Overview
Character Name
Nerèo
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: G4
Low Note: F3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Heaven, Hell, Frankfurt, 1800s
Analysis
Nerèo is one of Elena’s companions in her paradise-like land on the banks of Peneus. He is delighted when Elena (Helen of Troy) and Faust fall in love.
In some scores he is described as a Greek elder, which seems to fit with his namesake, the god Nereus, also known as the
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