Overview
Character Name
Polinesso
Show
Gender
Either Gender
Playing Age
Adult, Young Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Countertenor, Contralto
Vocal Range
High Note: E5
Low Note: A3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Scotland, Medieval
Analysis
Duke Polinesso makes a rapid descent into evil, after Princess Ginevra cruelly rejects his proposal and publicly ridicules him. He has had feelings for her for a long time, and hoped to marry her, before Prince Ariodante appeared and won her heart, and her father’s favor.
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