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Which voice type sings the role of Norina in Don Pasquale?
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In Gaetano Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale, the role of Norina is written for a soprano.1
The character is a young widow who serves as the opera's clever leading lady, a role famously created for the Italian soprano Giulia Grisi.123