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Opera:
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Walküre,
Die
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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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Music Drama in III Acts
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Notes:
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Time:
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Legendary
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Place:
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Interior of Hunding’s hut; a rocky height;
the peak of a rocky mountain (the Brunnhilde Rock)
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Premiere Date:
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June 26, 1870
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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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Siegmund
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Tenor
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L
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Wotan
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Bass-Baritone
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L
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Sieglinde
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Soprano
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L
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Brunnhilde
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Soprano
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L
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Fricka
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Mezzo-Soprano
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L
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Hunding
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Bass
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F
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Eight (8)
Valkyries:
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Gerhilde
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Soprano
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Helmvige
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Soprano
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S |
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Ortlinde
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Soprano
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S |
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Waltraute
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Contralto
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S |
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Rossweisse
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Mezzo or Soprano
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S |
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Siegrune
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S |
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Grimgerde
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S |
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Schwertleite
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Contralto
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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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Wally,
La
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Orig. Language:
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Italian
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Composer:
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Catalini
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Librettist:
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Luigi Illica
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Description:
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Opera in IV Acts
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Notes:
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Text after Wilhelmine von Hillern’s “Die
Geyer-Wally”
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Time:
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1800
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Place:
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Tyrol
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Premiere Date:
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January 20, 1892
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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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Wally
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Soprano
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L
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Giuseppe Hagenbach of Solden
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Tenor
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L
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Vincenzo Gellner of Hochstoff
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Baritone
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L
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Walter
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Soprano
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F
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Afra
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Contralto
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F
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Stromminger
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Bass
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S
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Il Pedone de Schnals (Wanderer)
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Bass
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S
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Minimum Chorus:
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36
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Divisi:
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Double SATB Chorus, plus TTBB Hunters
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Notes #2:
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*Stromminger/Il
Pedone de Schnals – may be performed by one Artist (if
desired). Recommended
classification = Feature.
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Opera:
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War
and Peace
(VoIna y Mir)
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Orig. Language:
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Russian
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Composer:
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Prokofiev
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Librettist:
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Prokofiev and Mira Mendelson
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Description:
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Opera in 13 scenes, Overture and Epigraph
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Notes:
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Text after Leo Tolstoy
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Time:
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1806-1812
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Place:
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Russia – Otradnoye, Petersburg, Moscow,
Borodino, Fili, & near Smolensk.
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Premiere Date:
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June 7, 1945 (orig. cut). April 1, 1955 (final version)
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Premiere Location:
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Moscow, 1945.
Leningrad, 1955
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Role
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Voice Part
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Classification
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Prince Andrei Bolkonsky – Scs. 1,2,8,12
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Baritone
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L
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Natalya Rostova (Natasha) – Scs.
1,2,3,4,6,12
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Soprano
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L
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Count Pyotr Bezukhov (Pierre) – Scs.
2,6,7,8,11,13
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Tenor
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L
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Maria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova – Scs. 2,6
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Mezzo-Soprano
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F
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Count Ilya Andreievich Rostov – Scs. 2,3,4
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Bass
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F
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Helene Bezukhova – Scs. 2,4,7
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Contralto
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F
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Prince Anatol Kuragin – Scs. 2,4,5,6,7
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Tenor
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F
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Dolokhov – Scs. 2,5,6,13
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Bass
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F
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Prince Mikhail Kutuzov – Scs. 8,10,13
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Bass
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L
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Napoleon Bonaparte – Scs. 9,11
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Baritone
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F
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Sonya – Scs. 1,2,4,6
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Princess Marya Bolkonskaya – Sc.3
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky – Sc. 3
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Bass-Baritone
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S
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Dunyasha – Scs. 6,11,13
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Soprano
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S
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Colonel Vasska Denisov – Scs. 7,8,13
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Bass-Baritone
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S
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Tikhon Scherbatsky – Scs. 8,13
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Bass
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S
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Fyodor – Scs. 8,13
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Tenor
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S
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The Old Vasilisa – Scs. 8,13
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Mezzo-Soprano
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S
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Matveyev – Scs. 8,11
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Baritone
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S
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Madame Peronskaya – Sc.2
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Soprano
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S
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Platon Karataev – Scs. 11,13
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Tenor
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S
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Marshal Berthier – Sc. 9
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Bass-Baritone
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S
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Host (at the ball) – Sc. 2
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Tenor
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B
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Balaga – Sc. 5
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Bass
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B
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Matriosha – Sc. 5
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Contralto
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B
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Metivier – Sc. 7
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Baritone
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B
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Adjutant to General Compans – Sc. 9
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Tenor
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B
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Adjutant to Marshall Murat – Sc. 9
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Contralto
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B
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Adjutant to Prince Eugene – Sc. 9
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Tenor
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B
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Monsieur de Beausset – Sc. 9
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Tenor
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B
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General Bennigsen – Sc. 10
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Bass
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B
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General Barclay de Tolly – Sc. 10
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Tenor
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B
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General Yermolov – Sc. 10
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Bass
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B
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General Rayevsky – Sc. 10
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Baritone
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B
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Choir Leader (off-stage solo) – Sc. 10
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Baritone
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B (23 meas.)
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Captain Ramballe – Scs. 11,13
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Bass
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B
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Lieutenant Bonnet – Scs. 11,13
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Tenor
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B
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Jacque
– Sc. 11
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Bass
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B
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Gerard – Sc.11
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Tenor
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B
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Young Factory Worker – Sc. 11
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Tenor or Baritone
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B
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Shopkeeper – Sc. 11
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Soprano
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B
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Mavra Kusminitchna – Sc. 11
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Contralto
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B
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Ivanov – Sc. 11
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Tenor
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B
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Marshal Davout – Sc. 11
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Bass
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B
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A French Officer – Scs. 11,13
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Baritone
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B
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Old Valet – (to Prince Bolkonsky)
(No chorus on stage – Sc. 3)
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Baritone
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B (few
lines)
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Major-Domo (to Prince Bolkonsky)
(No chorus on stage – Sc. 3)
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Bass
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B (few
lines)
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Housemaid (to Prince Bolkonsky)
(No chorus on stage – Sc. 3)
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Mezzo-Soprano
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B (few
lines)
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Gavrilla (Akhrosimova’s butler)
(No chorus on stage – Sc. 6)
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Bass
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B (few
lines)
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General Belliard – Sc. 9
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Bass-Baritone
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B
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Adjutant to Kutuzov (Kaizarov)
– Scs. 8,13
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Tenor
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B
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Lackey (at the ball) – Sc. 2
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Tenor
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CB (5 meas.)
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A French Abbe – Sc. 7
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Tenor
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CB (2 meas.)
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Trishka – Sc. 8
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Contralto
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CB (5 meas.)
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