Overview
Character Name
José Castro
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Bass
Vocal Range
High Note: D4
Low Note: A#2/Bb2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
1849, 1850, California, Cloudy Mountain, Gold Rush, Western
Analysis
José Castro is a member of Ramerrez’s band. Described in the score as mixed-race, he is clearly an outsider when he is captured by the miners and brought into the ‘Polka’ Saloon as their prisoner. As he is brought in he notices his master’s saddle bags, as Dick Johnson
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