Overview
Character Name
Elviro
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Baritone, Bass, Bass-Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: E4
Low Note: G2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Persia, 470 BC, Iran
Analysis
Elviro is Arsamene’s servant, and the comic character of this show. When performed well, Elviro can easily steal the show. He is definitely a character from the opera buffa tradition, and it would be better to study the buffo roles in Rossini operas than to look at Handel’s
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