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Opera:
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Candide
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Orig.
Language:
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English
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Composer
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Bernstein
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Librettist
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Lillian
Hellman & Richard Wilbur
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Description:
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Comic
Operetta in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text
based on Voltaire’s novel
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Time:
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Place:
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Premiere
Date:
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December
1, 1956
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Premiere
Location:
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New
York. Martin Beck
Theater
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Voltaire
w/Pangloss, Business Man, Governor, 2nd Gambler,
Sage.
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Baritone
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L
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Candide
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Tenor
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L
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Cunegonde
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Soprano
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L
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Baron
w/Grand Inquisitor, Slavedriver, Pasha
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F
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Maximilian
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Baritone
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F
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Servant
of Maximilian w/2nd Bulgarian, Jew, Judge, Father
Bernard, 1st Gambler
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F
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Paquette
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Soprano
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F
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Old
Lady
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Huntsman
w/1st Bulgarian, Don #4
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S
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Baroness
w/Calliope Player, Inquisition business
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S
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1st
Westphalian Soldier w/Don #5,
Pirate #2
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S
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2nd
Westphalian Soldier w/Governor’s Aide, Sailor #3
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S
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Heresy
Agent w/Don #6
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B
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Two
Pink Sheep w/Inquisition Business
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B
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Lion
w/Inquisition Business
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Baritone
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B
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1st
Inquisition Agent w/Sailor #1
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CB
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Dons
#1, #2, #3
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CB
(parts)
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Two
Whores (Dancers)
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Horse
Movers (Dancers)
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Minimum
Chorus:
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24
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Capriccio
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Orig.
Language:
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German
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Composer
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R.
Strauss
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Librettist
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Clemens
Krauss
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Description:
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Opera
in I Act (German Romantic Style)
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Notes:
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Time
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c.
1775 (at the time of Gluck’s operatic reforms)
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Place:
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A
Château near Paris
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Premiere
Date:
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October
28, 1942
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Premiere
Location:
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Munich.
State Opera
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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The
Countess
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Soprano
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L
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The
Count, her brother
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Baritone
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L
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Clairon,
an actress
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Contralto
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L
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Flamand,
a musician
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Tenor
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L
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Olivier,
a poet
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Baritone
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L
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La
Roche, director of a theater
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Bass
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L
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Italian
Singer
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Tenor
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F
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Italian
Singer
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Soprano
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F
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Monsieur
Taupe, prompter
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Tenor
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S
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The
Major-Domo
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Bass
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S
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A
Young Dancer
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Mute
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Eight
Servants, 4 Tenors, 4 Basses
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B
(parts)
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Three
Musicians, Violin, Cello, Cembalo
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Minimum
Chorus:
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No
Chorus
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Divisi:
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Description:
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Opera
in II Acts
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Notes:
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Text
after Matteo Bandello (c. 1480-1562) and, loosely, Shakespeare.
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Time
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13th
Century
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Place:
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Verona,
Italy
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Premiere
Date:
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March,
1830
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Premiere
Location:
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Venice.
La Fenice
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Giulietta
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Soprano
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L
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Romeo
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Mezzo
Soprano
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L
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Tebaldo
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Tenor
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F
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Capellio
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Bass
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S
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Lorenzo
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Baritone
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S
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Minimum
Chorus:
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24
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Capuleti,
Montecchi, Young Women, Soldiers, Bearer of Arms
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Opera:
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Carmen
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Orig.
Language:
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French
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Composer
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Bizet
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Librettist
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Meilhac
and Halévy
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Description:
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Opera
in IV Acts
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Notes:
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Text
after the novel by Prosper Merimée
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Time
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About
1820
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Place:
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Seville,
Spain
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Premiere
Date:
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March
3, 1875
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Premiere
Location:
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Paris.
Opéra-Comique.
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Role
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Voice
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Classification
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Carmen
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Mezzo
Soprano
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L
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Don
Jose
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Tenor
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L
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Escamillo
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Baritone
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F
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Micaela
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Soprano
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F
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Zuniga
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Bass
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S
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El
Dancairo
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Tenor
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S
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El
Remendado
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Tenor
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S
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Morales
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Baritone
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S
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Frasquita
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Soprano
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S
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Mercedes
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Soprano
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S
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Lillas
Pastia, Innkeeper (if acting dialogue/Opéra-Comique version)
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Actor
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B
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*A
Vendor (Act IV-4 measures)
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Soprano
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CB
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*A
Gypsy (Act IV-4 measures)
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Bass
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CB
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A
Guide (Act III - if Opéra-Comique version/with dialogue = CB)
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Off-Stage
Scream (Act I)
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Soprano
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CB
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Minimum
Chorus:
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36
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+
(Children’s Chorus) Officers,
Dragoons, Boys, Cigarette Girls, Gypsies, Smugglers, etc.
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Divisi:
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Notes
#2:
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*When
Act 4 has no cuts or changes.
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Description:
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Opera
Buffa in III Acts.
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