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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

Agrippina

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Agrippina   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : the wife of Emperor Claudio, mother of Nerone
• Arias : L'alma mia frà le tempeste, Non hò cor che per armarti, Pensieri, voi mi tormentate, Ogni vento ch'al porto lo spinga, Se vuoi pace

Alcina

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Alcina   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : a sorceress, sister of Morgana
• Role Created By : Anna Strada
• Arias : Tornami a vagheggiar, Ah, mio cor!, Ah! Ruggiero crudel…Ombre pallide, Mi restano le lagrime

Alzira

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Alzira   Language : Italian
• Composer : Giuseppe Verdi
• Description : Ataliba's daughter
• Arias : Da Gusman sul fragil barca, Nell'astro più che fulgido

Zerbinetta

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Ariadne auf Naxos   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : a member of a commedia dell'arte group
• Arias : Großmächtige Prinzessin…So war es mit Pagliazzo

Dalinda

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Ariodante   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : a lady of the court, Ginevra's friend
• Role Created By : Maria Negri
• Arias : Apri le lucì, Neghittosi or voi che fate?

Silvia

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Ascanio in Alba   Language : Italian
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : a nymph who is the descendant of Hercules
• Arias : Si, ma d'un altro amore, Come è felice stato, Spiega il desio le pinme, Infelici affetti miei

Venus

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Ascanio in Alba   Language : Italian
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : the goddess of Love
• Arias : L'ombra de rami tuoi, Al chiaror di que' bei rai

Cunegonde

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Candide   Language : English
• Composer : Leonard Bernstein
• Description : daughter of a Baron
• Arias : Glitter and be gay

Madame Silberklang

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Der Schauspieldirektor   Language : German
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : a singer
• Role Created By : Katherina Cavalieri
• Arias : Bester Jüngling

Rosalinda

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Die Fledermaus   Language : German
• Composer : Johann Strauss
• Description : Gabriel von Eisenstein's wife
• Arias : Mein Herr, was dächten Sie von mir, Klänge der Heimat

Marguerite

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Faust   Language : French
• Composer : Charles-François Gounod
• Description : a young woman
• Arias : Je voudrais bien savoir...Il était un Roi de Thulé, The Jewel Song ("Ah, je ris de me voir"), The Spinning Wheel Song ("Elles se cachaient...Il ne revient pas")

Sesto

• Voice Part : soprano|tenor   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Giulio Cesare   Language :
• Composer :
• Description : son of Cornelia and Pompey
• Role Created By : Margherita Durastanti

Mathilde

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura, dramatic coloratura
• Opera : Guillaume Tell   Language : French
• Composer : Gioacchino Rossini
• Description : an Austrian Princess in the house of Hapsburg
• Arias : Sombre föret, Pour notre amour…Sur la rive étrangère

Ophélie

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Hamlet   Language : French
• Composer : Ambroise Thomas
• Description : daughter of Polonius
• Role Created By : Christine Nilsson
• Arias : Adieu, dit-il, ayez foi!, Partagez-vous mes fleurs, Pâle et blonde

Giulietta

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : I Capuletti ed i Montecchi   Language :
• Composer :
• Description : daughter of Capellio and lover of Romeo
• Role Created By : Carradori-Allan

Elvira Walton

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : I Puritani   Language : Italian
• Composer : Vincenzo Bellini
• Description : the daughter of Lord Walton
• Role Created By : Giulia Grisi
• Arias : Qui la voce...Vien, diletto, Son vergin vezzosa

Ilia

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura
• Opera : Idomeneo   Language : Italian
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : daughter of King Priam of Troy
• Arias : Padre, germani, addio, Se il padre perdei, Zeffiretti lusinghieri

Elisa

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura, soubrette
• Opera : Il Rè Pastore   Language : Italian
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : noble Phoenician girl, in love with Amintas
• Arias : Alla selva, Barbaro, oh Dio!

Tamyris

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric coloratura, soubrette
• Opera : Il Rè Pastore   Language : Italian
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : princess disguised as a shepherdess, in love with Agenor
• Arias : Di tante sue procelle, Se tu di me fai dono