Statistics for Operas by Major Character

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character	opera	% Correct
Escamillo, a toreador	Carmen	94%
Oroveso, Norma's father	Norma	86%
Papageno, a simplish man	The Magic Flute	83%
Lensky, shot by Eugene in a duel	Eugene Onegin	82%
Mimi, Rodolfo's lover	La bohème	82%
Desdemona, a Moorish general's wife	Otello	82%
Donna Elvira	Don Giovanni	72%
Peter Grimes, a fisherman	Peter Grimes	72%
the beautiful Rosina	The Barber of Seville	71%
Orfeo, a musician and prophet	Orpheus and Eurydice	68%
Scarpia, the chief of police	Tosca	66%
Crown, Bess's boyfriend	Porgy and Bess	62%
Nemorino, in love with Adina	The Elixir of Love	54%
Wotan, a god	Die Walküre	51%
Hanna Glawari, a widow who doesn't mind being one	The Merry Widow	49%
Don Magnifico, the wicked stepfather	Cindarella	43%
Puck, a michievous elf	Oberon	32%
Lucretia, wife of Collatinus	The Rape of Lucretia	26%
Örzse, Hary's fiancée	Háry János	8%
Hedwige, Bill's wife	William Tell	5%