[PW] Any such creature?

[Dennis Lien]

At 05:20 PM 4/2/2007, you wrote:
>At 01:25 PM 4/2/2007, you wrote:
> >Hello Fellow Womb at s!
> >     I received this question from a friend and I tried to google but I am
> >not sure how to pose the question so I was wondering if anyone can point me
> >in the right direction.  The question is:
> >
> >"I know that there is a list of what I can only refer to as "referenced"
> >operatic roles out there some place.  These are names of individuals that
> >are referenced in an opera but are never seen and of course, never heard.
> >(It's like talking about Mrs. Santa Claus.  Nobody ever sees or hears her.)
> >Have you ever seen it?  I think I saw it in reference to someone's fake
> >resume'  He listed all of these roles as his great performances to see if
> >anyone actually read or knew these things."
> >
> >If anyone knows the answer to this question I will be very grateful and my
> >friend will be quite impressed!
> >
> >Many thanks!
> >Donna Hesson
> >dhesson at jhmi.edu
>
>
>I couldn't imagine that the TEXACO OPERA QUIZ wouldn't have used such a
>question at some point or other, and it appears they did on 11 April 1999:
>
>http://listserv.cuny.edu/Scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind9904b&L=opera-l&O=D&P=11259
>
>Only three examples given in the question, however:
>
>
>What do the following three have in common:
>Bianca in _Otello_
>Rosaline in _Romeo et Juliette_
>Maria in _Simon Boccanegra_
>
>
>For what it's worth as a start...
>
>Dennis Lien (basso notveryprofundo) / U of Minnesota Libraries //
>d-lien at umn.edu


A few more I've winkled out:


http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/operalivereviews/story/0,,2020726,00.html

The Tsar in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina


http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/lucia_10_19_99.php

The falconer in LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR


http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/10_5/gantschacher_2_15.htm

The doctor in Ullman's EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS


http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/faust.html

Gretchen's mother in FAUST


http://www.ballet.co.uk/dcforum/DCForumID5/567.html

Duc de Crakentorp in DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT