Overview
Character Name
Mercédès
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: C6 Soprano C (High C)
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Seville, 1820
Analysis
Frasquita and Mercédès are Carmen’s close friends. They enjoy themselves entertaining the off-duty guards at Lillas Pastias bar with gypsy songs, and use their skills to distract the guards when El Dancaïro and El Remendado need to pass with smuggled merchandise. When
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