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An image of the cover for Little Red Riding Hood
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (45 Min.) Boosey and Hawkes
Cast: Soprano, Mezzo, Baritone
Set: Interior and Exterior (Unit.)
Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra

Watch the baritone change from performer to wolf to huntsman and learn why little Red Riding Hood should have listened to her mother. According to Opera News, the most performed opera internationally.

THE TOY SHOP (45 min.) G. Schirmer
Cast: Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Mime
Setting: A toymaker's home. 
Instrumentation: Timp., Perc. Strings

The Toymaker has created two life-like dolls, which he thinks of as his children. A Magician hears of these marvelous creations and attempts to steal them to use in his act. He is thwarted by the dolls themselves.

FAIR MEANS OR FOUL (60 Min.) G. Schirmer
Cast 2 Sopranos, Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone 
Set: Interior. A fairy-tale kingdom.
Instrumentation: Piano

The contemplative Prince is the object of the Regent's evil plans to keep him from ascending to the throne. These plans might very well have succeeded if not for the combative princess.

WHO AM I? (60 Min.) Boosey and Hawkes
Cast: 2 Sopranos, Mezzo, Tenor, Baritone
Set: 2 Mythical Kingdoms (Unit.)
Instrumentation: Piano

Seeking revenge for imagined slights, a princess's handmaiden forces her mistress to change places with her. Whereas the princess is content to be a commoner, the handmaiden finds being royal not at all to her liking.

ANDROCLES AND THE LION (50 Min.) Theodore Presser
Cast: Mezzo, tenor, Baritone, Narrator, Mime
Set: Various. (Unit) The year one.
Instrumentation: Piano

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (45 Min.) G. Schirmer
Cast: Soprano, Mezzo, Baritone, Narrator, Seven Children
Set: Various. (Unit)
Instrumentation: Piano

The familiar story.

THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN (50 Min.) Theodore Presser
Cast: Soprano, Baritone, Mezzo (in 2 roles), Children
Set: Various. (Unit)
Instrumentation: Piano

The familiar story.

CINDERELLA (50 Min.) Theodore Presser
Cast: Soprano, Mezzo, Baritone (in 4 roles).
Set: Various. (Unit)
Instrumentation: Piano

The familiar story, but adapted from the Grimm Brothers rather than Disney.

GOLDILOCKS
for Narrator, Keyboard, Conductor, B-flat Clarinet, bassoon




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