1. (Britten: The Rape of Lucretia). Mezzo-Soprano. Lucretia's old nurse. Quartet (with Lucretia, Lucia and the Female Chorus): Their spinning wheel unwinds. Created (1946) by Anna Pollak.
2. (Zemlinsky: Eine florentinische Tragödie). Soprano. Wife of the silk-merchant Simone, she is having an affair with Guido, son of the Duke of Florence. Simone finds out and the men fight a duel. Guido is killed. Bianca realizes she loves her husband and needed him to show how dominant he could be. Created (1917) by Helene Wildbrunn.
