1. Breeches roleA breeches role (also pants role or trouser role, travesti or "hosenrolle") is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing, or breeches ("breeches", "britches"), being tight-fitting knee-length pants, the standard male garment at the time breeches roles were introduced). In opera it also refers to any male character that is sung and acted by a female singer. Most often the character is an adolescent or a very young man, sung by a mezzo-soprano or contralto.
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