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Overview
Character Name
La Badessa (The Abbess)
Show
Gender
Female
Mature Adult, Elderly
Featured
Non Dancer
Voice
Contralto
High Note
C#5/Db5
Low Note
E4
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
An Italian convent in Siena, 17th Century
Analysis
La Badessa has a short but important part to play in this opera, bringing the news that Suor Angelica has a visitor. After Angelica, who has had no visitors for seven years, has an emotional outburst, La Badessa warns her to be mindful of what she says to her visitor. She
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