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Opera:
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Vanessa
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer:
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Barber
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Librettist:
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Gian-Carlo Menotti
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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts
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Time:
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The 1900s
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Place:
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A Northern Country
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Premiere Date:
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January 15, 1958
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Premiere Location:
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New York.
Metropolitan Opera
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Vanessa
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Soprano
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L
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Erika
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Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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Anatol
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Tenor
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L
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The Old Baroness
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Contralto
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F
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The Doctor
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Baritone
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F
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The Major-Domo
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Bass-Baritone
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S
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A Footman
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Tenor
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CB
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The Young Pastor
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Mute
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Minimum Chorus:
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24
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Divisi:
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SSAATTBB
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Opera:
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Vespri
Siciliani, I
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Les
Vêpres Siciliennes
(The Sicilian Vespers)
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Orig. Language:
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French
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Composer:
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Verdi
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Librettist:
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Scribe & Charles Duveyrier
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Description:
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Opera in V Acts, both the French and Italian
versions
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Notes:
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Originally “Giovanna di Guzman”: Italian version of “Les Vepres Siciliennes”.
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Time:
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1282
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Place:
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Palermo
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Premiere Date:
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June 13, 1855 (French) & December 26,
1855 (Italian)
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Premiere Location:
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Paris Opera (6/13/55).
Parma (12/26/55)
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Dutchess Elena (Helene)
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Soprano
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L
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Arrigo (Henri)
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Tenor
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L
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Guido di Monforte (Monfort)
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Baritone
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L
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Giovanni da Procida
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Bass
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L
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Danieli
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Tenor
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S
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Ninetta
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Soprano
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S
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Roberto (Robert)
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Bass
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S
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Tebaldo (Thibault)
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Tenor
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S
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De Bethune
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Bass
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S
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Count Vaudemont
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Bass
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S
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Manfredo
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Tenor
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S
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Minimum Chorus:
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60
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Sicilians, French Soldiers, Young Men and
Girls, French Noblemen, Sicilian Ladies, Masked Men and Women,
Palace Officers, French Ladies, Penitents, Monks (within) the
People, Knights, Maidens
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Ballet in Act III
- "The Four Seasons"
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Divisi:
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SATB
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Opera:
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Vida
Breve, La
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Orig. Language:
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Spanish
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Composer:
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De Falla
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Librettist:
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Carlos Fernandez Shaw
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Description:
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Opera in II Acts
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Notes:
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Originally I Act
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Time:
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c.1900
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Place:
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Granada
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Premiere Date:
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April 4, 1913
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Premiere Location:
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Nice. Casino
Municipal
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Salud
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Soprano
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L
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Paco
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Tenor
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L
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The Grandmother
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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A Singer
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Baritone
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S
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Uncle Sarvaor
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Bass-Baritone
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F
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Manuel
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Baritone
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S
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Carmela
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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A Voice in the Forge
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Tenor
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S
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A Distant Voice
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Tenor
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B
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Voice of a Street-Seller
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Tenor
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CB
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Street-Sellers
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1 Mezzo, 2 Sopranos
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CB
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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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VIEW
FROM THE BRIDGE, A
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Orig.
Language:
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English
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Composer
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William
Bolcom
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Librettist
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Arthur
Miller
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Description:
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Opera
in ? Acts
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Notes:
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Time
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Place:
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New
York City
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Premiere
Date:
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Premiere
Location:
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Lyric
Opera of Chicago
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Role
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Voice
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Classification
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Eddie
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Baritone
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L
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Beratrice
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Soprano
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L
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Catherine
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Soprano
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L
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Rodolfo
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L
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Alfieri
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F
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Marco
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F
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Tony
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S
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Louis
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S
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1st
Customs Officer
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S
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2nd
Customs Officer
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S
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Mike
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B
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A
Woman
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Mezzo
Soprano
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CB
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Soprano
(pp 62/63)
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CB
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Baritone
(p 10P
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CB
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Minimum
Chorus:
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32
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Divisi:
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SATB
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Opera:
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Village
Romeo and Juliet, A
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Orig. Language:
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English
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Composer:
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Delius
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Librettist:
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Delius and Jelka Delius (composers wife)
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Description:
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Lyric Drama in Six Scenes - or in Prologue
and Three Acts
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Notes:
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Text after Gottfried Keller’s “Romeo und
Julia auf dem Dorfe”
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Time:
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Mid-19th Century. Six years elapse between the first and second scenes
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Place:
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Seldwyla, Switzerland
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Premiere Date:
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February 21, 1907
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Premiere Location:
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Berlin.
Komische Oper
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Vreli (as a Woman)
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Soprano
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L
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Sali (as a Man)
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Tenor
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L
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The Dark Fiddler
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Baritone
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F
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Manz
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Baritone
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S
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Marti
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Baritone
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S
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First & Second Peasants
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Baritones
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B
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1st, 2nd, 3rd
Women
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1 Mezzo, 2 Sopranos
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B
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Gingerbread Woman
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Soprano
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B
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Wheel-of-Fortune Woman
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Soprano
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B
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Cheap Jewelry Woman
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Mezzo-Soprano
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