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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Baba (Madame Flora) |
a |
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Baba the Turk |
ms |
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Baby Doe |
s |
Dolores Wilson |
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Bacchus/Tenor |
t |
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Bacchus/Tenor |
t |
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Bailli |
bb |
Carl Mayerhofer |
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Bajazet |
t |
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Bajazet/Bajazete |
t |
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Balducci |
b |
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Balkis |
s |
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Ballad-Singer |
b |
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Balstrode, Captain |
bt |
Roderick Jones |
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Balthazar |
b |
Leon Lishner |
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Balthazar |
b |
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Barak |
bb |
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Barak’s Wife/Dyer’s Wife |
s |
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Barbarina |
s |
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Bard |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Barnaba |
bt |
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Baron |
bt |
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Baroness |
a |
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Baroness |
ms |
Regina Resnick |
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Barrat, Lord |
t |
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Bartolo/Bartolo, Dr |
bt |
Bartolomeo Botticelli |
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Bartolo/Bartolo, Dr |
b |
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Basilio |
bt |
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Basilio, Don |
b |
Zenobio Vitarelli |
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Basilio, Don |
t |
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Baucis |
s |
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Beatrice |
s |
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Béatrice |
ms |
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Beatrice di Tenda |
s |
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Bedford, Duke of |
t |
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Begonia |
ms |
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Behemoth |
ms |
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Belcore |
bt |
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Belfiore |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Belfiore, Cavalier |
b |
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Belfiore, Count |
t |
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Bella |
s |
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Belmonte |
t |
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Beneš |
b |
Josef Paleček |
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Benigna |
s |
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Benoît |
t/bt |
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Berengario |
t |
Annibale pio Fabrie |
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Berenice |
s |
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Berenice |
s |
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Berkenfeld, Marquise/Marchesa |
ms |
Marie-Julie Boulanger |
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Bermyata |
b |
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Beroe |
ms |
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Bertarido |
a |
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Berthe |
s |
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Berthe |
s |
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Bertram |
b |
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Beth March |
s |
Little Women |
Adamo |
Laura A. Coker |
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Bianca |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Bianca |
s |
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Billows, Lady |
s |
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Billy Budd |
bt |
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Biscroma |
bt |
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Biterolf |
bt |
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Black |
t |
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Black Will |
b |
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Blanche de la Force |
s |
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Blanche de la Force |
s |
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Blanche, Lady |
a |
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Blasio |
b |
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Blonde |
s |
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Bluebeard/Barbe-bleue |
b |
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Bluebeard/Barbe-bleue |
bt |
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Boaz |
t |
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Bob Boles |
t |
Morgan Jones |
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Bonny Spring/Spring Fairy/Vesna-Krasna |
ms |
Mariya Kamenskaya |
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Boris Godunov |
bt/b |
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Boris Godunov |
bt/b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Boris Grigorjevič |
t |
Karel Zavřel |
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Boris Izmaylov |
b |
Georgy Nikiforovich Orlor |
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Bottom |
bb |
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Boulotte |
s |
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Bradamante |
a |
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Brangäne |
s/ms |
Anna Deinet |
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Brenno |
b |
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Britomarte |
s |
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Brogni, Cardinal |
b |
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Brouček, Mr |
t |
Mirko Štork |
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Brunhilde |
s |
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Brunnhilde |
s |
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Brünnhilde |
s |
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Brünnhilde |
s |
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Budd, Superintendent |
b |
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Budoja, Bishop of |
t |
Paul Kuhn |
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Buonafede |
bt |
Benedetto Bianchi |
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Butterfly/Cio-Cio-San |
s |
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Bystrouška/Vixen |
s |
Hana Hrdličková |
