Harolyn Blackwell - Opera Roles

Opera Roles

To date these are some of the roles Blackwell has performed on the stages of major Opera houses:

  • Adele, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
  • Barbarina, The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
  • Blondchen, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart)
  • Clara, Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
  • Constance, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Poulenc)
  • Despina, Così fan tutte (Mozart)
  • Gilda, Rigoletto (Verdi)
  • Giulietta, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini)
  • Lakmé, Lakmé (Delibes)
  • Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
  • Marie, La fille du régiment (Donizetti)
  • Marzelline, Fidelio (Beethoven)
  • Nanetta, Falstaff (Verdi)
  • Norina, Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
  • Olympia, Les contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
  • Oscar, Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)
  • Poussette, Manon (Massenet)
  • Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)
  • Sophie, Werther (Massenet)
  • Susanna, The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
  • Valencienne, Die lustige Witwe (Franz Lehár)
  • Xenia, Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky)
  • Zdenka, Arabella (Richard Strauss)
  • Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Mozart)

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