Overview
Character Name
Despina
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: B5
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Late 18th-century Naples, unfolding in a refined, seaside villa where love and loyalty are put to the test.
Analysis
Despina is the maid to Fiordiligi and Dorabella. She is older than the two girls and has been spurned by lovers in the past. She explains that men are fickle so they do not deserve woman’s fidelity. Despina is jaded, absolutely, but most likely with good cause. She has been
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