escape the degrading slum inwhich he lives. (Tenor) • SHIRLEY KAPLAN - His sister - devoted to and dependent on him, and scared that Rose's pretty face will take him away for good. (Speaking role) • HENRY DAVIS - The even-tempered janitor. (Baritone) • FRANK MAURRANT - Churlish and reactionary when sober, he is violent and eventually homicidal when drunk. (bass-baritone) • ANNA MAURRANT - Endlessly long-suffering, she is so degraded by her life that even a snatched furtive affair with a nobody seems to offer some form of escape. (Dramatic soprano) • ROSE MAURRANT - A bright, tender girl, matured by the trials of her family life. She has strength to make adult decisions rather than take the easy path. (Lyric soprano) • DANIEL BUCHANAN - The typical anxious father-in-waiting. (Buffo tenor) • STEVE SANKEY - The 'gentleman caller'. (Speaking role) • JENNIE HILDEBRAND - The graduate girl of whom any family can be proud. (Soprano) • DICK McGANN, MAE JONES - The only 'light relief ' in the cast. (Singer & dancers) • HARRY EASTER - A plausible but cheap 'office wolf '. (High baritone) • VINCENT JONES - A womanising thug. (Speaking role) ORCHESTRATION Flute doub. Piccolo; Oboe; 2 Clarinets; 2nd doub. Bass Clarinet; Bassoon; 2 Horns; 2 Trumpets; 2 Trombones; Harp; Piano doub. Celesta; Timpani & Percussion; Strings DISCOGRAPHY: Street Scene: an American Opera Original Broadway Cast (Artist) Sony (Audio CD) - October 25, 1990 Street Scene [Original London Cast] Original London Cast (Artist) That's Entertainment (Audio CD) - April 29, 2003
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