The Boatswain's Mate

Opera

Writers: Ethel Smyth

Songs

Overture

Part 1

Scene One

  • Intro ‘When rocked on the billows, that roughest of pillows’ - Ben, Mary Ann, Mrs Waters
  • Dialogue ‘So you’re going to spend the night with your mother?’ - Benn, Mary Ann

Scene Two

  • Scene ‘As I was saying when the girl come in’ - Benn, Mrs Waters
  • Dialogue ‘It’s a strange thing, Mr Benn’ - Mrs Waters, Benn

Scene Three

Scene Four

  • Dialogue ‘Well, old cock, if stamping about and swearing’ - Travers, Benn
  • No. 1 Duet for two Piccolos
  • No. 2 ‘A friend and I were on the pier’ - Travers, Benn
  • Dialogue ‘If you’ve quite done’ - Benn, Travers
  • No. 3 ‘That’s the plan, is it?’ - Travers, Benn
  • Dialogue ‘At 2.30 sharp I’ll be here’ - Travers, Benn

Scene Five

  • Dialogue ‘Well Mr Ben, done any business?’ - Mrs Waters, Benn

Scene Six

Scene Seven

  • Dialogue ‘Well there’s a cure for dreaming’ - Mrs Waters
  • Chorus ‘O Mary I try to forget you!’ - Three Laborers, Mrs Waters, Chorus

Intermezzo

Part Two

Scene One

  • Scene ‘If those cats don’t wake her’ - Travers, Ben

Scene Two

Scene Three

  • Duet ‘I thought I heard a noise’ - Mrs Waters, Travers

Scene Four

  • Trio ‘Murder’, ‘I’m coming’ - Mrs Waters, Benn, Travers

Scene Five

  • Trio ‘I’d not have missed that’ - Travers, Mrs Waters, Benn

Scene Six

  • Quartet ‘Well I’m sure!’ - Mrs Waters, Benn, Policeman, Travers
  • Quartet ‘Drink or love’ - Benn, Travers, Policeman, Mrs Waters

Scene Seven

  • Scene and Duet ‘There, that’s done!’ - Mrs Waters, Travers

Scene Eight

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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