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The Composer

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano|soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo, lyric mezzo
• Opera : Ariadne auf Naxos   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : the composer of the opera being performed within this opera
• Arias : Sein wir wieder gut

Amneris

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Aïda   Language : Italian
• Composer : Giuseppe Verdi
• Description : the daughter of the King of Egypt
• Arias : L'abborrita rivale...Già i sacerdoti adunansi

The Innkeeper

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Boris Godunov   Language : Russian
• Composer : Modest Mussorgsky
• Description : none
• Arias : Song of the Drake (Pai mala ja siza selyeznja)

Carmen

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo, dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Carmen   Language : French
• Composer : Georges Bizet
• Description : a gypsy
• Arias : Habanera ("L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"), Seguidilla ("Près des ramparts de Séville"), Card Aria ("En vain pour éviter"), Les tringles des sistres tintaient

Fricka

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Das Rheingold   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : goddess of marriage, wife of Wotan

The Sorceress

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Dido and Aeneas   Language : English
• Composer : Henry Purcell
• Description : An evil sorceress
• Arias : Our next motion

Second Norn

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Die Götterdämmerung   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : daughter of Erda

Waltraute

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Die Götterdämmerung   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : a Valkyrie

Brigitta

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : contralto, dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Die Tote Stadt   Language : German
• Composer : Erich Korngold
• Description : Paul's housekeeper

Fricka

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Die Walküre   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : wife of Wotan, mother of Siegmund and Sieglinde

Princess Eboli

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Don Carlos   Language : Italian|French
• Composer : Giuseppe Verdi
• Description : lady in waiting to the Queen of Spain
• Role Created By : Pauline Gueymard-Lauters
• Arias : Au palais des fées (Nei giardin del bello), O don fatale (O don fatal)

Tigrana

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Edgar   Language : Italian
• Composer : Giacomo Puccini
• Description : a woman in love with Edgar, adopted daughter of Gualtiero
• Arias : Tu il cuor mi strazi

Klytämnestra (Clytemnestra)

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Elektra   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : the widow of Agamemnon, mother of Elektra, Chrysothemis, and Orestes
• Role Created By : Mme Schumann-Heink

Mrs. Quickly

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Falstaff   Language : Italian
• Composer : Giuseppe Verdi
• Description : servant of Dr. Caius
• Role Created By : Giuseppina Pasqua

Zita

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano|contralto   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Gianni Schicchi   Language : Italian
• Composer : Giacomo Puccini
• Description : cousin of the deceased Buoso Donati, called "la Vecchia"

Gertrude

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Hamlet   Language : French
• Composer : Ambroise Thomas
• Description : Queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother
• Role Created By : Gueymard
• Arias : Dans son regard plus sombre

Hérodiade

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Hérodiade   Language : French
• Composer : Jules Massenet
• Description : wife of Hérode and mother of Salomé
• Role Created By : Mme. Deschamps
• Arias : Hérode! Ne me refuse pas

Rosa Mamai

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : L'Arlesiana   Language : Italian
• Composer : Francesco Cilèa
• Description : mother of Federico and L'Innocente
• Arias : Era un giorno di festa, Esser madre è un inferno

Laura

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : La Gioconda   Language : Italian
• Composer : Amilcare Ponchielli
• Description : wife of Laura
• Arias : Stella del marinar!

Voice of Antonia's mother

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Les Contes d'Hoffmann   Language : French
• Composer : Jacques Offenbach
• Description : none