Overview
Character Name
Orphée
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: A#4/Bb4
Low Note: A#2/Bb2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Mythological, The Underworld, Ancient Greece, Olympus
Analysis
Although he is the title role in this opera, Orphée (English: Orpheus) has limited involvement with the main story. He is still a musician, as in the myth, although now he plays the violin rather than the lute, and even has a group of young violin students. In the myth,
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