The Iron Mask Story
Act 1
The story begins in France in the 17th century.
The people are starving, and dissatisfied with their king, Louis XIV. At the prison, his prisoners cry out.
Twin brothers, identical but by name. King Louis has had his own brother locked away, his face hidden inside an iron mask.
Meanwhile, outside his castle the people protest. Musketeers guard the king's palace.
Raoul, a young musketeer, runs into the beautiful Louise.
Unsatisfied with the cruel and unfair king, the musketeers make a plan to save France.
It is bold and simple - switch the kings!
Little did they know, another group of musketeers had been spying on them.
Raoul is injured in the fight and wakes up in hospital. Louise, his nurse is standing over his bed. The romance begins.
By chance or perhaps fate, the King's eyes fall on the beautiful Louise.
The musketeers carry out their plan to free the King's twin brother. Phillipe is freed. In a safe place, the mask is removed.
Raoul and Louise have been invited to a Masquerade ball at King's Palace. As they arrive the nobility and upper class of Paris are mingling in the palace ballroom.
Raoul and Louise dance but soon Raoul is called away by one of his fellow musketeers. As he leaves King Louis approaches Louise and asks her to dance. After their dance, he leads her outside.
Later that night, in his bed chambers, King Louis is talking to his right hand man, D'Artagnan about his new found love. His fortunes, however are about to change.
He is kidnapped and switched with King Phillipe - the Iron Mask.
Act 2
At the palace gates, the people, unaware than the kings have been switched, continue to protest. The musketeers barricade the gates.
Louise, in love with the king, returns to the palace.
The group of musketeers enter in good spirits to find Phillipe, in a gloomy state, overwhelmed with his love to Louise.
Raoul comes before the king seeking blessing of his marriage to Louise. Phillipe is unable to overcome his feeling of love and forbids the marriage.
Raoul's gets suspicions of Louise being in love with the king. He is on his way to the palace to confront the king. At the audience, he throws down his sword, in doing so dismissing himself from the King's service as a musketeer.
D'Aartagnan returns from overseas, having run into the kings army.
Raoul is sitting alone in his house, contemplating the point of a life without Louise.
That is where he learns about the switch that already took place.
Shocked with the news, Raoul heads to the prison to free King Louis and restore him to rightful place.
Back in the bedchamber of the king, Louise is having second thoughts...but she feels guilty.
King Phillipe wakes from another nightmare in crazed state. He finds himself in prison again and brother Louis confronts him.
Trying to stop Louis from killing Phillipe, Raoul dies.
Finale
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Auditions
Singers are invited to auditions for the CD Album Iron Mask.
Please contact us to express your interest and availability.
Leads
Raoul:
tenor (C-A)
King/Mask:
high baritone/tenor (G-G) [plus falsetto to C]
D'Artagnan:
tenor (Bb-A)
Louise:
Alto/mezzo (A-D)
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