usually sung by a (young) mezzo.

... both repeat their roles in this 1990 New York Metropolitan Opera version of Rossini's last great dramatic opera, with Horne singing the trousers role of the ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/ detail/-/B00004Z4W9?vi=glance - 71k

. the passengers. Omar, who has the strongest sense of being on a holy
mission, is a pants role for a mezzo-soprano. Woolcock uses ...
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Vivica Genaux in Donizetti's Alahor in Granata
... house!". In the opera, Vivica sang the pants role of the hero Hassem
and the production had her riding into a scene on a horse! The ...
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Cherubino, Octavian, The Composer (in Ariadne), Niklaus in Tales of Hoffmann..... there are many.
A soprano trousers role would be the page Oscar in Verdi\'s Ballo in Maschera.

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Terminology
... Heldentenor, Heldenbaritone. High C. For women, the note c5; for men, the note c4. Hosenrolle (G.: \"trouser or pants role\"). A man\'s part sung by a woman. ...
www.singers-uk.org/terminology.htm - 16

Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger: [email protected]. ... is evidence of how great she must have been in that similar trouser role, Leonore in ...
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... She then came to the UK as winner of the Opera Trust Scholarship at the RSAMD, where ... The
ladies came off best, though one was in the \"trouser role\" of Arsace ...
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... Of her performance then, leading UK magazine Opera said ... Der Rosenkavalier marks two significant role debuts ... winner Anke Höppner sings the `trouser role\' of the ...
www.opera-australia.org.au/.../5108a46c092ae96eca256c680079... $FILE/DerRosenkavalier.pd

. Have your say, e-mail [email protected]. SEE ALSO. ... And be ready for the traditional operatic trouser role - a woman taking the part of a bloke. ...
www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/stage/reviews/ mikado_theatre_royal.shtml - 53
Chelsea Opera Group
... soldier and Claire Wild was Wally\'s friend Walter, a trouser role. ... with Nelly Miricioiu in the title role, at the ... In the UK such an edition would not strictly ...
www.chelseaoperagroup.org.uk/News.htm - 16

Catrin Johnsson - Mezzo Soprano (Reviews)
... www.karen-durant.co.uk. ... awesome stage-presence from her very first phrase, she is the type of singer who I can imagine dominating the trouser-role repertoire in ...
www.karen-durant.co.uk/Reviews/Johnsson.html - 10

CDs recorded by John Hadden -- Harp Consort - Tomás de Torrejón ...
... As with most Baroque operas, the female voice predominates and even Mars is a trouser role here. ... In the US -, In the UK-, In Germany -. ...
www.jhadden.freeserve.co.uk/cds/purpura.htm - 1

I think the difference is both historical and a matter of British and US usage. The asker is British and a musician and scholar.

Terminologie et langues étrangères > Différences entre anglais britannique et américain

La liste suivante illustre les différences orthographiques et terminologiques entre l'anglais britannique et américain qui affectent plusieurs mots courants en musique, plus particulièrement dans le domaine de la théorie. Il peut être très utile de connaître les différences entre ces variantes de l'anglais, d'abord pour pouvoir lire les textes facilement et distinguer une langue de l'autre, ensuite pour éviter les erreurs de transcription dans les citations. Au Canada, on suit généralement la tradition britannique pour les mots courants et la tradition américaine pour les termes spéci
Hosenrolle *rôle travesti {GB breeches part; US trouser role, pants role}