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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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Nadia |
s |
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Nadir |
t |
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Naïs |
s |
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Namouna |
s |
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Nancy |
ms |
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Nancy (Julia) |
ms |
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Nannetta |
s |
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Nannette |
s |
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Nanni |
b |
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Napoleon |
bt |
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Narciso |
t |
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Narcissus/Narciso |
a |
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Narrator |
bt |
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Nastas’ya (Enchantress) |
s |
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Natasha |
s |
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Nathan |
bt |
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Nausicaa |
s |
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Nausicaa |
s |
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Navarraise |
s/ms |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
t |
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Nebuchadnezzar/Nabucco |
bt |
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Ned Keene |
bt |
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Nedda/Columbina |
s |
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Nefertiti |
ms |
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Nekrotzar |
bt |
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Nello |
bt |
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Nélusko |
bt |
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Nemorino |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Nencio |
t |
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Nerina |
s |
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Nero/Nerone |
s |
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Nero/Nerone |
t |
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Nerone |
s |
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Nevers, Count |
b |
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Nicéa |
s |
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Nicholas I |
b |
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Nicias |
t |
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Nick Shadow |
bt |
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Nicolette |
s |
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Nightingale |
s |
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Nina |
s |
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Ninetta |
s |
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Ninetta |
s |
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Nirenus/Nireno |
a |
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Norfolk |
t |
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Norina |
s |
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Norma |
s |
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Notary |
b |
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Nottingham |
bt |
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Novice |
s |
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Noye |
b |
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Nurse/Nutrice |
ms |
