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| | |Countess Rosina Almaviva||soprano | | |Countess Rosina Almaviva||soprano |
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| − | |Susanna||soprano | + | |Susanna her maid,<br />''bethrothed to Figaro''||soprano |
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| − | |Figaro||bass-baritone | + | |Figaro valet to Count Almaviva||bass-baritone |
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| − | |Cherubino,<br />''the Count's page''||mezzo-soprano<ref>Though the character is a young man, Cherubino has traditionally been sung by a mezzo-soprano. This is known in opera as a "pants role," which means that the audience accepted the character as a man while knowing full well that the singer was a woman. In ''Figaro'' Mozart plays with this convention by having Cherubino dress as a woman in Act II.</ref> | + | |Cherubino the Count's page||mezzo-soprano<ref>Though the character is a young man, Cherubino has traditionally been sung by a mezzo-soprano. This is known in opera as a "pants role," which means that the audience accepted the character as a man while knowing full well that the singer was a woman. In ''Figaro'' Mozart plays with this convention by having Cherubino dress as a woman in Act II.</ref> |
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| − | |Marcellina||mezzo-soprano | + | |Marcellina housekeeper to Bartolo||mezzo-soprano |
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| − | |Bartolo,<br />''doctor from Seville, also a practicing lawyer''||bass | + | |Bartolo a doctor from Seville<br />''also a practicing lawyer''||bass |
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| − | |Basilio,<br />''music master''||tenor | + | |Basilio music master||tenor |
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| − | |Don Curzio,<br />''judge''||tenor | + | |Don Curzio magistrate||tenor |
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| − | |Barbarina,<br />''Antonio's daughter''||soprano | + | |Barbarina daughter of Antonio||soprano |
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| − | |Antonio,<br />''the Count's gardener,<br />Susanna's uncle''||baritone or bass | + | |Antonio,<br />''gardener, Susanna's uncle''||baritone or bass |
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| | |colspan="2"|[[Choir|Chorus]] of peasants, villagers, servants | | |colspan="2"|[[Choir|Chorus]] of peasants, villagers, servants |