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Opera:
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RADAMISTO
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Orig.
Language:
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Italian |
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Composer
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George
Frederic Handel |
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Librettist
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N.F.
Haym |
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Description:
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Opera
seria
in III Acts
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Notes:
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Adapted
from d. Lalli: L'amor tirannico, o Zenobia
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Time
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Third
Century |
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Place:
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Armenia:
Military camps near Arax River, and royal palace |
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Premiere
Date:
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April
27, 1720 |
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Premiere
Location:
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London,
King's Theatre, Haymarket |
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Role
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Voice
Part
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Classification
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Radamisto
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Soprano
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L
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Zenobia
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Contralto
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L
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Polissena
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Soprano
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L
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Tiridate
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Tenor
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F
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Fraarte
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Soprano
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F
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Tigrante
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Soprano
(or Tenor)
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F
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Farasmane
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Bass
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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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Each
soloists may be assigned to the SATB of the ensemble with Fraarte, the
lowest of the soprano roles joining Zenobia on the Alto line of the
ensemble
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Opera:
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Rake’s
Progress, The
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Stravinsky
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Librettist
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W.H. Auden & Chester Kallman
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Description:
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Opera in III Acts and Epilogue
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Notes:
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Text after Hogarth
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Time
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The 18th Century
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Place:
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England
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Premiere Date:
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September 11, 1951
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Premiere Location:
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Venice.
Teatro La Fenice
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Tom Rakewell
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Tenor
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L
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Ann Trulove
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Soprano
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L
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Nick Shadow
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Bass-Baritone
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L
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Baba the Turk
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Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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Trulove
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Bass
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F
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Mother Goose
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Sellem
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Tenor
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S
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Keeper of the Madhouse
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Bass
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B
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Minimum Chorus:
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18
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Whores and Roaring Boys, Servants, Citizens,
Madmen
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Divisi:
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Opera:
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Rape
of Lucretia, The
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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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Ronald Duncan
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts
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Notes:
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Text from the play by André Obey
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Time
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500 B.C.
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Place:
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In or near Rome
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Premiere Date:
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July 12, 1946
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Premiere Location:
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England.
Glyndebourne
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Male Chorus
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Tenor
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L
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Female Chorus
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Soprano
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L
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Lucretia
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Contralto
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L
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Tarquinius
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Baritone
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L
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Collatinus
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Bass
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F
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Junius
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Baritone
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F
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Bianca
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Lucia
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Soprano
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F
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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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Regina
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer
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Blitzstein
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Librettist
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Blitzstein
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Description:
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Musical Drama in III Acts
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Notes:
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Text based on Lillian Hellman’s play “The
Little Foxes”
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Time
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Place:
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The South, USA
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Premiere Date:
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October 31, 1949
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Premiere Location:
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New York.
46th Street Theatre
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Regina Giddens
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Soprano
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L
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Birdie Hubbard
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Soprano
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L
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Ben Hubbard
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Bass
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L
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Horace Giddens
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Bass-Baritone
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F
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Alexandra Hubbard
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Soprano
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F
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Addie
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Mezzo Soprano
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F
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Oscar Hubbard
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Baritone
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F
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Leo Hubbard
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Tenor
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S
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Cal
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Baritone
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S
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Jabez
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Baritone
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S
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William Marshall
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Tenor
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B
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Manders
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Speaking Part
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CB
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Belle
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Mute
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MB
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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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Rheingold,
Das
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Orig. Language:
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German
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Composer
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Wagner
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Librettist
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Wagner
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Description:
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Prologue in I Act (4 scenes)
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Notes:
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Time
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Legendary
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Place:
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Bed of the Rhein; Mountainous district near
the Rhein; the subterranean caverns of Nibelheim.
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Premiere Date:
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September 22, 1869
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Premiere Location:
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Munich
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Wotan
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Bass-Baritone
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L
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Loge
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Tenor
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L
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Alberich
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Bass-Baritone
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L
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Mime
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Tenor
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F
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Fricka
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Erda
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Contralto
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F
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Fasolt
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Bass-Baritone
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F
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Fafner
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Bass
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F
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Donner
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Bass-Baritone
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S
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Froh
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Tenor
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S
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Freia
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Soprano
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S
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Woglinde
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Soprano
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S
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Welgunde
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Soprano
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S
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Flosshilde
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Mezzo-Soprano
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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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