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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Oberon |
ct |
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Oberon |
t |
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Oberto |
b |
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Oberto |
tr |
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Oblonsky |
bt |
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Ochs auf Lerchenau, Baron |
b |
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Odabella |
s |
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Odette |
ms |
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Odoardo |
t |
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Officer |
t |
Max Hirzel |
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Offred |
ms |
Marianne Rørholm |
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Offred in the time before |
ms |
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Offred’s mother |
ms |
Ulla Kudsk Jensen |
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Olga |
s |
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Olivier |
bt |
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Olivo |
t |
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Olympia/Giuletta/Antonia |
s |
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Omar |
ms |
Stephanie Friedman |
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Onoria |
a |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Ophelia |
s |
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Oracle |
b |
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Oracle of the Dead/Hecate |
s |
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Ordow, Duke of |
b |
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Oreste/Orestes |
ms |
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Oreste/Orestes |
ms |
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Orestes |
t |
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Orestes |
s |
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Orestes |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Orestes |
bt |
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Orestes |
t |
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Orestes/Orest/Oreste |
ms |
Léa Silly |
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Orestes/Orest/Oreste |
bt |
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Oriana |
s |
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Oriane |
s |
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Orindo |
a |
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Orlando |
a |
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Orlik |
b |
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Orlofsky, Prince |
ms |
Irma Nittinger |
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Ormonte |
b |
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Oroe |
b |
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Orombello |
t |
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Oronte |
t |
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Oronte |
t |
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Oroveso |
b |
Vincenzo Negrini |
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Orpheus |
bt |
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Orpheus/Orfeo |
t |
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Orpheus/Orfeo |
a |
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Orpheus/Orfeo/Orphée |
bt |
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Orpheus/Orfeo/Orphée |
t |
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Orpheus/Orfeo/Orphée |
t |
Tayau |
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Orpheus/Orphée |
a |
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Orsini |
bt |
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Orsola |
s |
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Ortrud |
ms |
Josephine Fastlinger |
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Ory, Count |
t |
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Osaka |
t |
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Oscar |
s |
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Osiris/Osiride |
b |
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Osiris/Osiride |
b |
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Osman |
b |
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Osmin |
b |
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Otello |
t |
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Otello/Othello |
t |
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Otho/Ottone |
a |
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Ottavio, Don |
t |
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Ottavio, Don |
t |
Francesco Morella |
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Ottone |
a |
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Ottone |
a |
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Ouf I, King |
t |
Daubray (Michel-René Thibaut) |
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Owen Wingrave |
bt |
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Oxana |
s |
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Oxana |
s |
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Oziya |
b |
