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From: Naomi Gurt Lind
Subject: small point re: Street Scene
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>> "What Good Would the Moon Be?" (Street Scene) Weill-- more for lyric sop
>
>Explicitly for mezzo-soprano, as per Weill himself. Rose Maurrant is a
>mezzo. Her sister is the lyric soprano.

I don't believe Rose Maurrant has a sister. Dunno for sure about Weill's
wishes, but Rose is often sung by a light lyric ingenue-type soprano.

Naomi Gurt Lind