Basses
Sopranos
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Mozart seemed to really like writing parts for basses and sopranos, as evidenced by many of his most famous characters, such as Figaro, Sarastro, Osmin, Leporello, the Queen of the Night, Constanze, and Zerlina.
Source: Creator Thumbprint - Musical theater in general; heroes tend to be sopranos and tenors, while villains are altos and basses.
Source: Evil Sounds Deep -
He has a setting of the "Veni Sancte Spiritus" text which, From 2:39 to 3:03, gives the sopranos and altos a pattern represented by one bar of 4/2 and another of 3/2, while the tenors and basses a pattern in two bars of 4/2.
Source: Uncommon Time
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Sopranos and Basses. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/basses/sopranos
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