Fiddler on the Roof

Open Auditions: Sunday, 3 June 2007 from 10am.
What: Fiddler on the Roof
Where: Ipswich Orpheus Chorale Complex, 122 Chermside Road, East Ipswich. 4305
Season: 12 – 20 October 2007 (5 shows only)
Directed by Sandra Harle, Musical Direction by Neville Hammond and Choreography by Janine Slag
Require: 8 Male/9 Female Lead/Principle/Minor Roles, Large Chorus, Singing ability a must, movement skills desirable.

For further audition information and appointment times, please contact Mr Thomas Keenan, Deputy Conductor on 0438766267 or via email at ips_orpheus@hotmail.com

Synopsis: Attempting to live a normal life filled with Jewish traditions in early twentieth century Russia, Tevye , a dairyman, is searching for appropriate husbands for his three eldest daughters - Tzeital, Hodel and Chava. In a break of tradition, his daughters refuse to accept the wishes of the matchmaker, Yente, and their father. Instead, the marry men that they love. Meanwhile, Russians are instigating terrible pogroms against the Jewish people in Russia. In the end, the Jews of Anatevka are forced to leave their homes and Tevye is determined to start a better life in a new land.

 

Character Breakdown
TEVYE ,The Dairyman, comic, earnest, wise father Baritone: Low A flat - High F
GOLDE, Tevye's strong-willed wife Mezzo-Soprano: Low A-E flat
TZEITEL, Tevye's eldest daughter Mezzo-Soprano: Low B - D sharp
HODEL, Tevye's next eldest daughter Mezzo-Soprano: Low B - E
CHAVA, Tevye's middle daughter Mezzo-Soprano: Low B-C
SHPRINTZE, Tevye's 2nd youngest daughter
BIELKE, Tevye's youngest daughter.
YENTE, The meddling matchmaker Alto: Low F - mid E flat
MOTEL, The young tailor Baritone or Tenor: E - High F sharp
PERCHIK, The strong-voiced student Baritone: B - High E
LAZAR WOLF, The brawny butcher. Baritone: C - C
MORDCHA, The Innkeeper
RABBI, Anatevka's Jewish spiritual leader Baritone: G - C
MENDEL, Rabbi's son Baritone: B - E flat
AVRAM, The Bookseller Baritone: D-High E flat
NACHUM, The Beggar
GRANDMA TZEITEL, Golde's grandmother Mezzo-Soprano: C sharp - E flat
FRUMA-SARAH, Lazar's Wolf's dead wife Mezzo-Soprano: C-E flat
CONSTABLE
FYEDKA, A young Russian
SHAINDEL, Motel's Mother
THE FIDDLER
SASHA, Fyedka's friend
YUSSEL, A Hatter
VILLAGERS, Russians

 

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