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Theseus

• Voice Part : bass
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : Duke of Athens, engaged to Hippolyta
• Role Created By : Roger Stalman

Bottom

• Voice Part : bass-baritone   Fach : lyric bass
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a weaver
• Role Created By : Forbes Robinson
• Arias : When my cue comes, call me

Hermia

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : in love with Lysander
• Role Created By : Marjorie Thomas

Flute

• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : lyric tenor
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a bellows-maker
• Role Created By : Peter Pears

Oberon

• Voice Part : counter-tenor|contralto   Fach : male contralto
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : the King of the Fairies
• Role Created By : Alfred Deller
• Arias : I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Flower of this purple dye

Starveling

• Voice Part : baritone
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a tailor
• Role Created By : Joseph Ward

Quince

• Voice Part : bass
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a carpenter
• Role Created By : Norman Lumsden

Puck

• Voice Part : spoken
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : Tytania's servant
• Role Created By : Nicholas Chagrin

Tytania

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : the Queen of the Fairies
• Role Created By : Jennifer Vyvyan
• Arias : Be kind and courteous

Lysander

• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : lyric tenor
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : in love with Hermia
• Role Created By : George Maran

Hippolyta

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : Queen of the Amazons, engaged to Theseus
• Role Created By : Johanna Peters

Snout

• Voice Part : tenor
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a tinker
• Role Created By : Edward Byles

Snug

• Voice Part : bass
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a joiner
• Role Created By : David Kelly

Demetrius

• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : lyric baritone
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : in love with Hermia
• Role Created By : Thomas Hemsley

Helena

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : in love with Demetrius
• Role Created By : Joan Carlyle
• Arias : I am your spaniel, Injurious Hermia

Princesse de Bouillon

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Adriana Lecouvreur   Language : Italian
• Composer : Francesco Cilèa
• Description : wife of the Prince de Bouillon
• Role Created By : Edvige Ghibaudo
• Arias : Acerba voluttà…O vagabonda stella

Mademoiselle Dangeville

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano
• Opera : Adriana Lecouvreur   Language : Italian
• Composer : Francesco Cilèa
• Description : actress in the Comédie-Française

Adriana Lecouvreur

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : spinto
• Opera : Adriana Lecouvreur   Language : Italian
• Composer : Francesco Cilèa
• Description : the star of the Comédie-Française
• Role Created By : Angelica Pandolfini
• Arias : Io son l'umile ancella, Poveri fiori

Michonnet

• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Opera : Adriana Lecouvreur   Language : Italian
• Composer : Francesco Cilèa
• Description : the manager of the Comédie-Française
• Role Created By : Giuseppe de Luca
• Arias : Ecco il monologo

Quinault

• Voice Part : bass
• Opera : Adriana Lecouvreur   Language : Italian
• Composer : Francesco Cilèa
• Description : actor in the Comédie-Française