Categorization of Roles ______Canadian Opera Agreement Opera Agreement
C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
S Da-Ud (So) S Thanatos (Bt) Acis and Galatea – George Frideric Handel S First Servant (So) B Apollo [Apollon] (Bt) Language: Italian S Second Servant (Mz) B Herald [Le Héraut] (Bt) L Acis (T) S First Elf (So) B Eumelo (child) (Sp) L Galatea (So) S Second Elf (So) B Aspasia (child) (Sp) L Polyphemus (Bt) S Third Elf (Co) Leaders of the People: F Damon (T) B Hermione (B) B Voice of Oracle [Un oracle] (Bs) 20 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B The Omniscient Sea-Shell (Co) B Coryphée 1 (So) 15 or 18 Minimum Chorus* (Bs) CB Coryphée 2 (Mz) Adriana Lecouvreur – Francesco Cilea Chorus Note(s): CB Coryphée 3 (T) Language: Italian * Depending upon the use of basses who sing only CB Coryphée 4 (Bs) L Adriana Lecouvreur (So) 8 bars and may be cut. 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Maurizio (T) L Michonnet (Bt) Aïda – Giuseppe Verdi Alcina – George Frideric Handel L Principessa di Bouillon (Mz) Language: Italian Language: Italian F L’Abate di Chazeuil (T) L Aïda (So) L Alcina (So) F Principe di Bouillon (Bs) L Amneris (Mz) L Ruggiero (Mz or T) S Quinault (Bs) L Radamès (T) F Morgana (So) S Poisson (T) L Amonasro (Bt) F Bradamante (Co) S Jouvenot (So) F Ramfis (Bs) F Oronte (T) S Dangeville (Mz) S Il Re [The King] (Bs) S Melisso (Bs) B Major-Domo (T) B High Priestess (So) S Oberto (So) B Chambermaid (M) B Messenger (T) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Aleko – Sergei Rachmaninoff Africaine, L’ [The African Maid] Akhnaten – Philip Glass Language: Russian – Giacomo Meyerbeer Language(s): English, Ancient Egyptian, L Aleko (Bt) Language: French Akkadian, and Biblical Hebrew L Zemfira (So) L Sélika (So) L Akhnaten (CT) L Young Gypsy (T) L Inès (So) L Nefertiti (So) F Old Gypsy (Bs) L Vasco de Gama (T) L Queen Tye (So) B Gypsy Woman (Co) L Nélusko (Bt) F Horemhab (Bt) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Don Pédro (Bs) F Pharoah (Bt) F Don Alvar (T) F Amenhotep (Sp) Alessandro – George Frideric Handel S Don Diego (Bs) S Amon (T) Language: Italian S Le Grand Inquisiteur [Grand Inquisitor] (Bs) S Aye (Bs) L Alessandro (Co or CT) S Le Grand Brahmine B Six Daughters (So, Mz) L Rossane (So) [High Priest of Brahma] (Bt) CB Eight Men’s Voices (T, B) L Lisaura (So) S Anna (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Tassile (T) CB 4 Matelots [4 Sailors] (T, Bt or Bs) F Clito (Bs) CB Un huissier [An Usher] (T) Albert Herring – Benjamin Britten S Leonato (T) CB Un prêtre [A Priest] (T) Language: English S Cleone (Co or CT) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Lady Billows (So) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Albert Herring (T) Agrippina – George Frideric Handel F Nancy (Mz) Amahl and the Night Visitors Language: Italian F Sid (Bt) – Gian Carlo Menotti L Agrippina (So) F Florence Pike (Co) Language: English L Nerone (So) F Miss Wordsworth (So) L Amahl (Tr) L Poppea (So) F Mrs. Herring (Mz) L The Mother (So) L Ottone (Mz) F Vicar Gedge (Bt) F King Kaspar (T) L Claudio (Bs) F Mayor Upfold (T) F King Melchior (Bt) F Narciso (Mz) F Superintendent Budd (Bs) F King Balthazar (Bs) F Pallante (Bs) S Emmie (So) S A Slave [The Page] (Bt) F Lesbo (Bs) S Cis (So) 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Guinone (Mz) S Harry (Tr) No