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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Rabbi David |
t/bt |
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Rachel |
s |
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Radames |
t |
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Radamisto |
s |
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Raimbaud |
bt |
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Raimondo Bidebent |
b |
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Rambaldo Fernandez |
bt |
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Rambo |
bb |
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Ramiro |
t |
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Ramiro |
ms |
Tommaso Consoli |
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Ramiro |
bt |
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Ramisa |
a |
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Raoul |
bt |
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Raoul de Nangis |
t |
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Ratcliffe, Lieutenant |
b |
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Ratmir |
a |
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Recorder of Norwich |
b |
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Redburn, Mr |
bt |
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Regina |
s |
Leni Funk |
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Reichstadt, Duc de |
s |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Reischmann, Dr |
bt |
Elegy for Young Lovers (British premiere in original English, 1961) |
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Reiza |
s |
Mary Ann Paton |
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Renata |
s |
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Renato/Anckarstroem |
bt |
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Renaud |
hc |
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Renaud |
t |
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Renommée, La |
s |
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Reuterholm |
b |
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Rhineberg |
bt |
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Riccardo |
t |
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Riccardo Forth, Sir |
b |
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Riccardo, Count de Chalais |
t |
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Riccardo/Gustavus III |
t |
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Ricciardo |
t |
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Richard I/Riccardo Primo |
a |
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Richard Nixon |
bt |
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Ricimer |
bt |
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Rifleman |
t |
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Rigoletto |
bt |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Rimbaud |
t |
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Rinaldo |
t |
Prospero Brahetti |
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Rinaldo |
t |
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Rinaldo |
ms |
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Rinuccio |
t |
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Robber captain |
t |
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Robert Cecil, Sir |
bt |
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Robert Storch |
bt |
Joseph Correck |
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Roberto |
t |
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Roberto/Nardo |
bt |
Giovanni Rossi |
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Robinson, Count |
b |
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Rocca, La |
t |
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Roche, La |
b |
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Rodelinda |
s |
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Roderick Dhu |
t |
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Roderigo |
t |
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Rodolfo |
t |
Evan Gorga |
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Rodolfo |
t |
Settimio Malvezzi |
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Rodolfo |
b |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Rodolphe |
t |
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Rodrigo, Don |
t |
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Rodrigue/Cid |
t |
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Rofrano Octavian, Count |
s/ms |
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Roger |
b |
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Roger II, King |
bt |
Eugeniusz Mossakowski |
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Rolando |
bt |
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Romeo/Roméo |
ms |
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Romeo/Roméo |
t |
Pierre Michot |
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Romilda |
s |
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Rosa Sacchi |
ms |
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Rosalina |
s |
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Rosalinde |
s |
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Rosimonda |
ms |
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Rosina |
a |
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Rosmene |
s |
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Rosmira |
a |
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Rosmondo |
b |
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Roxana |
ms |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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Roxana |
s |
Stanisława Szymanowska |
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Roxane |
s |
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Roxanne |
s |
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Ruben |
b |
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Rudolf |
b |
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Ruggero Lastouc |
t |
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Ruggiero |
a |
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Ruggiero |
bt |
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Ruprecht |
bt |
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Rusalka |
s |
Růžena Maturová |
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Ruslan |
bt |
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Ruthven, Lord |
bt |
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Ruy Blas |
t |
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Ruy Diaz |
bt |
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Ruy Gomez de Silva, Don |
b |
