Index of Opera Roles
This index includes the principal roles in some 269 operas and the singers who created them.
Abbreviations: a - alto; b - bass; bb - bass-baritone; bt - baritone; ct - countertenor; hc - haute-contre; ms - mezzo-soprano; s - soprano; sp - spoken role; t - tenor; tr - treble
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Aaron |
t |
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Aaron/Aron |
t |
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Aaron/Aron |
t |
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Abigaille |
s |
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Abul Hassan Ali Ebn Bekar |
bt |
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Achillas/Achilla |
b |
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Achilles |
t |
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Achilles |
t |
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Acis |
t |
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Adalberto |
s |
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Adalgisa |
s |
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Adam Brant |
bt |
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Adelaida |
s |
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Adelaide |
s |
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Adele |
s |
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Adèle, Countess |
s |
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Adelia |
s |
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Adina |
s |
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Admeto/Admetus |
a |
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Admetus |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Admetus/Admète/Admeto |
hc |
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Admetus/Admète/Admeto |
t |
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Admetus/Admète/Admeto |
t |
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Adolar, Count of |
t |
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Adolfo |
s |
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Adoniram |
t |
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Adriana Lecouvreur |
s |
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Adriano |
ms |
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Adriano Colonna |
ms |
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Aegisthus |
t |
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Aeglé |
s |
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Aeneas |
t |
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Aeneas |
t |
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Aeneas |
t |
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Aennchen |
ms |
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Afer |
t |
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Afra |
ms |
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Agamemnon |
bt |
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Agamemnon |
bt |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Agathe |
s |
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Agave |
ms |
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Agnès Sorel |
s |
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Agnese del Maino |
ms |
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Agorante |
t |
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Agrippina |
s |
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Aida |
s |
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Akhnaten |
ct |
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Alaide |
s |
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Alba, Duke of |
bt |
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Alberich |
bb |
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Alberich |
bb |
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Albert |
t |
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Albert |
bt |
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Albert Herring |
t |
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Albina |
ms |
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Albrecht, Cardinal |
t |
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Alceste |
s |
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Alceste |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Alceste |
s |
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Alceste |
s |
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Alceste |
ms |
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Alcestis |
ms |
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Alcide |
bt |
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Alcina |
s |
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Aldimira |
s |
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Aleko |
bt |
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Aleksey |
bt |
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Alessandro/Alexander |
a |
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Alexander |
ms |
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Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov |
bt |
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Alfonso, Don |
b |
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Alfonso, Duke |
bb |
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Alfredo Germont |
t |
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Alice |
s |
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Alice Arden |
ms |
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Alice Ford, Mrs |
s |
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Aljeja |
ms |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Alkonost |
a |
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Almaviva, Count |
t |
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Almaviva, Countess |
s |
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Almaviva/Almaviva, Count |
bt |
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Almirena |
s |
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Alpheius |
hc |
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Alphonse XI/Alfonso XI, King |
bt |
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Altair |
b/bt |
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Altomaro |
b |
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Alvaro, Don |
t |
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Alvaro, Don |
t |
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Alvise Badoero |
b |
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Alwa |
t |
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Alwin |
t |
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Amadigi |
a |
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Amadis |
t |
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Amadis |
t |
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Amadis |
t |
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Amahl |
tr |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Amalia |
s |
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Amanda |
s |
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Amando |
ms |
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Amanzio/Amantius |
ms |
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Amaranta |
ms |
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Amarillis |
s |
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Amastris |
a |
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Amelia |
s |
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Amelia |
s |
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Amelina |
s |
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Amélite |
s |
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Amenaide |
s |
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Aménophis |
t |
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Amfortas |
bt |
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Amina |
s |
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Aminta |
t |
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Aminta |
s |
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Aminta [Amyntas] |
t |
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Amira |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Amneris |
ms |
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Amonasro |
bt |
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Amonn |
hc |
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Amore/Cupid |
s |
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Amour |
s |
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Amy March |
s |
Adamo |
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Anaïs/Anaï/Elcia |
s |
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Anaïs/Anaï/Elcia |
s |
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Anatol |
t |
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Andrea Chénier |
t |
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Andrey |
Bt |
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Andromache |
s |
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Andromeda |
s |
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Andronico |
a |
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Angel |
s |
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Angelica |
s |
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Angelica, Sister |
s |
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Angélique |
s |
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Anita |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Anna |
s |
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Anna |
s |
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Anna |
s |
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Anna Arild |
ms |
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Anna I |
s |
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Anne |
a |
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Anne Boleyn/Anna Bolena |
s |
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Anne Page/Anna Reich |
s |
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Anne Trulove |
s |
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Annius/Annio |
s |
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Antenor |
bt |
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Antenore |
t |
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Anticlea |
s |
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Antigona |
s |
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Antigone |
s |
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Antonia/Giuletta/Olympia |
s |
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Antonida |
s |
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Antonio |
b |
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Apollo |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Apollo |
ct |
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Apollo/Apollon |
bt |
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Apollo/Apollon |
bt |
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Aquilante |
b |
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Arabella |
s |
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Araquil |
t |
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Araspe |
b |
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Arbace/Arbaces |
s |
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Arbace/Arbaces |
s |
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Arbaces |
s |
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Arbaces |
s |
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Arbaces/Arbace |
t |
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Arbates/Arbate |
s |
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Arcabonne |
s |
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Arcalaus |
b |
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Arcas |
b |
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Arcesius |
b/bt |
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Archibaldo, Baron |
b |
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Arethusa |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Argante |
b |
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Argenius |
b |
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Ariadne/Ariane |
s |
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Ariadne/Arianna |
s |
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Ariadne/Prima Donna |
s |
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Ariadne/Prima Donna |
s |
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Ariandne |
s |
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Ariane |
ms |
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Aricie |
s |
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Ariodante |
ms |
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Ariodate |
b |
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Aristaeus/Aristée |
t |
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Aristobolo |
b |
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Arkel, King |
b |
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Armand des Grieux |
t |
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Armida |
s |
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Armida |
s |
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Armida |
s |
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Armida |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Armide |
s |
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Armide |
s |
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Arminda |
s |
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Armindo |
a |
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Arminius/Arminio |
a |
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Arnold Melcthal |
t |
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Arrigo |
t |
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Arsace |
a |
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Arsace |
a |
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Arsace |
s |
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Arsace |
a |
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Arsamene |
ms |
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Arsinoe |
s |
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Artabanes |
t |
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Artaxerxes |
a |
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Artemidoro |
t |
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Arthur, King |
t |
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Artidoro |
bt |
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Arturo |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Arturo Talbo, Lord |
t |
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Arvino |
t |
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Ascanio |
ms |
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Aschenbach |
t |
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Asdrubale, Count |
b |
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Ashby |
b |
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Asmus Modiger |
t |
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Aspasia |
s |
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Assur |
b |
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Asteria |
s |
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Asteria |
s |
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Astradamors |
b |
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Astron |
ct |
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Atahuallpa |
bt |
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Atalanta |
s |
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Atar |
t |
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Athanaël |
bt |
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Attila |
b |
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Attilio Regolo |
a |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Attis/Atys |
hc |
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Atys |
t |
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Aufidius/Aufidio |
t |
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Augusta |
ms |
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Aunt Hannah Watkins |
a |
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Aunt Lydia |
s |
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Auntie |
a |
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Autonoe |
s |
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Avito |
t |
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Axel Heyst |
bb |
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Axur |
b |
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Azema |
s |
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Azucena |
ms |
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Azzo |
bt |
