Overview
Character Name
A Chinese Man and A Chinese Woman (2)
Show
Gender
Either Gender
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano, Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: G5
Low Note: F3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Athens, Antiquity, Forest, Fairyland
Analysis
It is not clear why Purcell chose to include two characters designated as ‘A Chinese Man’ and ‘A Chinese Woman’, although it is possible that it is related to the 17th century fashion for ‘Orientalism’. They appear as Oberon transforms the world into a ‘new Transparent
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