Programme Note
Cast List:
PROSPERO, the rightful Duke of Milan: Baritone
MIRANDA, his daughter: Soprano
ARIEL, an airy spirit: Mezzo-Soprano
CALIBAN, Prospero's slave: Jazz Singer
FERDINAND, son to Alonso: Tenor
ALONSO, King of Naples: Baritone
GONZALO, an honest old counsellor: Bass
SEBASTIAN, Alonso's brother: Tenor
ANTONIO, Prospero's brother: Tenor
ADRIAN, Neapolitan lord: Tenor
LODOVICO, Neapolitan lord: Tenor
FRANCISCO, Neapolitan lord: Baritone
BENEDICT, Neapolitan lord: Bass
TRINCULO, Alonso's jester: Countertenor or Tenor
STEPHANO, Alonso's drunken butler: Baritone
IRIS, presented by spirits: Coloratura Soprano
CERES, presented by spirits: Mezzo-Soprano
JUNO, presented by spirits: Contralto
MASTER OF THE SHIP: Bass
BOATSWAIN: Baritone
Choruses of Spirits, Chorus of Seamen and Courtiers
Synopsis:
The magician Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, reigns over an enchanted isle with Miranda, his daughter. He brings forth a tempest which causes the boat with his enemies, Alonso and Antonio, to wash ashore. Fernando, son of Alonso, lands alone and finds Miranda, with whom he immediately falls in love. When Alonso discovers that his son has survived the shipwreck, he blesses the union of Fernando and Miranda and gives Prospero back his kingdom.