THE GOLDEN APPLE
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REHEARSAL MATERIALS
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1 Piano Conductor’s Score (Three Volume Set)
1 Prompt Book
1 Original Cast CD
16 Two Volume Chorus-Vocal Parts for Principal Characters
25 Two Volume Chorus-Vocal Parts for Chorus
CAST LIST
(in order of vocal appearance)
HELEN Mezzo-Soprano
LOVEY MARS Contralto
MRS. JUNIPER Mezzo-Soprano
MISS MINERVA OLIVER Soprano
MOTHER HARE Contralto
PENELOPE Soprano
MENELAUS Tenor
HEROES (THE SIX BOYS)
DIOMEDE Tenor
PATROCLUS Tenor
DOC MacCAHAN Tenor
NESTOR Bass
AJAX Bass
ACHILLES Bass
HEROES (DANCERS)
CAPTAIN MARS
AGAMEMNON
BLUEY
THIRSTY
SILAS
HOMER
ULYSSES Baritone
MAYOR JUNIPER Baritone
PARIS Dancer
HECTOR/CHARYBDIS Baritone (Song and Dance Man)
MADAME CALYPSO (played by Mrs. Juniper)
SCYLLA (played by Menelaus)
THE SIREN (played by Lovey Mars)
THE SCIENTIST (played by Miss Minerva)
CIRCE (sung by Mother Hare, played by a Dancer)
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ORCHESTRATION
Reed 1 – Flute (doubling Piccolo)
Reed 2 – Oboe (doubling English Horn)
Reed 3 – Clarinet I (doubling Alto Saxophone)
Reed 4 – Clarinet II (doubling Bass Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone)
Reed 5 – Bassoon
2 Horns
2 Trumpets (doubling Cornet)
Trombone
Percussion: Drums, Timpani, Bells, Vibraphone
Harp
Piano (doubling Celesta)
Strings
THE GOLDEN APPLE:
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
THE GOLDEN APPLE is a highly acclaimed 1954 Broadway musical based on Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey. The score by John Latouche and Jerome Moross has been compared to music from Porgy and Bess and Candide for its opera-like qualities. Experience these marvelous songs with this special edition, which includes favorites such as “It’s the Coming Home Together” and “Lazy Afternoon.”
WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS
WINDFLOWERS offers delectable proof, with selections from his stage shows Ballet Ballads, The Golden Apple, Underworld, and Gentlemen, Be Seated! Alice Ripley, Richard Muenz, Jessica Molaskey, Philip Chaffin and Jenny Giering – five singers equally at home on Broadway, in cabaret and in the recording studio – celebrate an American original, in nineteen selections alternately playful and atmospheric, and always highly melodic.
THE GOLDEN APPLE:Â THE FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
When it premiered in 1954, composer Jerome Moross and librettist John Latouche’s THE GOLDEN APPLE was hailed as “the most original musical since Oklahoma!” (The Washington Post), “the best thing that has happened in and to the theatre in a very long time” (New York Daily News), and “a magnificent achievement. A sensational success. The most imaginative work of its kind” (New York Daily Mirror).