The opera contains 23 dances in addition to the singing, but is famous for the first contralto role in French opera (though in modern terms more of a mezzo-soprano range) written for Julie d`Aubigny, known as `La Maupin`, the most colorful singer of this era, or any other. It`s also notable for the unusual choice of three low-lying voices for ...
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(from the article `Voltaire`) ...Cain), who played the part of Genghis Khan, was clad in a sensational Mongol costume. Lekain, whom Voltaire considered the greatest tragedian of ...
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