Queen Clara: Performance Requirements

Clara Barton

CAST:

Clara Barton:   Dramatic Soprano
Aunt Fanny Gage: Mezzo Soprano

Dorothea (“Dolly”), Clara’s Sister: Contralto
Mable Boardman:  Contralto

Soldier: Tenor
General Hitchcock: Tenor
Dr. Dunn: Tenor
Julian Hubbell:  Tenor

Colonel John Elwell:  Baritone/Tenor
Colonel Daniel H. Rucker: Baritone
Father:  Baritone/Bass
Undertaker:  Bass

Chorus:  SATB

Orchestration:  This opera has been workshopped with two pianos or with a small ensemble of piano, violin, cello, clarinet, and flute.  A full production of this opera will require a sizable chorus and orchestra.