I thought of a few more possibilities:
"Hurr, hopp, hurr, hopp" - the Hexenlied from Humperdinck's HANSEL UND
GRETEL (dramatic mezzo or contralto)
"Ah! Ruggiero crudel...Ombre pallide" from Handel's ALCINA (lyric
coloratura soprano)
Fata Morgana's curse on the Prince, in Prokofiev's THE LOVE FOR THREE
ORANGES (dramatic soprano) (Prokofiev himself prepared a French libretto
for the opera, which might be a less daunting alternative to the Russian)
Sir Roderic's song, "When night wind howls", from Gilbert & Sullivan's
RUDDIGORE (even better if you can have the chorus of dead male ancestors)
(baritone)
"My Name is John Wellington Wells" from G&S's THE SORCERER (patter
baritone) - actually, the whole incantation/love philtre scene would be
great fun, but needs a chorus as well as soloists.
KM
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