Little Women — Cast/Instrumentation

Duration

2 acts: 120’

Principals

11 (10, with doubling): S/S/S[=Mz]/Mz/Mz/Mz/T/B/B/B-Bar.

The March Sisters

JO low lyric mezzo-soprano

MEG lyric mezzo-soprano

BETH lyric soprano

AMY lyric-coloratura soprano

Their Lovers:

LAURIE (THEODORE LAWRENCE) lyric tenor

JOHN BROOKE lyric baritone

FRIEDRICH BHAER bass-baritone (or mezzo-contralto)

Their Elders, and Others:

ALMA MARCH lyric mezzo-soprano (or soprano)

GIDEON MARCH/MR. DASHWOOD bass-baritone

CECILIA MARCH dramatic mezzo-soprano (or mezzo-contralto)

QUARTET OF FEMALE VOICES SSAA

Instrumentation

Flute (doubling Piccolo and Alto-Flute)

Oboe (doubling English Horn)

Clarinet in A (doubling Bass Clarinet)

Bassoon (doubling Contrabassoon)

Horn in F

Percussion (1 or 2 players)

Piano (doubling Celesta and Synthesizer)

Harp

Strings