Trivia / Ruddigore

• Cut Song: Several:
  • There are two versions of Robin's second-act patter song (not the trio); neither commonly used.
  • A few D'Oyly Carte revivals in the 20th century also used to cut Rose's part in "Happily coupled are we."
  • The Melodrame instrumental is sometime cut as well.
  • Additional verses exist for "I once was as meek" that rename Old Adam to Gideon Crawle.
  • There are several sections in the middle of "Painted Emblems of a Race" that are sometimes reinstated: additional entry music for the ghosts and a section of singing between the ancestors and Sir Roderic.
  • In the opera's earlier stages, Despard and Margaret were supposed to have a duet entitled "If you attempt to take the girl". Unfortunately, this song was never even set.