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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Eberbach |
b/bt |
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Eboli, Princess |
ms |
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Eboli, Princess |
ms |
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Ecclitico |
t |
Guglielmo Jermoli |
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Edgar |
t |
Giorgio Gabrielesco |
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Edgar Aubry |
t |
Wilhelm Höfler |
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Edgardo |
t |
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Edoardo |
t |
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Eduige |
s |
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Egeo |
a |
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Eglantine |
s |
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Eioff |
t |
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Eleanora |
s |
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Eléazar |
t |
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Elector |
t |
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Electra |
s |
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Electra/Elektra/Elettra |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Electra/Elektra/Elettra |
s |
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Elena |
s |
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Elena/Ellen |
s |
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Elenora |
ms |
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Elisa |
s |
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Elisa |
ms |
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Elisabeth |
ms |
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Elisabeth |
s |
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Elisabeth De Valois |
s |
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Elisabeth De Valois |
s |
Abigaille Bruschi-Chiatti |
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Elisabeth Zimmer |
s |
Elegy for Young Lovers (British premiere in original English, 1961) |
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Elisetta |
s |
Giuseppina Nettelet |
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Elizabeth I/Elisabetta, Queen |
s |
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Elizabeth I/Elisabetta, Queen |
s |
Giacinta Pazzi Tosi |
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Elizabeth/Elisabetta |
s |
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Elle |
s |
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Ellen Orford |
s |
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Elmira |
a |
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Elmiro |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Elsa of Brabant |
s |
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Elvino |
t |
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Elvira |
s |
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Elvira |
s |
Luttgard Annibaldi |
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Elvira |
s |
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Elvira, Donna |
s |
Caterina Micelli |
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Elvira, Donna |
s |
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Elvire |
s |
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Emilia |
s |
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Emilie |
s |
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Emilio |
t |
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Emira |
ms |
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Emireno |
b |
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Emireno |
b |
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Emmeline Mosher |
s |
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Emmy |
s |
Dorothea Devrient |
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Emperor |
t |
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Emperor |
ms |
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Empress |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Endymion |
t |
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Enrichetta |
s |
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Enrico |
bt |
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Enrico |
bt |
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Enrico |
t |
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Enzo Grimaldi |
t |
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Ercole/Hercules |
b |
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Erda |
a |
Luise Jaide |
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Erda |
a |
Luise Jaide |
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Erissena |
a |
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Erisso |
t |
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Ermione/Hermione |
ms |
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Ermione/Hermione |
s |
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Ernando |
b |
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Ernani |
t |
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Ernestina |
a |
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Ernesto |
t |
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Ernesto |
a |
Pietro Gherardi |
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Ernesto |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Ernesto |
t |
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Ernesto, Duke of Caldora |
b |
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Escamillo |
bb |
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Esclarmonde |
s |
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Essex, Countess of, Frances |
ms |
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Essex, Earl of, Robert Devereux |
t |
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Eudoxie, Princess |
s |
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Eufemio of Ephesus |
t |
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Eufemio of Syracuse |
t |
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Eumaeus/Eumée/Eumeo/Eumete |
t |
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Eumolpus |
t |
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Eurilas |
b |
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Eurilla |
ms |
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Eurillla |
s |
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Euryanthe |
a |
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Eurydice/Euridice |
ms |
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Eurydice/Euridice |
s |
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Eurydice/Euridice |
s |
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Eurydice/Euridice |
s |
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Eurydice/Euridice |
s |
Lise Tautin |
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Eustachio |
bt |
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Eustazio |
a |
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Eva |
s |
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Evadne |
a |
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Evander/Evandre |
t |
Antonio Pilloni |
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Ezio |
bt |
Natale Costantini |
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Ezio |
a |
