It's called a trouser role and is designed for a Mezzo Soprano.... like Ariodante, the Count in Die Fledermaus etc....
Often these are called 'trouser roles'. The female voice is low, singing at the highest possible range for a male voice. In the 2009-2010 season, Susan Graham sang the role of a male in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Men and boys played these parts. It was considered indecent for women to appear on stage.
All of the female roles were played by male actors in Shakespere's time.
juliretdaesgqriff does.
Women were not allowed on stage in Shakespeare's day. Female characters were played by prepubescent boy actors whose voices had not been deepened by testosterone.
Often these are called 'trouser roles'. The female voice is low, singing at the highest possible range for a male voice. In the 2009-2010 season, Susan Graham sang the role of a male in Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
Audrey Hepburn played the lead, female role.
Yami Gautam had the lead female role. It was her Bollywood debut.
Cameron Diaz played the part of Tina Carlyle
Colleen Haskell played Rianna in the movie "The Animal" .
After Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian priests declared Octavian/Augustus the Pharaoh, although Octavian never took the title or assumed the role.
guys with wigs or sometimes woman of a higher class
The Met did Rosenkavalier six times in 1976.March 8, 1976 saw the Met Debut of Tatiana Troyanos as Octavian. She was joined by Teresa Zylis-Gara for her first MetMarschallin, Walter Berry was Ochs, Judith Blegen was Sophie and Pavarotti sang his first Italian Tenor. Levine conducted the opera for his first time.This team did the opera on March 8, 12 and 18. Otto Edelmann took over as Baron Ochs for his three last performances of the role at the Met on March 27, 31 and April 7. The March 27 performance was a Saturday matinee broadcast.
The name "Indian National Congress" was given by Allan Octavian Hume, a British civil servant and ornithologist, who played a key role in the founding of the party in 1885.
Lana Turner
Aditi Rao haidari
Men and boys played these parts. It was considered indecent for women to appear on stage.