Assertion: contralto | /r/HasAspect | role
Facets:
value: in opera
type: LOCATION
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
value: rarely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: As a layperson, I can't tell if it's saying that dramatic contraltos rarely have roles written for them, or that all contraltos rarely have roles written for them.
text: Sitting between mezzo sopranos and tenors, contraltos have relatively few roles in opera as little has been written specifically for them and what roles they have are usually that of maidservants, mothers, grandmothers, and friends of the heroine, but they occasionally get hardy roles, notably witches and goddesses.