Overview
High Note: G4
Low Note: A#2/Bb2
Analysis
Twenty-one-year-old Frederic is the male ingénue protagonist of the show. Breathtakingly handsome, dreamy, and genuine, he is also youthfully naive and a true innocent. He has a strong sense of moral duty (the alternate title “The Slave of Duty” refers to him) and of right
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When auditioning for Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, aim to capture the earnest sincerity and noble idealism that define his character. Frederic is perhaps the most morally upright man in comic opera — a young apprentice who takes duty so seriously that it borders on absurd, and yet he approaches every situation with genuine heart and integrity. In your audition, highlight this mixture of heroic determination, youthful innocence, and comic self-seriousness. Frederic is humorous not because
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