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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

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

Nancy

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Albert Herring   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : a baker's helper
• Role Created By : Nancy Evans
• Arias : What would Missus Herring say?

Mrs Herring

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Albert Herring   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : Albert's mother, owner of a grocery store
• Role Created By : Betsy de la Porte

Ruggiero

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : male mezzo-soprano, lyric mezzo
• Opera : Alcina   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : a knight, betrothed to Bradamante
• Role Created By : Carestini
• Arias : Mi lusinga il dolce affeto, Verdi prati, Stà nell'Ircana pietrosa tana

Bersi

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Andrea Chénier   Language : Italian
• Composer : Umberto Giordano
• Description : Madeleine's maid

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

Arianna

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Arianna   Language : Italian
• Composer : Claudio Monteverdi
• Description : lover of Theseus
• Role Created By : Virginia Andreini
• Arias : Lasciatemi morire (Lamento d'Arianna)

Ginevra

• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Ariodante   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : daughter of the King of Scotland, engaged to Ariodante
• Role Created By : Anna Strada
• Arias : Orrida a gl'occhi miei, Il mio crudel martoro

Ascanio

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Benvenuto Cellini   Language : French
• Composer : Hector Berlioz
• Description : Benvenuto Cellini's apprentice
• Arias : Mais qu'ai-je donc, Cette somme t'est due

Fyodor

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Boris Godunov   Language : Russian
• Composer : Modest Mussorgsky
• Description : son of Boris Godunov
• Arias : Song of the Parrot (Popinka nash sidel)

An Old Nurse

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Boris Godunov   Language : Russian
• Composer : Modest Mussorgsky
• Description : the caretaker for the children of Boris Godunov
• Arias : Song of the Gnat (Kak komar drova pubil)

The Old Lady

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Candide   Language : English
• Composer : Leonard Bernstein
• Description : none
• Arias : I am easily assimilated

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

Mercédès

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Carmen   Language : French
• Composer : Georges Bizet
• Description : a gyspy and friend of Carmen

Lola

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Cavalleria Rusticana   Language : Italian
• Composer : Pietro Mascagni
• Description : Alfio's wife
• Arias : Fior di giaggiolo

Dorabella

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano|soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Così fan tutte   Language : Italian
• Composer : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Description : sister of Fiordiligi and fiancee of Ferrando
• Role Created By : Louise Villeneuve
• Arias : Smanie implacabili, É amore un ladroncello

Count Octavian Rofrano

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Der Rosenkavalier   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : a young nobleman
• Arias : Wie Du warst!

Dido

• Voice Part : soprano|mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo, lyric soprano
• Opera : Dido and Aeneas   Language : English
• Composer : Henry Purcell
• Description : Queen of Carthage
• Arias : Ah Belinda!, Dido's Lament (When I am laid)

Prince Orlofsky

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo
• Opera : Die Fledermaus   Language : German
• Composer : Johann Strauss
• Description : a wealthy Russian
• Arias : Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein