Speranza
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Overview
High Note: D#5/Eb5
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Analysis
Speranza is a symbolic representation of hope. They are the only character that can accompany Orfeo on his journey towards the underworld, but they must leave him at the gates. The ancient dictum written above the gates ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here, forbids Speranza
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