Overview
Character Name
Horatio
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Bass
Vocal Range
High Note: D#4/Eb4
Low Note: A#2/Bb2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Elsinor, Denmark, 16th century
Analysis
Horatio and Marcellus are guards at the castle of Elsinor. Although the original character of Horatio from Shakespeare’s Hamlet has a close relationship with Hamlet himself, in this opera none of that remains. Instead, Horatio is transformed into another guard working with
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