Overview
Character Name
Chorus
Gender
Either Gender
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Ensemble
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Contralto
Vocal Range
High Note: A♯5/B♭5
Low Note: B2
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
19th century, Russia, 1865, Mtsensk
Analysis
The chorus in the opera is large, with split parts in each voice. They take on the roles of workmen and women, who work for the Izmailovs, as well as policemen, guests at the wedding, and convicts on the train to the penal labor camps in Siberia.
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