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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Gabriel von Eisenstein |
t |
Jani Szika |
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Gabriele Adorno |
t |
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Gabriele Adorno |
t |
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Galatea |
s |
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Gamekeeper |
bt |
Arnold Flögl |
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Gandartes |
a |
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Garibaldo |
b |
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Garrido |
b |
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Gasparina |
s |
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Gaston |
t |
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Gawain |
bt |
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Gayle |
s |
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Gellner |
bt |
Arturo Pessina |
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Genaro |
t |
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General |
bt |
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Geneviève |
a |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Gennaro |
t |
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Gennaro |
t |
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George Dibdin |
t |
Vogt |
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George, Sir |
b |
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Gepopo, Chief of the Secret Police |
s |
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Gérald |
t |
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Gérard |
bt |
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Gérard |
t |
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Gerardo |
t |
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Gernando |
a |
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Geronimo, Don |
b |
Giambattista Serafino Blasi |
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Geronio, Don |
b |
Luigi Pacini |
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Geronte de Revoir |
b |
Alessandro Polomini |
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Gertrude Stein |
s |
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Geschwitz, Countess |
ms |
Maria Bernhard |
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Geschwitz, Countess |
ms |
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Gesler |
b |
Alex Prévost |
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Gherardo |
t |
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Ghita |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Giacomo |
bt |
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Gianetto |
t |
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Giannetto |
t |
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Gianni Schicchi |
bt |
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Gilberto |
b |
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Gilda |
s |
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Ginevra |
s |
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Ginevra |
s |
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Ginevra |
ms |
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Gioconda, La |
s |
Maddalena Mariani-Masi |
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Giorgetta |
s |
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Giorgio Germont |
bt |
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Giovanni Malatesta (Gianciotto) |
bt |
Francesco Cigada |
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Giovanni Morone, Cardinal |
bt |
Friedrich Bodersen |
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
t |
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Giovanni, Don |
bt |
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Giovanni, Don |
bt |
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Giraffier |
t |
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Girot |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Giselda |
s |
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Gismonda |
s |
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Giuditta |
s |
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Giulietta |
s |
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Giulietta |
s |
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Giulietta |
s |
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Giulietta/Antonia/Olympia |
s |
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Gleby |
bt |
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Gloria |
s |
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Gnese |
s |
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Gobrias |
t |
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Goffredo |
a |
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Go-Go, Prince |
tr/s/ct |
Gunilla Slattegard |
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Golaud |
bt |
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Goneril |
s |
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Gonzalve |
t |
Fernand Francell |
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Goose Girl |
s |
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Gormas, Count of |
b |
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Gottardo/Podestà |
bb |
Antonio Ambrosi |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Governess |
s |
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Governor |
b/bt |
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Grand-Duchesse |
s |
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Green Knight/Bertilak de Hautdesert |
b |
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Gregor |
t |
Emil Olšovský |
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Gregor Mittenhofer |
bt |
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Grete/Greta Graumann |
s |
Lisbeth Sellin |
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Gretel |
s |
Marie Kayser |
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Grimoaldo |
t |
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Griselda |
a |
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Grishka Kuter’ma |
t |
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Groom |
t |
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Grose, Mrs |
s |
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Gualtiero |
b |
Pio Marini |
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Gualtiero |
a |
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Gualtiero |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Gudleik |
t/bt |
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Guglielmo |
b |
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Guido |
a |
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Guido |
t |
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Guido |
b |
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Guidon |
t |
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Guillaume Tell/William Tell |
bt |
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Gulnara |
s |
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Günther |
t |
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Gurnemanz |
b |
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Gusmano |
bt |
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Gustavo |
b |
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Guy de Montforte/Montfort |
bt |
Marc Bonnehee |
