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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Hagen |
b |
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Hagen |
b |
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Hagen |
b |
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Haghenbach |
t |
Manuel Suagnes |
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Haine, La |
a |
Mlle Durancy |
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Haliate |
t |
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Halka |
s |
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Haly |
b |
Giuseppe Spirito |
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Hamlet |
bt |
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Hamlet/Ambleto |
a |
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Hanna |
ms |
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Hans Sachs |
b/bt |
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Hans Sachs |
bb |
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Hänsel |
ms |
Ida Schubert |
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Happy |
bt |
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Harlequin |
bt |
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Harriet Durham, Lady |
s |
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Hautdesert, Lady de |
ms |
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Hawthorne, Farmer |
t |
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He-Ancient |
b |
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Hébé |
s |
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Hebe/Hébé |
s |
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Hector |
t |
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Hecuba/Hécube |
s |
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Heinrich der Vogler |
b |
Höfer |
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Helen/Elena/Hélène of Troy |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Helen/Elena/Hélène of Troy |
ms |
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Helena |
s |
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Hélène |
s |
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Hélène |
s |
Esther Julian-van-Gelder |
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Hélène |
ms |
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Hélène/Helena, Duchess |
s |
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Helmwige |
s |
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Henry Kissinger |
b |
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Henry Morosus |
t |
Martin Kremer |
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Henry Mosher |
b |
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Henry VIII/Enrico |
b |
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Henry/Arrigo |
t |
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Henry/Henri Smith |
t |
Massy |
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Hercules |
b |
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Hercules |
bt |
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Hercules |
t |
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Hercules |
b |
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Hérisson de Porc-Epic |
bt |
Alfred Joly |
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Hermann |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Hermes |
t |
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Hermia |
ms |
Marjori Thomas |
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Herod |
bt |
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Herod/Hérod/Herodes |
t |
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Herodias/Hérodiade |
ms |
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Herodias/Hérodiade |
ms |
Irene von Chavanne |
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Herr von Bär |
b |
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Hidraot |
bt |
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High Priest |
b |
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High Priest |
bt |
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High Priest |
b |
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High Priest of Brahma |
b/bt |
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High Priest of Nepture |
t |
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Hilda Mack |
s |
Eva-Marie Rogner |
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Hoël |
bt |
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Hoffmann |
t |
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Holsteiner |
b |
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Honoria |
a |
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Hooker |
t |
Wright Moore |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Horace Tabor |
bt |
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Horatius |
s |
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Huascar |
b |
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Hugh the Drover |
t |
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Hulda |
s |
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Hulda |
a |
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Huldbrant |
b/bt |
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Humphrey Davenaut, Sir |
b |
Köckert |
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Hunding |
b |
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Huon of Bordeaux, Sir |
t |
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Hydaspes |
a |
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Hylas |
b |
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Hymas |
b |
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Hymenaeus |
b |
