Dear Fynnjamin: Where are you getting the numbers of roles in Benda's melodramas?
For Pygmalion, you have 2 speakers, but according to the Wikipedia article, there are 3 roles, 2 are silent, which leaves 1 narrator. Also, if it is spoken, the tag would be "nar", not "v".
Similarly, Ariadne auf Naxos has 2 main speaking roles but there is a tiny third role (Oreade) in the 3rd section, which everyone seems to have missed.
Thanks,
B
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