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Abstract
This document analyzes the three female roles in Mozarts Don Giovanni according to Fach and tessitura. A historical survey of the premiere casts of Prague and Vienna is included, along with a review of literature pertaining to current casting trends. Tessitura is analyzed using standard statistical methods and methods borrowed from mechanics that have a publication history in musicological studies. The correlation of these two categorization systems is discussed, using median quartiles of tessitura as a means of mapping onto suggested Fach ranges.