Overview
Character Name
Speranza
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Countertenor
Vocal Range
High Note: D#5/Eb5
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Mythological, Ancient Greece, Hades, The Underworld
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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