| Lyric Mezzo-Soprano Roles |
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| Opera |
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| Preziosilla |
| Composer |
| Dorabella |
| Nicklausse (pants) |
| Suzuki |
| Cherubino (pants) |
| Eduige |
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| "Enigma", DOMAINE TERRA ROUGE, California, 2000
Aromas suggest wild flower honey and acacia blossom with hints of tangerine and papaya. Flavors are creamy with peach, apple and quince sensations competing for your taste buds. The finish is crisp with a classic white Rhone stone (peach) fruit pit flavors intermingled with mineral tones from this rocky site. |
| Lyric mezzo--this voice type was often used, especially in the 19th century, to portray older women, mothers, witches and evil characters. Verdi made much of this voice type: Azucena (Il trovatore), Eboli (Don Carlos) and Amneris (Aida) are all dramatic mezzo roles. In the French literature Carmen stands out. Lighter mezzo roles exist in the German repertoire, like Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (although the role is sung in Italian), Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and the Composer in Ariadne. Heavier mezzo roles, true dramatic mezzo roles, in the German repertoire include Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde, Kundry in Parsifal (although sometimes sung by a soprano) and Klytemnästra in Elektra. |
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| Idamante (pants) |
| Ariodante (pants) |
| Béatrice |
| Werther |
| Charlotte |
| Massenet |
| Ginevra |
| Isabella |
| Marq. de Birkenfeld |
| Olga |
| Ruggiero |
| Siebel |
| Count Octavian (pants) |
| Didon |
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