Overview
Character Name
Mopsa
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano, Countertenor, Tenor, Contralto
Vocal Range
High Note: B4
Low Note: G3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Athens, Antiquity, Forest, Fairyland
Analysis
Coridon is in love with Mopsa, and tries really hard to get her to kiss him. Mopsa repeatedly resists his advances. The duet between Coridon and Mopsa appears to have been put in the opera for some comic relief, as it is indicated that Mopsa should be performed as a ‘skirt’
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