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male-gendered musical
Find the gender of the musical in the music
Overture - power of the bass; masculine instruments (English horn) |
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Brass and Percussion (masculine)
Flutes and strings (feminine)
The lower the voice, the more grounded; higher the voice, the more idealistic |
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a flower, European
legends -> a series of novels -> epic musical
Strongest stories are based on adaptations
suggests male-gendered |
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Women don’t have names
Men only have one name: it is about what he does, not relationships |
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Revolutionary France
established by the overture -
The musical starts with the lie; it is about discovery; it is about using false identities for armor (Male) |
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| Males in male-gendered musicals |
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seeking the ideal
Deal with the supernatural
Men deal with the struggle of the moral structure
Have to overcome human nature |
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| Females in male-gendered musicals |
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the damaged
Always either rescued or sacrificed |
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Percy Blakeney
Armand St. Just
Bounders |
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asks questions, wants to stop the bloodshed
Weapon - his mind, his intellect
Armor - his disguises; the legend of The Scarlet Pimpernel as in “They Seek Him Here”
More idealistic than Chauvelin, as a contrast
Starts out feminine - fights his masculinity
Flaw: his jealousy
Can’t be revealed until his journey is complete |
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Ends in strength; his love for Marguerite is his strength
Turning point - acknowledges his flaw and chooses to follow his calling because he loves Marguerite |
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| Percy’s calling is not his wife. They can continue on with the call even when they have a loved one in trouble, if they are independent. The damsel in distress is not weak. She is his equal help mate. |
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Don’t have a leader but they each have potential
Percy leads them - purged by fire: come out refined if they have heroic traits (and they do - they come out heroic)
The legacy (male-gendered) is passed down to them as they repeat Percy’s words |
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Intruder:
Armand St. Just |
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| The 2nd Percy - he is further along in his journey than Percy |
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Baritone voice - grounded, realistic
Has a large army (chorus) on his side
Forte - ruthless, no tenderness; won’t be an easy defeat
Starts out masculine
Flaw: doesn’t know who he’s fighting
Shows feminine qualities around Marguerite - his heroic qualities emerge around Marguerite
Chauvelin: Sacrifices the damsel to win the war |
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Battleground:
Marguerite St. Just |
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Lyrical Soprano - Idealistic
She is the battleground the hero is called to fight for; she is the damsel in distress; Marguerite is what is at stake
Wants to be won by what is good; should not be clear who she will choose
Percy’s equal helpmate |
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Waltz = Dream Sequence
Represents the psychological nature of the show |
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Can’t tell whose army is larger
Marguerite is going to survive on her own
Can’t tell Percy and Chauvelin apart (don’t upstage either) - equal forces |
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The hero’s journey is over but the mission isn’t complete
Hero had what it takes from the beginning
Man switches from external to internal
Male-gendered: give a challenge and calling to the audience |
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| Percy does not win the battleground. The battleground chooses Percy. |
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