Mona is an opera in three acts by composer Horatio Parker with an English libretto by Brian Hooker. The opera premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 March 1912 after the work won the Met's composition competition in 1911.
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Roles
editRole | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 14 March 1912 (Conductor: Alfred Hertz) |
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Mona | contralto | Louise Homer |
Quintus | tenor | Riccardo Martin |
Enya | mezzo-soprano | Rita Fornia |
Arth | bass | Herbert Witherspoon |
Gloom | baritone | William Hinshaw |
Nial | tenor | Albert Reiss |
Caradoc | tenor | Lambert Murphy |
Governor | bass | Putnam Griswold |
Old Man | bass | Basil Ruysdael |
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