900
• Range : C#/Db3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : G3 to F4
• Synopsis : The whole town has been looking for Albert, who disappeared after being named the King of May the day before. He finally shows up and, when asked where he was, replies that he stayed out all night. He says that he decided that it was time he experienced some of the more sinful parts of life. He explains that he went to several pubs and got roaring drunk and eventually got into a fight. He finishes it all by explaining that he did it because of the unrealistic expectations of virtue that his mother and the town had of him.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.

What would Missus Herring say?
      from Act III of the English opera, Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten
      Libretto : Eric Crozier

• Role : Nancy, a baker's helper
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Setting : Mrs Herring's greengrocery, Loxford, East Suffock, England, May 2nd, 1900
• Range : B4 to F5. Tessitura : D4 to D5
• Synopsis : Albert has disappeared and Nancy thinks it might be her fault. The night before, she and Sid planned to "loosen up" Albert a little bit by spiking his lemonade with rum. It all seemed in good fun when they did it, but now Nancy worries that something bad has happened to Albert because of it. She wishes that he would return, safe and sound.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474, Catalog : #VSB0. Buy score online at Sheet Music Plus.