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ERROLLYN WALLEN

Cautionary Tales

Chamber Opera

Libretto by Hilaire Belloc adapted by Pia Furtado with additional text by Pia Furtado & Errollyn Wallen

Full Score

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Libretto by Hilaire Belloc adapted by Pia Furtado with additional text by Pia Furtado & Errollyn Wallen

Instrumentation : 4 voices (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone)

Piano

Double Bass/Fretless Bass Guitar/Electric Guitar (or other 4-string instrument—low notes optional)

Percussion Duration: c.50 minutes

Commissioned by Opera North

First performance on 10 March 2011 at the Howard Assembly Room, The Leeds Grand Theatre

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Cautionary Tales

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school bell rings/call to attention whilst audience enters. Final bell is rung by Head Cautioner

Is it true? Of course it's true; Because it simply wouldn't do If I had come to lie to you!

As Cautioners we speak the truth to the unruliest of youth

In hope that they give up the game

And do some right or die in shame

And so we've come to teach you all Through gruesome tales, both short and tall;

Errollyn Wallen

Hilaire Belloc adapted by Pia Furtado with additional text by Pia Furtado & Errollyn Wallen

Soprano Solo Alto Solo

Tenor Solo

Baritone Solo

Tubular Bells

Double Bass

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open-throat singing p dark, legato

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through other children's wicked ways that sent them all to early graves.

So listen carefully, it's best in case we later spring a test.

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Tub. B.

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Youknow,youought toknow

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warned,bewarned,bewarned,bewarned,be

Slamming of doors with sounds of startlement from Uncle Jacob and glee from Rebecca warned! ff slam door squeal of delight Eee!

warned,bewarned,bewarned,bewarned,bewarned!

 f Be , furious warned,be warned,bewarned,bewarned!

Be f, furious warned,bewarned,bewarned! ff Oh! startled reaction

* Essentially smash the piano (at relative ranges and also use extremes of register) with fists or other implements

Rebecca begins slamming fantasia (on doors, draws, surfaces) accompanied by percussion

slam door

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wild,rude plus musicians andwild gliss.

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just,wasstanding-justAbove- the Door, theDoor this 3 little-

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Andfollowed-by a longAndfollowed-by a longAndfollowed-by a

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Butdweltupon

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children-whowerebrought

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wehaddone

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giggling and gasps of disbelief

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Tub. B.

Timp.

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nev piously er-morewillslam thedoorAsoft en -as we'vedone before - Be warned byme.

never-morewillslam thedoorAsof ten-aswe'vedone before-Bewarned by me. Bewarned byme

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Yayayait'strue,

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Real-life competition to see who can hold "stretch" the longest. Repeat marks are for accompaniment only which goes round and round ad. lib. only stopping when the last singer is left. That singer sings alone until he/she, too, runs out of breath. Then music resumes in next bar.

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andstretch stretch f one'sEyes; Her Aunt,

andstretch

stretchone'sEyes; who

stretchone'sEyes; Her Aunt,

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London's-Noble-FireBri-gade.-

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Excerpts from play heard in the background spoken by soprano and baritone

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NightaFire did breakout

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NightaFire did breakout Fire, mf plaintive and distressed fire gliss

NightaFire did breakout -

That p NightaFire did breakout You-

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shouldhaveheard Matil da-Shout! You should haveheard herScream andBawl, Li f ar,-liar!- You

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shouldhaveheard Matil da-Shout! Youshould haveheard herScream andBawl, Li

shouldhaveheard Matil da-Shout! You should haveheard herScream andBawl, And Li

imploring It's

ar,-liar!- You

ar,-liaar! You

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Andtherefore-whenherAuntreturned,-Ma

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Youknow,youought toknow

toknow

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Stopit,stop,stopitstop

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and Lion starts feeding Jim Jam And p sli ces -of deli-cious-Ham short pause Ah mp gliss. And Choc f late-withpink inside

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Andchoc'late-withpink inside- And Lion goes to grab Jim but Jim runs away f roar

Jim runs away and hops on Tricycle which Nurse is about to get on

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Wawoar,wawoar, wawoar, wawoar,

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Make animal noises (e.g. monkeys, seals, snakes, elephants, baboons, birds, frogs, hyenas) mf

Animal noises continue from instruments

Jim looks at animals mp You , pious knowatleast you ought to Jim walks through the zoo (audience) - wowed know, ForIhaveoft en-toldyou

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knowatleast you ought toknow,ForIhaveoft en-toldyou

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stretches string from mouth like liquorice

mouth gradually widens (from closed)

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Schlummy-schmumy-scloo ble-rooble- schlurp

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Henry starts to get into difficulties yet can't stop chewing

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Mother, aghast, removes the string from Henry

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Henry starts to eat string make fast chewing sounds

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The ChiefDefect-ofHen ry-King waschew ing-little-bits ofString.

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f Our brisk fees,ourfees,weneed ourfees. needourfees.

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f Our brisk fees,ourfees,weneed ourfees. needourfees.

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"There isnoCureforthis Disease. - Henry-will very-soon bedead."

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"There isnoCureforthis Disease.-Henry-will very-soon bedead."

"There isnoCureforthis Disease. - Henry-will very-soon bedead."

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B.D.

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Themoral-is thatlittleboys should not be giv en-dan ger-ous-Toys.

Themoral-isthatli ttleboysshould not be given- dan ger-ous-Toys.

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We see George in his workshop creating rockets and all sorts of

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We see George emerge in a glow. We hear snoring. Grandmamma is asleep. He goes to the Footmen and pays them off. The footmen wake up Grandmamma

Bowed cymbal

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PleaseGranny-

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but

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flame, George with goggles and ear protectors sfp

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The Room was filled with reeking smoke.And in the darkness shrieks and yells

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Were mingled with Electric Bells,

And falling masonry and groans,

And crunching, as of broken bones, And

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all,Oh, thenworst ofall, Ah

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ofall, Oh, thenworst ofall, worstof gliss

Oh,thenworst ofall, Ah

all,

Oh,thenworst of all, worst gliss. of all,

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Head Cautioner spoken:

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And if it were it wouldn't doFor people such as me and you Who pretty nearly all day long