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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Cacico |
bt |
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Cadmus |
b |
Peter Lagger |
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Caesar |
t |
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Caesar |
bt |
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Calaf |
t |
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Calchas |
bt |
Eugène Grenier |
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Calchas |
b |
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Calkas |
b |
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Cambro |
bt |
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Camoëns |
bt |
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Canio/Pagliaccio |
t |
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Cannizares |
b |
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Captain |
bt |
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Captain of the Royal Guard/Adonis |
bt |
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Cardenio |
bt |
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Cardillac |
bt |
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Carilda |
a |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Carlo |
t |
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Carlo |
t |
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Carlo Borromeo, Cardinal |
bt |
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Carlo di Vargas, Don |
bt |
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Carlo di Vargas, Don |
bt |
Luigi Colonnese |
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Carlo, Don |
bt |
Antonio Superchi |
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Carlos, Don |
hc |
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Carlos, Don |
bt |
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Carlos/Carlo, Don |
t |
Paul Morère |
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Carlos/Carlo, Don |
t |
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Carmen |
ms |
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Carolina |
s |
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Carolina Gräfin von Kirch-stetten |
a |
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Cascart |
bt |
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Casimiro |
t |
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Caspar |
b |
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Cassandre |
ms |
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Cassiopeia |
s |
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Castor |
hc |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Castor |
s |
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Catarina Cornaro |
ms |
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Caterina |
s |
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Catharine/Catherine |
s |
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Catone/Cato |
t |
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Catone/Cato |
a |
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Cavalier |
t |
Ludwig Eybisch |
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Cecco |
t |
Leopold Dichtler |
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Cecil |
b |
Pietro Novelli |
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Cecilia |
s |
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Cecilius/Cecilio |
s |
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Celaenus/Celenus |
bt |
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Celia |
s |
Daniella Mienci |
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Celio |
b |
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Cellini |
t |
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Cendrillon/Lucette |
s |
Julia Cuiraudon |
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Cenerentola/Angelina |
a |
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Céphise |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Céphise |
s |
La Garde |
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Césaire |
b |
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Charcoal Burner |
bt/b |
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Charles Darnay |
t |
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Charles VI |
bt |
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Charles/Carlo VII |
t |
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Charlotte |
ms |
Marie Renard |
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Charon/Caronte |
bt |
Godonesche |
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Chefone |
b |
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Chérubin |
s |
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Cherubino |
ms |
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Chevreuse |
bt |
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Chiang Ch’ing |
s |
Trudy Ellen Cranley |
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Child |
ms |
Marie-Thérèse Gauley |
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Chimène |
s |
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Chimene/Chimène |
s |
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Chou En-lai |
bt |
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Christine |
s |
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Christine Storch |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Christophh |
t |
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Chrysothemis |
s |
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Cicero |
t |
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Cieca, La |
a |
Eufemia Barlani-Dini |
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Cindor |
b |
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Cinna |
s |
Felicita Suardi |
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Circe/Circé |
ms |
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Circus Master |
t |
Jindřich Mošna |
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Ciro |
a |
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Claggart |
b |
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Claiborne, Mrs |
ms |
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Claire Zachanassian |
ms |
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Clarice |
s |
Catharina Poschwa |
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Clarice |
a |
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Clarice, Princess |
a |
Irene Pavlovska |
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Claude Vallée |
t |
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Claudius |
s |
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Claudius/Claudio |
b |
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Cleon |
a |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Cleopatra |
s |
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Cleopatra |
s |
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Clito/Clitus |
b |
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Clodomiro |
b |
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Cloelia |
s |
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Clomiris |
s |
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Clotarco |
t |
Leopold Dichtler |
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Clotilde |
s |
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Clytemnestra |
ms |
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Clytemnestra/Clitemnestre/Klytemnästra |
ms |
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Clytemnestra/Clitemnestre/Klytemnästra |
s |
Mlle du Plant |
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Cochenille/Andrès/Frantz/Pitichinaccio |
t |
Pierre Grivot |
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Cola Rienzi |
t |
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Collatinus |
b |
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Colline |
b |
Michele Mazzini |
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Colombe |
s |
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Commander |
b |
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Commendatore |
b |
Giuseppe Lolli |
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Commendatore |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Composer |
s |
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Concepcion |
s |
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Condulmiero |
t |
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Constance |
s |
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Constance of St Denis, Sister |
s |
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Constance of St Denis, Sister |
s |
Liliane Berton |
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Coppélius/Lindorf/Dr Miracle/magician |
bt |
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Cornelia |
a |
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Corrado |
t |
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Corrado |
t |
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Corrado |
bt |
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Corrado |
a |
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Cortez |
bt |
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Corydon |
bt |
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Costanza |
s |
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Count |
bt |
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Countess |
ms |
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Countess |
s |
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Countess |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Cousin Brandon |
b |
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Coyle, Mrs |
s |
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Creon |
bt/b |
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Creon/Créon/Creonte |
b |
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Creusa |
s |
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Crispo/Crispus |
a |
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Crispo/Crispus |
a |
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Cristina |
s |
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Cupid/Cupidon/Amor/Amore |
s |
Lucia Clavarau |
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Cupid/Cupidon/Amor/Amour |
s |
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Curius/Curio |
b |
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Curzio, Don |
t |
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Cybele/Cybèle |
s |
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Cyrano |
t |
