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soubrette

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soubrette

In opera, a stock part given to a singer with a light soprano voice. The typical soubrette character is a servant, a young confidante, or a girl connected with the sub-plot.

Examples include Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte and Aennchen in Weber's Der Freischütz. Occasionally the soubrette may assume a principal part, for example, Serpina in Pergolesi's La Serva padrona or Susanna in Mozart's Figaro.



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The latter--a pretty girl of about twenty or twenty-two years, active and lively, the true SOUBRETTE of a great lady--jumped from the step upon which, according to the custom of the time, she was seated, and took her way toward the terrace upon which D'Artagnan had perceived Lubin.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
She is making the tour du monde entirely alone, without even a soubrette to carry the ensign, for the purpose of seeing for herself a quoi s'en tenir sur les hommes et les choses- -on les hommes particularly.
A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context
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