Opera In Yuk-Minor

(or the Tragedy of Pope Gaius LXIX)

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CAST 

Cardinal Bishop Louis Paschal (Pope Gaius LXIX)

Tomas de Torquemada (Monk and Grand Inquisitor)

Beatriz Enriquex de Arana (Young peasant woman)

Cardinal Bishop Giovanni Battista Cibo (Pope Innocent VIII)

Cardinal Bishop Giuliano della Rovere

Cardinal Bishop Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI)

Alonso Montilleo

Cristoforo Colombo (Explorer)

Storyteller

Rita (Beatriz’s sister)

Juan

Pierre

A Messenger

Torquemada’s Zealots

Villagers

Cardinal Bishops

Monks

Sailors

Guard

Fernando (son of Beatriz & Cristoforo)

SONGS

O Woe Is Me—sung by Storyteller.

It’s Love—sung by Beatriz, Louis and the cast.

Men Who Loved Men—sung by Storyteller.

A Day To Be Gay—sung by Louis, Alonso, Juan and Pierre.

Sixty-Nine Is Divine—sung by Louis, Alonso, Juan and Pierre.

Heresy!! In The First Degree—sung by Tomas, Zealots, and the Villagers.

Rock This Church!—sung by Rodrigo, Giuliano, Giovanni, Louis, and the Cardinals.

I Bare My Love—sung by Louis and Beatriz.

Ferdinand, My Little Man—sung by Louis.

Innocent Is Not Innocent—sung by Louis and the Monks.

Job Wanted To Know—sung by Louis, Cristoforo, and the Sailors.

Hunt You Down, Torquemada—sung by Louis.

One Day—sung by Beatriz.

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Prologue

Storyteller

Please, one and all, give your attention to the stage. There are matters to discuss. Indeed, serious and somber matters

that have been hidden from the masses for centuries. I say once again, please give your attention to the stage.

--O Woe Is Me 

♫ Here’s a little ditty about a man in a city called Vatican.

He was very pretty and he hailed from a city called Babylon.

He took his stand with a well crafted plan that he deemed so clever.

He longed to be pope, but the church gave no hope to his secret endeavor.

Yes, he wanted to be pope, but the cardinals couldn’t cope, it’s a tragedy!

The bishops filled with hate as Torquemada sealed his fate, it’s a calamity!

Such misery! From the Holy See!

A catastrophe!! It didn’t have to be!!

O woe is me as I tell it to thee,

O woe is me!

O woe is me! ♫

Yes, indeed, the notorious Tomas de Torquemada and his band of over righteous zealots destroyed the reputation and life of Cardinal Bishop Louis Paschal. But I must not get ahead of myself. Let me tell you the story. We must go back in time to over half a millennium ago. Come with me to Spain. Come along with me to the village of Sevilla. It is Friday the thirteenth, August, in the year of our Lord, fourteen hundred eighty-four. See the young peasant woman as she makes her way through the alley. She is the fair maiden Beatriz Enriquex de Arana. Look closely and see a young face in love.

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