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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Mab |
s |
Alice Ducasse |
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Macbeth |
bt |
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Macbeth, Lady |
s |
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Macheath |
t |
Harald Paulsen |
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Macheath, Captain |
t/bt |
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Maddalena de Coigny |
s |
Evelina Carrera |
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Madeleine, Countess |
s |
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Madwoman |
t |
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Maffio Orsini |
ms |
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Magda de Civry |
s |
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Magda Sorel |
s |
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Maggie Dempster |
ms |
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Magnifico, Don |
bt |
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Malatesta, Dr |
bt |
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Male Chorus |
t |
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Malinche |
s |
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Málinka/Etherea/Kunka |
s |
Ema Miřiovská |
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Malwina |
s |
Wilhelmina Streit |
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Mamïrov |
b |
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Man |
b/bt |
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Mandane |
s |
Maria Angelica Bracci |
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Mandane |
s |
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Mandryka |
bt |
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Manette, Dr |
t |
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Manfredo |
bt |
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Mangus |
bt |
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Manon Lescaut |
s |
Sigrid Klaus |
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Manon Lescaut |
s |
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Manon Lescaut |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Manrico |
t |
Carlo Baucarde |
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Mantua, Duke of |
t |
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Mao Tse-tung |
t |
John Duykess |
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Maometto II |
b |
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Marcel |
b |
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Marcellina |
s |
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Marchese Marcarille |
bt |
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Marcius/Marzio |
t |
Gaspare Bassano |
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Marco Valerio, Count |
bt |
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Mařenka |
s |
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Marfa |
ms |
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Marfa |
s |
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Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanová (Kabanicha) |
a |
Marie Hladíková |
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Margared |
a |
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Margery |
s |
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Margherita |
s |
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Margiana |
s |
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Marguerite |
s |
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Marguerite |
ms |
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Marguerite |
s |
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Marguerite de Valois |
s |
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Maria |
s |
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Maria |
ms |
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Maria Padilla |
s |
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Maria Tudoe |
s |
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Marie |
s |
Sigrid Johanson |
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Marie/Maria |
s |
Juliette Bourgeois |
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Mariella |
s |
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Marina Mniszek |
ms/s |
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Mario Cavaradossi |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Mariola |
s |
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Marion Delorme |
s |
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Mariya |
s |
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Mark |
t |
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Mark, King/König Marke |
b |
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Marquis de Saluces |
b/bt |
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Marschallin |
s |
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Marty |
s |
Alexandra Čvanová |
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Mary |
ms |
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Mary |
s |
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Mary Stuart/Maria Stuarda |
s |
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Mary, Lady |
s |
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Masaniello |
t |
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Masetto |
b |
Giuseppe Lolli |
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Masetto |
b |
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Masha |
s |
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Massimiliano, Count Moor |
b |
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Massimo |
t |
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Mastro di Cappella |
bt |
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Mathilde |
s |
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Mathilde, Sister |
ms |
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Mathis |
bt |
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Mathis |
bt |
Asger Stig |
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Matilda |
a |
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Matilda |
a |
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Matilda |
a |
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Matthew Gurney |
t |
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Maurizio |
t |
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Max |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Max |
t |
Paul Beinert |
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Mayor |
b |
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Mazal (‘Dauber’)/Blankytný (‘Sky-blue’)/Petřík |
t |
Miloslav Jeník |
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Mazeppa/Mazepa |
bt |
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Mazeppa/Mazepa |
bt |
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Medea |
s |
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Medea |
s |
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Medea/Médée |
s |
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Medea/Médée |
s |
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Médor |
t |
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Médor |
t |
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Médor/Medoro |
a |
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Meg March |
ms |
Little Women |
Adamo |
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Melchior |
bt |
David Aiken |
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Melibeo |
b |
Antonio Pesci |
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Mélisande |
s |
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Melissa |
s |
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Mélisse |
s |
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Melitone |
bt |
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Melo |
a |
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Melpomene/Melpomène |
s |
Beaucreux |
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Menelaus/Ménélas |
t |
Jean Kopp |
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Mephistopheles/Méphistophélès |
b |
Emile Balanque |
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Mephistophelese |
t |
Theo Strack |
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Mercury |
b |
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Mercury |
t |
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Mercury |
hc |
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Mercutio |
bt |
Auguste Barré |
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Merope |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Mescalina |
ms |
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Metternich |
bt |
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Mícha |
b |
Vojtěch Šebesta |
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Michele |
bt |
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Michonnet |
bt |
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Mignon |
ms |
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Milada |
s |
Emilia Benevicová-Miková |
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Miles |
tr |
David Hemmings |
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Military Governor |
ct |
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Miller |
bt |
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Miller |
b |
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Mimaroben |
bt |
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Mime |
t |
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Mime |
t |
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Mimì |
s |
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Minerva/Minerve |
s |
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Minette |
s |
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Minka |
s |
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Minnie |
s |
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Miracle, Dr/Coppélius/Lindorf/magician |
b/bt |
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Mireille |
s |
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Mirtillo |
s |
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Mithridates/Mitridate |
t |
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Mizgir' |
bt |
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Mizoguchi |
bt |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Mme Herz |
s |
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Monostatos |
t |
Johann Joseph Nouseul |
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Morgan le Fay |
s |
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Morgana |
ms |
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Morosus, Sir |
b |
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Moses/Moïse/Mosè |
b |
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Moses/Moïse/Mosè |
b |
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Moses/Moïse/Mosè |
sp |
Hans Herbert Fiedler |
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Moses/Moïse/Mosè |
sp |
Hans Herbert Fiedler |
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Moss, Grandpa |
bb |
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Mother |
s |
Rosemary Kuhlmann |
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Mother |
a |
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Mother |
a |
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Mother/Gertrud |
ms |
Luise Tibelti |
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Mountjoy, Lord |
bt |
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Muse/Nicklausse |
ms |
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Musetta |
s |
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Musica, La |
s |
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Music-Master |
bt |
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Mustafà |
b |
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Muzio Scevola/Mucius Scaevola |
a |
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Mylio |
t |
