Four servants of the Marschallin (Lackeys)
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Referred to in the score as ‘Lackeys’ or ‘Footmen’ these four characters are split as two tenors (1st and 3rd Lackey) and two baritones / basses (2nd and 4th Lackey). They wait on the Marschallin, and are nearly always together. It is possible that these footmen also take
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