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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Faber |
b/bt |
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Fabio |
t |
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Fafner |
b |
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Faliero |
b |
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Falke, Dr |
bt |
Ferdinand Lebrecht |
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Falstaff |
bt |
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Falstaff |
b |
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Faninal |
bt |
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Fanny |
s |
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Fanuèl |
bt |
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Faone/Phaon |
t |
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Faramondo |
ms |
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Farlaf |
b |
Domenico Tosi |
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Fata Morgana |
s |
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Father |
b |
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Father |
b/bt |
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Father/Peter |
bt |
Ferdinand Wiedey |
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Fatima |
ms |
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Fatty/Willy |
t |
Hans Fleischer |
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Faust |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Faust |
t |
La damnation de Faust (first staged performance, Monte Carlo, 1893) |
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Faust, Dr |
bt |
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Faust, Dr |
t |
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Faust, Dr |
t |
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Fausta |
a |
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Fausta |
a |
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Federico |
t |
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Fedora |
s |
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Fée/Fairy Godmother |
s |
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Félix |
b |
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Female Chorus |
ms |
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Fenena |
s |
Giovannina Bellinzaghi |
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Fenton |
t |
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Fenton |
t |
Julius Pfister |
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Fernand/Fernando |
t |
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Fernando |
t |
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Fernando |
t |
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Fernando Villabella |
bb |
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Ferrando |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Fevroniya |
s |
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Fidalma |
s |
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Fidelia |
s |
Aurelia Cataneo-Caruson |
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Fidés |
ms |
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Fiend |
bb |
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Figaro |
bt |
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Figaro |
b |
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Fileno |
t |
Guglielmo Jermoli |
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Filippo |
t |
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Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke |
bt |
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Fillide/Celia |
ms |
Maria Jermoli |
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Finn |
t |
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Fiora |
s |
Luisa Villani |
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Fiordiligi |
s |
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Fiorilla |
s |
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First Nazarene |
b/bt |
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First Officer |
bb |
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First Prince |
hc |
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Flamand |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Flaminia |
s |
Maria Anna Puttler |
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Flavio |
s |
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Flint, Mr |
bb |
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Flora |
s |
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Flora |
s |
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Flora |
s |
Olive Dyer |
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Florestan |
b |
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Florestan |
t |
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Florestan |
t |
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Florestan |
t |
Radichi |
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Florestan |
bt |
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Floria Tosca |
s |
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Floridante |
a |
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Flute |
t |
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Folco |
bt |
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Folly/Folie, La |
s |
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Ford |
bt |
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Ford, Mrs/Fluth, Frau |
s |
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Ford/Fluth |
bt |
Julius Krause |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Foreign Princess |
s |
Marie Kubátová |
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Foresto |
t |
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Fox/Golden-mane |
s |
Božena Snopková |
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Fraarte |
s |
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Francesca |
s |
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Francesca |
s |
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Francesco |
bt |
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Francesco Foscari/Doge |
bt |
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François I |
b |
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Frank |
bt |
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Frère Bernard |
b |
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Fricka |
ms |
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Fricka |
ms |
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Friedrich von Telramund |
b |
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Fritelli |
bt |
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Fritz |
t |
Karl Gentner |
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Fritz Kobus |
t |
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Froh |
t |
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Frugola |
ms |
Alice Gentle |
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Fulvia |
s |

