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Date sent: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:42:09 EST
Subject: Pirates/Penzance Cadenzas
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I'm going to do a "Mabel" soon, and was wondering what the current performance practice is with regards to that lovely "cadenza ad lib" at the end of "Poor Wand'ring One". I have usually constructed my own, and never like to let it go on too long (or too indulgently) for fear of distorting the
aria. Are people lifting cadenzas from operas of the period, any opera one can sing, making them up, or just mimicking the last D'Oyly recording?

Plus, any fellow "Mabel"s out there with warnings as to tricky passages/stamina/whatnot?

Best regards, Teressa