Overview
Character Name
Ferrando
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Bass
Vocal Range
High Note: F4
Low Note: A2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Northern Spain, Aragon and Biscaya, 15th Century
Analysis
Count di Luna’s captain of the guard, Ferrando, opens the opera and sets up the background to the plot with his aria in the opening scene ‘Di due figli’, as he uses this tale to entertain the men who are on guard duty late at night, and also to scare them into alertness
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