13 Characters I Have Played on Stage
May 31
It’s been a while since I first participated in Thursday Thirteen on this blog, so I thought I would give it another shot. Some of you may know that I have sung opera professionally since college, though I haven’t seen the stage since Jack was born (but that’s okay). Part of the fun of the opera thing was the opportunity to play so many different kinds of characters and wear so many different and interesting costumes and wigs. Here are 13 characters I have played on stage during my opera “career”:
- A Geisha in Madame Butterfly
- A Dragonfly in L’enfant et les sortileges (The Child and The Visions)
- A “lady of the evening” in La Traviata
- A witch -in Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)
- An evil stepmother – in Cendrillon (Cinderella)
- A Puritan in The Crucible
- A Harem Girl in Abduction from the Seraglio
- An Orphan in Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose)
- A High Priestess in Aida
- An Israelite in Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar)
- A Philistine in Samson et Dalila
- A Gypsy in Carmen
- Second villager on the left, in multiple other shows. Part of the joys of being in the chorus!
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wow! so you were a theater girl! =)
mine is up already. http://ivan-ulrich.blogspot.com/
Great post, Randa! That was fun to read.
wow! u have done so many roles in the past…that’s cool! happy TT!
You seem to be quite adept at playing characters of…questionable morality.
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Great post!
Well, one thing is for sure, none of the rest of us have done that! 🙂 Wonderful, creative list.
What a cool list! I really admire people with artistic/performance skills.
And all I have are 13, no, wait 16 TV shows..LOL. That is drama enough for ME!!!
Thanks so much for dropping by and helping me out on my TT! The float:none property worked perfectly.
La Traviata was, for some strange reason, my absolute favourite opera when I was growing up. I saw it like five times. The Magic Flute was my second favourite. A lot of the ones you mention I haven’t even heard of! I also loved Cendrillon and Carmen, but I thought Madama Butterfly was a little odd. It could have been the production, though. Have to give that one another try!
Great TT and thanks again!
What fun that must have been… I wonder how much you miss it? I can’t sing so I am a little jealous…