[PW] Any such creature?

[DONNA D HESSON]

Wow, Dennis, this will be great for my friend.  I will sort them all out and then forward them on.

If you and or anyone else can think of these imaginary characters, just pass them on.

:-)
Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1 at tc.umn.edu>
Date: Monday, April 2, 2007 6:59 pm
Subject: Re: [PW] Any such creature?
To: list at project-wombat.org


> 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:
> >
> >
> >
> >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:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The Tsar in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina
> 
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> The falconer in LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
> 
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> The doctor in Ullman's EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS
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> Gretchen's mother in FAUST
> 
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> Duc de Crakentorp in DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
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> 
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