Overview
Character Name
Proserpina
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult, Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: F5
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Mythological, Ancient Greece, Hades, The Underworld
Analysis
Proserpina (English: Proserpine) is the consort of Plutone, the king of the underworld. After being greatly affected by Orfeo’s laments for Euridice, she pleads with Plutone to let Euridice return to the land of the living. She uses Plutone’s love of her to inspire him to
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