Overview
Character Name
Narrator
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Bass
Vocal Range
High Note: C#3/Db3
Low Note: G2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Courtyard of an apartment building, Italy, 1940s
Analysis
The narrator is a shoemaker who has a shop with a view of the courtyard. He works from early in the morning and observes the events that happen around him, telling the audience the story. His simple melody returns in various forms throughout the opera, sometimes with an air
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