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Opera:
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DAMNATION
DE FAUST, LA |
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Orig.
Language:
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French |
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Composer
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Hector
Berlioz |
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Librettist
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G. de Norval,
A. Bandonniere, and Berlioz |
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Description:
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Dramatic
legend in four parts |
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Notes:
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Based
on Goethe's Faust |
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Time
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Medieval |
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Place:
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Hungary,
Northern Germany, The Abyss, Heaven |
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Premiere
Date:
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December 6,
1846 |
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Premiere
Location:
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Paris,
Opera-Comique |
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Faust |
Tenor |
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Mephistopheles |
Bass or
Baritone |
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Marguerite |
Mezzo-soprano |
L |
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Brander |
Baritone or
Bass |
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A Soprano
Solo |
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CB |
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Minimum
Chorus:
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48
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Divisi:
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SATB
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Peasants,
Soldiers, Drinkers, Gnomes, Sylphes, Students,
Will-o-the-Wisps,
Neighbors, Demons, Celestial Spirits |
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Opera:
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DEAD
MAN WALKING
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Orig.
Language:
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English
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Composer
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Jake
Heggie
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Librettist
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Terrence
McNally (based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
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Description:
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Opera
in II Acts (with Prelude)
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Notes:
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Commissioned
by San Francisco Opera
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Time
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Place:
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Hope
House, Angola State Penitentiary, Court House, Etc.
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Premiere
Date:
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November
2000
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Premiere
Location:
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San
Francisco Opera
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Sister
Helen Prejean
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Mezzo
Soprano
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L
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Joseph
de Rocher
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Baritone
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L
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Mrs.
Patrick de Rocher
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Mezzo
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F
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Sister
Rose
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Soprano
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F
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George
Benton
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Bass-Baritone
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S
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Father
Grenville
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Tenor
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S
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Owen
Hart
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Baritone
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S
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Kitty
Hart
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Soprano
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S
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Howard
Boucher
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Tenor
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S
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Jade
Boucher
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Mezzo
Soprano
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S
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Motorcycle
Cop
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Baritone
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B
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Prison
Guard #1
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Baritone
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B
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Prison
Guard #1
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Baritone
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B
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Older
Brother to Joseph
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Tenor
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B
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Younger
Brother to Joseph
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Tenor
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B
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Teenage
Girl
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Actress
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B
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Teenage
Boy
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Actor
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B
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A
Paralegal
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Speaking
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B
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Sister
Catherine
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Soprano
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CB
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Sister
Lillianne
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Mezzo
Soprano
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CB
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First
Mother
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Mezzo
Soprano
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CB
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Mrs.
Charlton
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mezzo
Soprano
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CB
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Jimmy
(from Children's Chorus)
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Speaking
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CB
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Anthony
de Rocher (Actor)
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Silent
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A Nurse
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Silent
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Five
Solo Inmates
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CB
(each)
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Minimum
Chorus:
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32
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Divisi:
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S A T B
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Men's
Chorus - Inmates
Women's
Chorus - Mothers and Sisters
Children's
Chorus |
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Opera:
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Death
in Venice
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Britten
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Librettist
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Myfanwy Piper
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts
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Notes:
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Libretto after story by Thomas Mann
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Time:
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1911
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Place:
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Munich, Venice, and the Lido
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Premiere Date:
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June 16, 1973
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Premiere Location:
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At the Maltings during Aldeburgh Festival
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Gustav Von Aschenbach, a novelist
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Tenor
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L
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(The following 7 roles are performed by same
Artist = L)
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L
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The Traveler
The Elderly FOP
The Old Gondolier
The Hotel Manager
The Hotel Barber
Leader of the Strolling Players
The Voice of Dionysus
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Bass-Baritone
Bass-Baritone
Bass-Baritone
Bass-Baritone
Bass-Baritone
Bass-Baritone
Bass-Baritone
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The Voice of Apollo
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Counter-Tenor
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S
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DANCERS/MIME
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The Polish Mother (Lady of the Pearls)
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Mime
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Tadzio, her son
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Mime
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Her Two Daughters
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Dancers
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Their Governess
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Mime
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Jaschiu, Tadzio’s friend
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Dancer
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DRAMATIC CHARACTERS
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Hotel Porter
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Tenor
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B
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Strawberry-Seller
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Soprano
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B
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English Clerk at the Travel Bureau
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Baritone
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B
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Danish Lady
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Soprano
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CB
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Street Singer - Strolling player
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Soprano
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CB
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Russian Mother
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Soprano
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CB
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English Lady
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Soprano
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CB
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Lace-Seller
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Soprano
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CB
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French Girl
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Soprano
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CB
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Newspaper-Seller
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Soprano
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CB
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Street Singer - Strolling Player
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Tenor
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CB
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Glass-Seller
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Tenor
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CB
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Two Gondoliers
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Tenors
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CB (each)
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Two Americans
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Tenors
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CB (each)
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Steward
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Baritone
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CB
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Lido Boatman
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Baritone
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CB
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Guide
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Baritone
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CB
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Hotel Waiter
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Baritone
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CB
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Restaurant Waiter
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Baritone
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CB
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German Father
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Baritone
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CB
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Gondolier
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Baritone
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CB
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Polish Father
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Baritone
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CB
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Russian Father
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Bass
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CB
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Priest in St. Mark’s
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Bass
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CB
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Flower-Seller
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Soprano
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CB
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Tourist Woman
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Soprano
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CB
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Two Venetian Shop-Girls
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Mezzo Sopranos
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CB (each)
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Six Young Boys on Boat to Venice
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3 Tenors, 3 Baritones
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CB
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Post-Card Seller
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Tenor
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CB
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Photographer
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Baritone
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CB
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6 Tourists
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Sops, Mezzo, Tenors, Baritone, Bass
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CB (each)
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Minimum Chorus:
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36
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Divisi:
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Notes #2:
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***All above solo roles classified as CB are
taken from the Chorus.
Other Venetians, Hotel Guests, and Waiters,
Gondoliers and Boatman, Choir in St. Mark’s Tourists, Followers
of Dionysus, Street Vendors, Beggars, Youths and Girls, guides,
etc.
**Dancers, and Mime also include the
following: Other Boys
and Girls, Beach Attendants, Strolling Players, Children who play
on the Beach, Polish and Russian Children, etc.
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Description:
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Opera
in Prologue and II Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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October
1985
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Place:
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Italian
Cruse Liner Achila Lauro
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Premiere
Date:
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March
19, 1991
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Premiere
Location:
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Theatre
Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels,
Belgium
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