Overview
Character Name
La Frugola
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: A5
Low Note: A#3/Bb3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
1918, Paris, A quay along the river Seine
Analysis
La Frugola, whose name translated to ‘the rummager’ is the wife of Il Talpa, one of the barge workers. She is indicated in the score to be 50 years old, she is very poor and rummages through rubbish to salvage things. She saves things as gifts for people and give Giorgetta
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