Orig. Language: English
Composer: Menotti
Librettist: Menotti
Description: Opera in III Acts
Notes:
Time: After World War II
Place: Somewhere in Europe
Premiere Date: March 1, 1950
Premiere Location: Philadelphia
|
Role |
Voice Part |
Class |
|
John Sorel |
Baritone |
L |
|
Magda Sorel, his wife |
Soprano |
L |
|
The Secretary |
Mezzo Soprano |
L |
|
The Mother |
Contralto |
F |
|
Secret Police Agent |
Bass |
F |
|
Nika Magadoff (The Magician) |
Tenor |
F |
|
Mr. Kofner |
Bass-Baritone |
S |
|
The Foreign Woman |
Soprano |
S |
|
*Anna Gomez |
Soprano |
S |
|
*Vera Boronel |
Contralto |
S |
|
First Plain-Clothes-Man |
Silent |
B |
|
Second Plain-Clothes-Man |
Silent |
B |
|
Assan, friend of John Sorel |
Baritone |
B |
|
Voice on the Record |
Soprano |
B |
Minimum Chorus: No chorus
Cosi Fan Tutte or La Scuola Degli Amanti
Orig. Language: Italian
Composer: Mozart
Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte
Description: Opera buffa in II Acts
Notes:
Time: Late 18 th Century
Place: Naples, Italy
Premiere Date: January 26, 1790
Premiere Location: Vienna. Burg Theatre
|
Role |
Voice Part |
Class |
|
Fiordiligi |
Soprano |
L |
|
Dorabella, her sister |
Soprano |
L |
|
Ferrando, her fiance |
Tenor |
L |
|
Guglielmo, engaged to Fiordiligi |
Baritone |
L |
|
Don Alfonso |
Baritone |
L |
|
Despina, maid to Fiordiligi & Dorabella |
Soprano |
L |
Minimum Chorus: 12 (SATB)
La Cenerentola
Orig. Language: Italian
Composer: Rossini
Librettist: Jacopo Ferretti
Description: Opera in II Acts
Notes: Text founded on EtienneŐs libretto for IsouardŐs Cendrillon, 1810
Time:
Place:
Premiere Date: January 25, 1817
Premiere Location: Rome, Teatro Valle
|
Role |
Voice Part |
Class |
|
Angelina (Cinderella) |
Mezzo-Soprano or Contralto |
L |
|
Don Ramiro, Prince of Salerno |
Tenor |
L |
|
Dandini, his valet |
Bass-Baritone |
L |
|
Don Magnifico, Baron of Mountflagon |
Buffo-Bass |
L |
|
Clorinda, his daughter |
Soprano |
F (S if aria is not performed) |
|
Thisbe, his daughter |
Mezzo Soprano |
S |
|
Alidoro, a philosopher |
Bass |
S (F if aria is performed) |
Minimum Chorus: 12 (TB)
Orig. Language: Italian
Composer: Puccini
Librettist: Giuseppe Adami
Description: Opera in I Act
Notes: Giuseppe Adami after Didier Gold
Time: Early 20th Century
Place: The Seine, in Paris
Premiere Date: December 14, 1918
Premiere Location: New York, Metropolitan Opera
|
Role |
Voice Part |
Class |
|
Michele |
Baritone |
L |
|
Luigi |
Tenor |
L |
|
Giorgetta |
Soprano |
L |
|
Talpa |
Bass |
F |
|
Frugola |
Mezzo-Soprano |
F |
|
Tinca |
Tenor |
S |
|
A Song Vendor |
Tenor |
B |
|
Male Lover |
Tenor |
B |
|
Female Lover |
Soprano |
B |
Minimum Chorus: 18 (SSTBrBs)
Orig. Language: Italian
Composer: Leoncavallo
Librettist: Leoncavallo
Description: Opera in Prologue and II Acts
Notes:
Time The Feast of the Assumption, about 1865-70
Place: Montalto, in Calabria
Premiere: Date: May 21, 1892
|
Role |
Voice Part |
Class |
|
Canio |
Tenor |
L |
|
Nedda |
Soprano |
L |
|
Tonio |
Baritone |
L |
|
Silvio |
Baritone |
F |
|
Beppe-Harlequin |
Tenor |
S |
|
1st Peasant |
Baritone |
CB |
|
2nd Peasant |
Tenor |
CB |
Minimum Chorus: 24 (SATB) + ChildrenŐs Chorus