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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Dalibor |
t |
Jan Ludvík Lukes |
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Dalinda |
s |
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Damon |
t |
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Danaus |
bt |
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Dandini |
b |
Giuseppe de Begis |
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Daniello |
bt |
Theodor Horand |
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Danish Knight |
t |
Etienne Laine |
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Danny Mann |
bt |
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Dansker |
b |
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Dante |
t |
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Danton |
b/bt |
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Daphne |
s |
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Dardano |
a |
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Darius |
a |
Angiola Magliani |
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Dark Fiddler |
bt |
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Das Christelflein |
s |
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Dasha |
s |
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Daughter |
s |
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David |
t |
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Death |
ms |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Death |
bt |
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Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) |
b |
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Dehorn, Count |
bt |
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Deidamia |
s |
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Delilah/Dalila |
ms |
Auguste von Müller |
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Demetria |
ms |
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Demetrio |
a |
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Demetrius |
t |
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Demetrius |
bt |
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Demon |
bt |
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Denise |
s |
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Des Grieux, Chevalier |
t |
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Des Grieux, Chevalier |
t |
Giuseppe Cremonini |
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Desdemona |
s |
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Desdemona |
s |
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Deserter |
t |
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Desideria |
ms/s |
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Desmoulins |
t |
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Despina |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Devil |
bt |
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Devil |
bt |
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Di Fiesco |
b/bt |
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Diana |
s |
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Diana Orsini |
a |
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Dick Johnson/Ramerrez |
t |
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Dido |
s |
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Dido/Didon |
ms |
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Diègue, Don |
b |
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Diemut |
s |
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Diomede |
bt |
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Dionysus |
a |
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Dionysus/Voice/Stranger |
t |
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Doctor |
b |
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Doctor |
b |
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Dodon, King |
b |
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Dolly |
ms |
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Dom Sébastien |
t |
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Dominik, Count |
bt |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Dominique |
t |
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Donna Anna |
s |
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Dorabella |
s |
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Dorinda |
s |
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Doris |
s |
Brigogne |
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Doristo |
bt |
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Dosifey |
b |
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Douglas |
b |
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Dov |
t |
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Dragon |
b |
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Drosilla |
s |
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Drum Major |
t |
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Dubrovsky |
t |
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Dufresne |
t |
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Dulcamara, Dr |
b |
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Dulcinée |
ms |
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Dunois |
bt |
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Duparquet |
bt |
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Dutchman |
bb |
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Dziemba |
b |
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