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If you would like to use your own score for audition preparation, please note that we will be using a new edition of the score published by LULU press. However, some people may still have an older score (from the 1970s) published by Chappell. Page numbers for both scores are listed below for your convenience.

NOTE: Some selections list two songs. If auditioning for a specific role with two songs listed, please prepare both songs.

For dialog selections, please prepare the listed dialog for the character you are auditioning for. A member of the audition panel will read any other characters lines from that selection. A PDF of the dialog is available from the Ardensingers website, www.ardensingers.com; the page numbers shown below are based on that document. (Note that while dialog is included in between music numbers in the LULU press score, it is not so in the Chappell score.)

FEMALE CHARACTERS ROLE Selection NEW CHAPPELL Lulu Princess Ida SONG: No. 10 “Minerva” 74-76 74-76 (soprano) SONG: “To yield at once to such a foe” thru “before I 168-170 178-180 call myself his wife” D4-Bb5 DIALOG: “Women of Adamant” No. 10 / page 14 77 Lady Blanche SONG: No. 11 “Come, mighty Must” 79-81 82-84 (contralto) DIALOG: “I, Madam, on Abstract Philosophy…” No. 10 / page 15 78 G3-E5 Lady Psyche SONG: No. 15 “A Lady fair, of lineage high” thru “At 109-114 (end 3rd 115-120 best is only a monkey shav’d” system 1st (soprano or measure on 114) mezzo) 124-128 SONG: “Then jump with joy and gaily bound” 117-120 C4-Ab5 DIALOG: “Let us try gentler means.” No. 21 / page 37 195 Melissa SONG: “Thus our courage, all untarnish’d” thru 180-183 189-193 “Boldly we exclaim” (mezzo) SONG: No. 16 “Them jump with joy and gaily Pickup on 117-120 124-128 C4-G5 bound” (sing Melissa’s part in the trio) DIALOG: Blanche: “Melissa” Melissa: “Mother” No. 16, page 26 134

Sacharissa SONG: “Pray you tell us, if you can, What’s the thing 67-68 67 that’s known as man” (soprano or mezzo) DIALOG: “Madam, here!” No. 21 / page 36 194 G4-Eb5

Chloe/Ada “Mighty maiden with a mission” 71-73 72-73

(soprano or alto) Read Sacharissa’s selection.

MALE CHARACTERS ROLE Selection NEW Lulu CHAPPELL King Hildebrand SONG: “Some years ago No doubt you know…” 155-160 168-172 (baritone) DIALOG: “It’s very odd indeed.” No. 1 / page 1 11 Bb2-F4

Hilarion SONG: "Today“Ida was we a twelvemeet ...-month " old…” 22-25 19-22 (tenor) SONG: No. 13 – “Haughty, Humble, coy or free” 101-103 103-105 sing Hilarion’s part (middle) of trio B2_Bb4 DIALOG: “Well, father, is there news for me at last?” No. 3 / page 4 23

Cyril SONG: No. 19 “Would you know the kind of maid” 137-140 148-151 (tenor) DIALOG: “I’m sure of that, Or if it is, it surely should No. 18 / page 29 147 not be” C3-A4

Florian SONG: “We’ll charm their senses with verbal 49-50 49-50 fences” (baritone) 117-119 124-128124-127 SONG: “Then jump with joy and gaily bound” Ab2-F4 No. 1 / page 2 11 DIALOG: “But stay, my liege”

King Gama SONG: No. 22 “Whene’er I spoke sarcastic joke” 184-190 201-206 (baritone) DIALOG: “So this is Castle Hildebrand?” No.No. 76 // pagepp. 7-9 7 39-40 B2-E4 Arac SONG: No. 25 “This helmet, I suppose” 201-205 213-217 (baritone/bass) SONG: “We may remark, tho’ nothing can Dismay 162-164 173-175 us” (1... st"devil verse doubt only) he'll do it". F2-E4 -No Dialog-

Guron/ Scynthius SONG: “Bold, and fierce and strong, ha! ha!” 33-34 30-31 (baritone/bass) SONG: “We may remark, tho’ nothing can Dismay 162-164 173-175 us” (1 ...st "devilverse doubtonly) he'll do it". F2-E4 -No Dialog-