Hosenrolle 反串角色

What other art forms permit women to make love to each other in a public place and get away with it?


That tells me how fair thou art: thou art so fair,
As, gods, when gods to thee I do compare,
Are graced thereby; and to make blind men see,
What things gods are, I say they are like to thee.
For, if we justly call each silly man
A little world, what shall we call thee then?
Thou art not soft, and clear, and straight, and fair,
As down, as stars, cedars, and lilies are,
But thy right hand, and cheek, and eye, only
Are like thy other hand, and cheek, and eye.

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德语Hosenrolle(英breeches role/trouser role，法Rôle travesti)，顾名思义，就是由女演员扮演的男性角色。歌剧中著名的Hosenrolle有:

Radamisto (HWV 12a)
Sesto (Giulio Cesare)
Cherubino(Le nozze di Figaro)
Adriano(Rienzi)
Octavian(Der Rosenkavalier)
Der Komponist(Ariadne auf Naxos)
等等等等，以及从前的阉伶角色
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeches_role

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