The pants roles — aria — Paris Opera

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The pants roles

For a very long time – and officially up until 2013 – women were forbidden to wear trousers… but not on stage! With the “pants roles”, I’d like to introduce a specific opera tradition: stage cross-dressing! Follow me…

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