Labels:text | book | font | paper | number OCR: The Baritone Voice The Baritone character in opera often gets caught between good-guy tenors and bad-guy basses. Typically he is moral, sometimes earnest and often quick-witted. He feels it his purpose in life to sort out the problems caused by his more heroic or philosophical colleagues, and to keep the world in balance. The voice of the centre party in vocal politics, his diplomatic skills are seldom recognised or rewarded. The voice that understands reason, can also be the voice that experiences the greatest frustration. Frustration needs venting, usually in the final Act. Mozart's Figaro, in Le Nozze di Figaro, lives on his wits. He attempts to create the perfect world for all about him, but
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