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breeches role / pants role

Italian translation: ruolo en travesti

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English term or phrase:breeches role / pants role
Italian translation:ruolo en travesti
Entered by: Alessia Fisichella

13:58 Mar 15, 2005
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / OPERA
English term or phrase: breeches role / pants role
A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role) is a role in which an actress appears in male clothes (breeches being tight-fitting knee-length pants, the standard male garment at the time breeches roles were introduced). It can also refer, in opera, to any male part sung and acted by a female singer — in the case of a woman playing the role of a young man, the part is often filled by a mezzo soprano.
welshnik
Local time: 04:50
"En travesti"
Explanation:
Che io sappia in italiano si rende spesso con EN TRAVESTI, espressione mutuata dal francese.

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-03-15 14:26:23 GMT)
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più precisamente, \"ruolo en travesti\"
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Alessia Fisichella
Italy
Local time: 05:50
Grading comment
That's superb. Thank you very much!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3"En travesti"
Alessia Fisichella
3parte in brache/parte in calzoni
Lietta Warren-Granato


  

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parte in brache/parte in calzoni


Explanation:
Una parte in brache (anche chiamata parte in calzoni o parte in pantaloni) e' una parte in cui un'attrice...

Lietta Warren-Granato
Italy
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of: Italian
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"En travesti"


Explanation:
Che io sappia in italiano si rende spesso con EN TRAVESTI, espressione mutuata dal francese.

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-03-15 14:26:23 GMT)
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più precisamente, \"ruolo en travesti\"


    Reference: http://www.rodoni.ch/proscenio/cartellone/fledermaus/profilo...
    Reference: http://www.gayroma.it/culture/cinemateatro/ci-21maggio2001.h...
Alessia Fisichella
Italy
Local time: 05:50
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
That's superb. Thank you very much!!

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agree  Anna Lisa Senia
2 hrs
agree  Riccardo Schiaffino
6 hrs
agree  lcotta
22 hrs
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