Overview
Character Name
Madame Armfeldt
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Elderly
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Alto
Vocal Range
High Note: F#4/Gb4
Low Note: C3
Time & Place
Late nineteenth-early twentieth century, Sweden
Analysis
Madame Armfeldt is Desiree Armfeldt’s elderly mother, who represents Desiree’s aristocratic roots, and in some ways thinks of herself as a relic of a bygone (and better) age. Madame Armfeldt disapproves of her daughter’s vagabond ways, and especially of the unseemly manner
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