the rape of the lock opera

 
 
 

CANTO I                                                                               Minutes


  #  1     All Nature is But Art Unknown to Thee                  Choral Overture        5  min

  #  2     What Dire Offence                                                  Men’s Chorus           2  min

  #  3     Sol Through White Curtains                                   Aria:  Ariel               7.5 min

  #  4     Say Lovely Maid                                                     Aria:  Baron               2  min

  #  5     Eloisa to Abelard                                                    Aria:  Belinda           10  min

  #  6     Some to the Sun                                                       Ladies Chorus           6  min

  #  7     Toilette Scene                                                          Belinda, Chorus        5   min



CANTO II

   #  8     Not With More Glories                                            Chorus                        3   min

   #  9     Here Shall We Lords and Ladies Resort                 Ensemble, Chorus      4.5 min

   #10     Belinda Smiles and All the World is Gay                Ariel, Chorus              7   min


                                                                                               1st Half   Total:           52   min



                       -----------------  INTERMISSION   -------------                                    20  min



CANTO III

  #11     Plume                                                                      Plume, Baron, Men     4   min

  #12     The Exercises of the  Fan                                        Clarissa, Belinda        3   min

  #13     The Use of the Snuff Box                                         Plume, Baron              3   min

  #14     The Game of Ombre                                              Belinda , Chorus         8.5 min

  #15     Coffee / Steel                                                            Ensemble, Chorus      9   min



         

CANTO IV    (omitted)

  #16     The Cave of Spleen                                                 Ensemble

  #17     Hope Springs Eternal                                             Chorus       ...             NA


    

CANTO V

  #18     Let Wreaths of Triumph                                          Baron, Plume                  3.5 min

       •     For EverCursed Be This Detested Day                  Belinda, Clarissa             3   min

  #19     Gods!  Shall the Ravisher                                       Clarissa, Chorus              3.5 min

  #20      Restore the Lock!                                                   Belinda, Ariel, Chorus    5  min

                                                                                             2d Half Total:                  40 min


                                                                                               TOTAL:                          2  hours



          

                                        Pope in his grotto    

                        A sketch probably by Alexander Kent             


 

Music Numbers in the Opera The Rape of the Lock