Character Descriptions

Anne Egerman | Lyric ingenue, soprano to Ab5, giddy and virginal, naïve at times, a breathtakingly gorgeous child bride and Fredrick’s new wife, hidden passions, strong singer-actor.

Count Carl-Magnus Malcom | Strong lyric baritone to sustained F4, vain, arrogant, and splendidly proportioned but ferociously jealous, a military man used to being obeyed, he is Desiree’s newest lover, strong singer-actor.

Countess Charlotte Malcom | Alto/mezzo, G3 to solo C5, ensemble to E5, the Count’s mistreated and downtrodden wife, witty, melancholic, desperately in love with her philandering husband, strong actor-singer.

Desiree Armfeld | Female, 40-50, alto/mezzo, F#3 to solo B4, ensemble to E5, successful touring actress, independent,  alluring, glamorous, confident, used to running life her own way, she becomes entangled in a love triangle with the Count and Fredrick, strong actor-singer. 

Frederik Egerman | Baritone to E4, good with patter singing, middle-aged lawyer who is married to his second wife, Anne, and has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage, aristocratic, charming, honorable, conflicted, strong actor-singer.

Fredrika Armfeldt| Adolescent, mezzo to Eb5, standard musical theatre sound (not pop), piano  experience a plus, Desiree’s witty daughter who is very self-contained and formal with the precise diction of the convent-trained, raised by her grandmother, she is poised and inquisitive and comfortable around adults

Henrik Egerman | with the precise diction of the convent-trained, raised by her grandmother, she is poised and inquisitive and comfortable around adults

Madame Armfeldt | deep alto, C3 to F#4x Desiree’s elderly mother, brutally honest and a veteran of discreet encounters with the crowned heads of Europe, strong actor-singer

Petra | alto/mezzo, F#3 to F5, must have sustained belt to B4 (standard musical theatre belt, not pop), Anne’s earthy maid and closest confidante, confident and sexual, strong singer-actor

Ensemble | To be determined