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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Paavo Ruotsalainen |
b |
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Paco |
t |
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Pacuvio |
b |
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Pagano |
b |
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Page, Mrs/Reich, Frau |
ms |
Pauline Marx |
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Painter/Negro |
t |
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Pallas/Pallante |
b |
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Pamilie |
s |
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Pamina |
s |
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Pamyre |
s |
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Panas |
b |
Fyodor Chaliapin and Fyodor Stravinsky (alternates) |
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Pandarus |
t |
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Pandolfe |
b |
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Pantasilea |
ms |
Joanna Simon |
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Paolino |
t |
Santi Nencini |
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Paolo il Bello |
t |
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Papagena |
s |
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Papageno |
bt |
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Paquiro |
bt |
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Paris |
t |
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Paris/Pâris |
t |
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Paris/Pâris |
tr/t |
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Parma, Duchess of |
s |
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Parsifal |
t |
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Partenope |
s |
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Pasqua Polegana |
t |
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Pasquale |
b |
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Pasquale, Don |
b |
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Pat Nixon |
s |
Carolann Page |
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Patroclus/Patrocle |
b |
Durand |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Pedrillo |
t |
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Peer Gynt |
bt |
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Peleus |
t |
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Pelléas |
bt |
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Peneios |
b |
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Penelope, Lady Rich |
s |
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Penelope/Pénélope |
s |
Giulia Paolelli |
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Pentheus |
bt |
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Pepa |
ms |
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Percy |
t |
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Périchole, La |
s |
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Perrucchetto, Count |
bt |
Benedetto Bianchi |
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Perseus |
t |
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Peter Grimes |
t |
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Peter Quint |
t |
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Phaedra/Phèdre |
s |
Claude Antier |
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Phanuel |
b |
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Pharaoh |
bt |
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Pharnaces/Farnace |
a |
Giuseppe Cicognani |
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Phénice |
s |
Mlle Lebourgeois |
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Pheobe |
s |
Teresa Buschietti |
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Philip II, King |
b |
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Philip II, King |
b |
Alessandro Silvestri |
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Philip Wingrave, Sir |
t |
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Philippe |
t |
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Phoenicius |
b |
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Phorcas |
bt |
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Pier Francesco Orsini |
t |
Salvador Novoa |
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Pierotto |
a |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Pierre |
t |
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Piet the Pot |
t |
Sven-Erik Vikstrom |
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Pietro |
b |
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Pilgrim |
b/bt |
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Ping |
bt |
Giacomo Rimini |
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Pinkerton, Lieutenant |
t |
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Pippo |
b |
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Piritoo/Piritous |
b |
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Pistol |
b |
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Pius IV, Pope |
b |
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Pizzaro, Don |
t |
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Plataea/Platée |
hc |
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Plaza-Toro, Duchess of |
a |
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Plistene |
bt |
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Plumkett |
b |
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Pluto |
b |
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Pluto/Pluton/Plutone |
b |
Godonesche |
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Pluto/Pluton/Plutone |
t |
Edouard Theodore Nicole |
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Podestà/Anchise, Don |
t |
Augustin Sutor |
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Poet |
bt |
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Police Agent |
b |
Leon Lishner |
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Polidartes |
b |
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Polinesso |
a |
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Polissena |
s |
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Pollione |
t |
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Pollux |
b |
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Pollux |
s |
Michael Bologna |
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Polly |
s |
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Polyeucte |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Polyphemus |
b |
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Pommersfelden |
b |
Fritz Honisch |
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Pong |
t |
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Poppaea/Poppea |
s |
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Poppea |
s |
Anna di Valerio |
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Porgy |
bt |
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Poro |
a |
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Portia |
s |
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Posa, Marquis of/Rodrigo/Rodrigue |
bt |
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Posa, Marquis of/Rodrigo/Rodrigue |
bt |
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Pöschel |
b/bt |
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Prefect |
b |
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President |
b |
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Pretender/Grigory/Dmitry |
t |
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Pretender/Grigory/Dmitry |
t |
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Preziosilla |
ms |
Constance Nantier-Didee |
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Preziosilla |
ms |
Ida Benza |
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Priam |
bb |
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Priest-Confessor |
ct |
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Priestess of Minerva |
s |
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Prince |
t |
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Prince |
t |
Bohumil Pták |
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Prince |
t |
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Prince Charmant/Charming |
s |
Mlle Emelan |
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Prince Giovanni |
t |
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Prince Gudal |
b |
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Prince Hal |
t |
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Prince Kurlyatev |
bt |
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Prince of Fleury |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Prince of Morocco |
b/bt |
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Prince Vyazminsky |
bt |
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Princess |
ms |
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Princess |
s |
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Princess |
a |
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Prison Governor |
b |
Leonid Pribytkov |
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Producer |
t |
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Prosdocimo |
b |
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Proserpine |
s |
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Prosperina |
s |
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Prospero |
bb |
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Protagonist |
s |
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Prunier |
t |
Francesco Dominici |
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Prus, Baron |
bt |
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Ptolemy/Tolomeo |
a |
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Publius/Publio |
b |
Gaetano Campi |
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Pulcheria |
ms |
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Pylades |
t |
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Pylades |
t |
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Pylades |
t |
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Pylades/Pilade |
t |
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Pyrrhus |
t |
