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Opera:
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Macbeth
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Verdi
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Librettist
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Piave and Andrea Maffei
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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts
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Notes:
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Text based on Shakespeare’s play
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Time
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1040
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Place:
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Scotland
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Premiere Date:
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March 14, 1847
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Premiere Location:
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Florence.
Teatro della Pergola
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Macbeth
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Baritone
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L
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Lady Macbeth
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Soprano
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L
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Banquo
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Bass
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F
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Macduff
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Tenor
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F
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Lady-In-Waiting
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Soprano or Mezzo Soprano
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S
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Malcolm
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Tenor
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S
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Doctor
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Bass
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B
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Duncan
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Mute
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First Apparition (a warrior)
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Baritone
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B
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2nd Apparition (a bloodychild)
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Soprano
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B
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3rd Apparition (a crowned child)
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Soprano
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B
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Fleance
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Mute
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MB
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Assassin
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Bass
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CB
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Herald
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Bass
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CB
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Valet
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Bass
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CB
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Opera:
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Madama
Butterfly
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer
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Puccini
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Librettist
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Giacosa and Illica
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text after David Belasco’s play on John
Luther’s story
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Time
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Early 20th Century
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Place:
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Nagasaki, Japan
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Premiere Date:
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February 17, 1904
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Premiere Location:
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Milan.
La Scala
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Cio-Cio-San, Madama Butterfly
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Soprano
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L
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Lt. Pinkerton
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Tenor
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L
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Suzuki
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Sharpless
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Baritone
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F
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Goro
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Tenor
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F
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Prince Yamadori
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Baritone
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S
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The Bonze
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Bass
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S
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The Imperial Commissioner
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Bass
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B
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Kate Pinkerton
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Mezzo-Soprano
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B
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*The Official Registrar
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Baritone
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B
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Yakuside
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Baritone
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CB
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Cousin
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Soprano
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CB
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Mother
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Mezzo-Soprano
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CB
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Aunt
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Mezzo-Soprano
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CB
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Trouble (Cio-Cio-San’s Child)
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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21
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Cio-Cio-San’s Relations, Friends, Servants
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Notes #2
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*The
Official Registrar, although has only one (1) measure, has
been classified as a Solo
Bit, because there are no Basses or Baritones in chorus.
Yakuside
-With Aria (original version.
Drinking song) = B
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Opera:
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MADAME
MAO |
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Orig.
Language:
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English |
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Composer
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Bright Sheng |
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Librettist
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Colin
Graham |
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Description:
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Opera
in II Acts |
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Notes:
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In Act I the
time goes backwards from the Deah of Madame Mao to her time as a young
actress. In Act II the time goes forward from her first encounter
with Mao to her death. |
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Time
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During
the period of the Cultural Revolution of China |
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Place:
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China |
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Premiere
Date:
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July 26, 2003 |
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Premiere
Location:
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Santa Fe
Operal, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA |
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Classification |
Jiang
Ching I (Mme. Mao) |
Mezzo-Soprano |
L |
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Jiang China
II (Mme. Mao in her 20s)
also plays Nora (Act I) and
Mu Guiying (in Chinese Opera Scenes) |
High
Soprano |
L |
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Mao Zedong |
Baritone |
L |
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Zhizhen
also sings Actress (Act I)
and
Yang Paifeng (in Chinese Opera Scenes) |
Soprano |
F |
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The
Actor
also plays Helmer (Act I)
and
Victim #3 and
Emperor Gao (in Chinese Opera Scenes) |
Tenor |
F |
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The
Accusers
also sing The Committee and
The Victims (An Actress plays Victim 3)
and Another Man
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Soprano |
S |
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Soprano |
S |
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Tenor |
S |
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Tenor
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S
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Baritone
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S
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Baritone
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S
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Bass
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S
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Bass
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S
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Minimum
Chorus:
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32
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(as
indicated in score) |
| Dancers |
4
men - 4 Women |
(as
indicated in score) |
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Opera:
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Mahogonny,
Aufstieg Und Fall Der Stadt
(The
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny)
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Orig. Language:
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German
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Composer
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Weill
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Librettist
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Bertolt Brecht
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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Present-Abstract
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Place:
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A City of Pleasure called “Mahogonny”
founded in America
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Premiere Date:
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March 9, 1930
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Premiere Location:
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Leipzig
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Leokadja Begbick (Mrs.)
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Mezzo or Contralto
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L
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Jenny
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Soprano
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L
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Jim Mahoney
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Tenor
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L
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Fatty the Bookkeeper
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Tenor
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F
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Trinity Moses
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Baritone
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F
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Jake (Jack) Schmidt
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Tenor
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F
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Pennybank Bill
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Baritone
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F
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Alaska-Wolf Joe
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Bass
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F
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Six (6) Maidens of Mahagonny
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3 Sopranos, 3 Mezzo-Sopranos
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S
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Toby Higgins
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Tenor
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B
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A Woman’s Voice (Act II)
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Soprano
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CB
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Arbeiter (Referee – Act II)
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Tenor
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CB
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A Man
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Bass
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CB
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