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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Waldner, Count |
b |
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Wallenstein |
t |
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Wally |
s |
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Walter |
s |
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Walter Furst |
b |
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Walter Raleigh, Sir |
b |
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Walter, Count |
b |
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Walther von Stolzing |
t |
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Waltraute |
ms |
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Wanderer |
bb |
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Water-Melon Seller |
s |
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Werther |
t |
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Role |
Voice |
Opera |
Composer |
Singer |
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White Abbot |
b/bt |
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Wife of the second soldier |
s |
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Wilhelm |
t |
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William, Lord |
t |
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Wingrave, Miss |
s |
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Witch |
ms |
Hermine Finck |
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Witch |
a |
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Woglinde |
s |
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Woglinde |
s |
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Wolfram von Eschenbach |
bt |
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Woman |
s |
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Woodbird |
s |
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Woodcutter |
b |
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Wordsworth, Miss |
s |
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Wotan |
bb |
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Wotan |
bb |
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Wotan |
bb |
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Wozzeck |
bt |
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Würfl/Čaroskvoucí (‘Magically-shining’)/Alderman |
b |
Václav Novák |
