Overview
High Note: D#5/Eb5
Low Note: G3
Analysis
Ruth has been Frederic’s nursemaid since he was a young lad, and she is very much attached to him. It was, in fact, her fault that Frederic got mixed up in a piratical trade; she was instructed to apprentice him to a pilot, but she mistook “pilot” for “pirate”. She begs
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When auditioning for Ruth, aim to capture her blend of maternal devotion, comic self-importance, and earnest vulnerability. Ruth is one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s great “contralto comedy” roles — a woman whose seriousness makes her hilarious, and whose loyalty to Frederic borders on the heroic and the absurd. She is the moral center of her own world, even when the audience knows she is a bit misguided. In your audition, highlight her unshakeable sincerity, her romantic delusion, and the underlying
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