Character Descriptions from Musicals, Plays and Operas

Supporting

Roberta

  friend comic relief football player 

Supporting

Roberta

  doorman 

Supporting

Roberta

  friend lord 

Supporting

Roberta

  ex-girlfriend american debutante 

Ensemble

Roberta

  ensemble 1930s employee tourist 

Lead

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy period drama drama romance history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period love affair marriage status social status aristocracy elizabeth i british monarchy trial sentencing queen monarch monarchy royalty lover secret anxiety waiting madness mad scene star vehicle (female) dramatic coloratura soprano coloratura historical figure 

Lead

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy drama history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period love romance affair marriage status social status aristocracy period drama british monarchy execution trial sentencing jealousy husband husband and wife violent violence duke historical figure spinto baritone coloratura lyric baritone 

Lead

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy period drama drama romance history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period love marriage status social status aristocracy british monarchy execution trial sentencing count earl aristocrat lover affair secret boyfriend betrayal betrayer executed historical figure lyric tenor lyric coloratura tenor rossini tenor spinto tenor 

Lead

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy period drama drama history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period romance marriage status social status aristocracy british monarchy wife husband and wife affair love arranged marriage honesty loyalty sacrifice depression misery miserable lyric mezzo lyric coloratura mezzo dramatic mezzo 

Supporting

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy period drama drama history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period status social status aristocracy british monarchy execution trial sentencing official guard lord high chancellor lord loyal patriotic lyric tenor character tenor historical figure 

Supporting

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy period drama drama romance history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period social status british monarchy aristocracy execution trial sentencing historical figure adviser friend lyric bass character bass 

Featured

Roberto Devereux

  public domain italian language bel canto classical opera tudor queens trilogy period drama drama history british history tudors tudor history elizabethan period status social status british monarchy messenger servant household staff lyric bass character bass