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Opera:
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Idomeneo,
ré di Creta
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Mozart
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Librettist
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Abbé Giambattista Varesco
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Description:
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Opera seria in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text after French Opera by Campra and Danchet
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Time
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Shortly before the end of the Trojen C. 1200
BC
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Place:
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On the island of Crete, port of Sidon
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Premiere Date:
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January 29, 1781
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Premiere Location:
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Munich.
Court Theatre
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Idomeneo
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Tenor
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L
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Idamante
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Tenor or Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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Ilia
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Soprano
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L
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Elettra
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Soprano
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L
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*Arbace
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Tenor
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F
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High Priest of Neptune
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Tenor
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S
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Voice of Oracle (Neptune)
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Bass
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S
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2 Cretan Girls (Act I, #3, & #9)
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Sopranos
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B
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2 Trojans (Act I, #3, & #9)
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Tenor & Bass
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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36
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People of Crete, Trojan Prisoners, Sailors,
Soldiers, Priests of Neptune.
Dancers.
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Divisi:
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Notes #2:
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*
Arbace is recommended as F.
However, if both his arias are cut, the role would then be
recommended as S.
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Opera:
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Impresario,
The
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(Schauspieldirektor,
Der)
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Orig. Language:
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German
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Composer
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Mozart
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Librettist
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Description:
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Comedy in I Act
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Notes:
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Text based on play by Gottlieb Stephanie, Jr.
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Time
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Place:
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Premiere Date:
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February 7, 1786
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Premiere Location:
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Vienna
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Madame
Herz
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Soprano
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L
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Mlle.
Silberklang
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Soprano
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L
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Herr
Frank (The Impresario)
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Speaking Role
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F
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Herr
Eiler (Vogelsang), replaces Herr Frank as the Impresario in the
end.
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Tenor
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F
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Herr
Buff
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Baritone
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S
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Minimum Chorus:
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No Chorus
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Incoronazione
De Poppea, L’
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(Coronation
of Poppea, The)
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Monteverdi
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Librettist
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G.F. Busenello
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Description:
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Opera in a Prologue and III Acts (Prologue is
sometimes omitted)
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Notes:
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Also In II Acts – Realized by Raymond
Leppard
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Time
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About 55 A.D.
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Place:
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Rome
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Premiere Date:
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1642
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Premiere Location:
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Venice.
Teatro di Santi Giovanni e Paolo (sometimes called Teatro
Grimani a San Giovanni Crisostema)
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Poppea
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Soprano
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L
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Nero,
Emperor of Rome (Nerone)
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Tenor
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L
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Ottavia,
Empress of Rome (Octavia)
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Soprano
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F
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Drusilla,
Lady-in-waiting to Octavia
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Soprano
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F
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Ottone,
Poppea’s former lover (Otho)
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Bass-Baritone
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F
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Seneca,
Elder stateman
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Bass
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F
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Arnalta,
Poppea’s old nurse
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Contralto
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S
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Damigella,
a maid
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Soprano
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S
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Valletto,
young attendant
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Tenor
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S
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Lucano,
Nero’s friend
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Tenor
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S
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Fortuna,
Goddess of Fortune
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Soprano
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S
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Virtu,
Goddess of Virtue
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Soprano
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S
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Amor,
Goddess of Love
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High-Soprano
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S
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Venus
(Act II - Aria)
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Soprano
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S
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Liberto,
Captain of the Guard
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Baritone
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B
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Primo
Soldato (Soldier of the Emperor’s bodyguard)
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Tenor
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B
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Secondo
Soldato (Soldier of the Emperor’s bodyguard)
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Baritone
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B
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Pallade
(Pallas), Goddess of
Wisdom
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Soprano
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B
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Mercury
(Act II)
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Bass
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B
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Littore
(Lictor)
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Bass
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CB
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Minimum Chorus:
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18 (depending on version)
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Soldiers, Disciples of Seneca, Servants,
Consuls, Tribunes, Senators, etc.
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Intermezzo
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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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R. Strauss
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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The 1920’s
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Place:
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Grundlsee and Vienna
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Premiere Date:
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November 4, 1924
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Premiere Location:
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Dresden.
State Opera
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Christine Storch (Die Frau)
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Soprano
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L
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Robert Storch
(Der Mann)
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Baritone
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L
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Anna
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Soprano
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F
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Baron Lummer
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Tenor
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F
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The Notary
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Baritone
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S
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Kapellmeister Stroh
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Tenor
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S
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Commercial Councillor
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Baritone
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S
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Justizrat (Judge)
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Baritone
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S
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Kammersanger (Singer)
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Bass
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S
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Notary’s Wife
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Soprano
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B
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Little Franzl (8 years old)
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Speaking
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B
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Resi
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Speaking
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B
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Therese
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Speaking
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B
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Marie
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Speaking
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B
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The Cook
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Speaking
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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No Chorus
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Iolanthe
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Sullivan
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Librettist
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W.S. Gilbert
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Description:
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Comic Opera in II Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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Between 1700 and 1882
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Place:
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An Arcadian landscape & Palace Yard,
Westminster
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Premiere Date:
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November 25, 1882
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Premiere Location:
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London.
Savoy
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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