Overview
Character Name
The Mother Abbess
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Child, Early Teen, Late Teen
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: G♯5/A♭5
Low Note: B3
Vocal Technique
Legit
Time & Place
Austria, 1938
Analysis
The Mother Abbess is an inspirational leader for all the nuns at the novitiate. She has a strong moral compass, even when faced with complex quandaries (wanna-be nuns falling in love with men, putting an abbey in danger by harboring fugitives running from the Nazis, etc.)
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