All right, DS9 fans who are opera freaks
For the 3 of you on tumblr, @currymuttonpizza and myself got chatting and one thing led to another and Badda-bing, Badda bang, we came up with the Fächer of the characters for the Opera version of DS9. Here goes
Captain Sisko: Bass Baritone. This seems self explanatory
Major Kira: Coloratura mezzo. I may have been biased for this one bc that is the closest thing to my fach, but think Rossini‘s heroines, or some of Vivaldi‘s work (like Armatae Face et Anguibus from Juditha Triumphans)
Gul Dukat: also Bass-baritone, but of the villainous variety. Think Samuel Ramey as Reverend Olin Blitch in Susannah, or the titular role in Don Giovanni
Julian Bashir: Tenor leggiero. This also seems self explanatory
Kai Winn: originally I thought of a mezzo a la Ježibaba, but I think actually this may be a place for a villainous contralto
Jadzia Dax: mezzo, but of the type that delves down in contralto territory periodically (a la Avery Amereau ❤️)
Odo: dramatic baritone— to use @currymuttonpizza‘s inimitable phrasing “He's like if Scarpia were a good person idk.”
Miles: baritone. Mostly an Everyman lyric kind but can venture in dramatic territory when he’s Suffering (he’s basically Wozzeck, if you think about it)
Keiko: sweet, loving, badass, sassy when needed? A soubrette, of the Mozart variety, a la Susanna and Zerlina
Quark: dramatic baritone. Basically Alberich in space
Nog: the guy you think is a tenor buffo, but is actually a Helden tenor
Kasidy Yates: full lyric soprano
Weyoun: tenor buffo. Complete Don Basilio type
Brunt: also tenor buffo. Both played by combs who brings buffo energy to both
Leeta: high poppy squeaky coloratura soprano (I’m thinking Olympia in the doll aria)
Damar: baritone, maybe slightly romantic but pretty run of the mill
Ziyal: light lyric soprano, ala Gilda from Rigoletto
Joseph Sisko: Dramatic Bass
Female Changeling: contralto, think Erda
Moogie: mezzo a la Marcelina from Nozze, but also some Despina vibes
Grand Nagus Zek: gonna trust @currymuttonpizza on this one, heldentenor like the drum major, but make it funny
Vedek Bareil: speaking role