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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Xerxes/Serse |
ms |
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Xiphares/Sifare |
s |
Pietro Benedetti |
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Yaroslavna |
s |
Olga Olghina |
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Yevgeny Onegin |
bt |
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Young Woman |
s |
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Yuri |
bt |
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Yurodivïy/Holy Fool |
t |
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Yvonne |
s |
Clare Schulthess |
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Zaccaria |
b |
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Zacharie |
b |
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Zaida |
s |
Adelaide Carpano |
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Zaira |
s |
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Zaïre |
s |
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Zamoro |
t |
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Zayda |
ms |
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Zazà |
s |
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Zdenka |
s |
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Zélide |
s |
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Zélide |
s |
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Zelmira |
s |
Constanza Valdesturla |
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Zelmira |
s |
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Zémaïde |
s |
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Zenobia |
a |
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Zerbinetta |
s |
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Zerbinetta |
s |
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Zerlina |
s |
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Zerlina |
s |
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Zinovy Izmaylov |
t |
Stepan Vasil'evich Balashov |
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Zita |
a |
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Zofia |
s |
Cornelia Quattrini |
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Zoraide |
s |
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Zoroastro |
b |
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Zulma |
ms |
Annunziata Berni Chelli |
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Zurga |
bt |
Jean-Vital Ismaël |