Chorus No Chorus Amelia al Ballo [Amelia Goes to the Ball] – Gian Carlo Menotti ägyptische Helena, Die [The Egyptian Helen] Alceste – Christophe Willibald Gluck Language: Italian – Richard Strauss Language: Italian L Amelia (So) Language: German L Alceste (So) L Her Husband (Bt) L Helena (So) L Admetus [Admète] (T) F Her Lover (T) L Menelas (T) F High Priest [Un grand-prêtre] (Bt) S Her Friend (Co) L Aithra (So) F Hercules [Hercule] (Bt) S Commissioner of Police (Bs) F Altair (Bt) S Evander [Évandre] (T) B First Maid [Cook] (Mz)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
B Second Maid (Mz) CB Soprano Solo (So) 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Amour de loin L’ [Love From Afar] CB Tenor Solo (T) – Kaija Saariaho CB Another Tenor Solo (T) Amico Fritz, L’ – Pietro Mascagni Language: French CB Two Tenors (T) Language: Italian L Jaufré Rudel (Bt) CB Two Basses (Bs) L Fritz Kobus (T) L The Pilgrim (Mz) Act II, Scene 9 – Pre-Recorded Quartet & L Suzel (So) L Clémence (So) Newspersons L Beppe (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Soprano (So) L David (Bt) CB Alto (Co) B Caterina, (So) Andrea Chenier – Umberto Giordano CB Tenor (T) B Federico (T) Language: Italian CB Bass (Bs) B Henezo (B) L Andrea Chenier (T) CB TV News Anchor #1 (Mz) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Carlo Gerard (Bt) CB TV News Anchor #2 (Bt) L Maddalena de Coigny (So) CB TV News Anchor #3 (Mz) Amistad – Anthony Davis F Mathieu (Bt) CB TV News Anchor #4 (Bt) Language: English F Roucher (Bs) CB Biography Channel Voice-Over (Mz) L The Trickster God (T) F Bersi (Mz) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Cinque (Bs) F L'incredibile (T) F Antonio (Bt) S La vecchia Madelon (Mz) Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera F John Quincy Adams (BB) S Countess de Coigny (Mz) – Julien Bilodeau F The Goddess of the Waters (Mz) S Fleville (Bt) Language: English F Navigator (T) S Abate [The Abbot] (T) L Pink (Bt) F Margru / Voice 5 (So) B Fouquier-Tinville (Bt or Bs) F The Mother (So) S Abolitionist Tappan (T) B Schmidt [The Jailer] (Bt) S The Wife (So) S Lieutenant / Judge (BB) B Dumas (Bt or Bs) S Vera (Mz) S Don Pedro / Calderon (Bs) B Maestro di Casa [Major-Domo] (Bt or Bs) S The Father (T) S Grabeau / Voice 1 / African II (Bt) B Filandro Fiorinelli B The Teacher (T) S Bahia (So) (Pianist – if pantomimed by chorister) (M) B The Prosecutor (Bt) S Burnah / Voice 3 / African I (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B The Judge (Bs) S Kaleh / Voice 2 (T) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Kinna / Voice 4 (T) Anna Bolena – Gaetano Donizetti B President Martin Van Buren (T) Language: Italian Anoush – Armen Tigranian B Phrenologist (T) L Anna Bolena (So) Language: Armenian B Lawyer (Bs) L Lord Riccardo (T) L Anoush (So) B Cook (Bs) L Giovanna Seymour (Mz) L Saro (T) B Southern Senator (Bt) F Enrico VIII [Henry VIII] (Bs) F Mossi (Bt) B Reporter 1 (T) F Smeton (T) S Anoush’s Mother (Mz) B Reporter 2 (Bt) S Lord Rochefort (Bs) S Saro’s Mother (Mz) B Reporter 3 (BB) S Hervey (T) S Village Elder [Kochva] (Bs) B Reporter 4 (Bt) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Ohan (Bs) B Reporter 5 (T) B Best Man (Bt) B Reporter 6 (BB) Anna Nicole – Mark Anthony Turnage CB Village Watchman (Bs) 60 Minimum Chorus* Language: English CB Girl 1 (So) Chorus Note(s): L Anna Nicole (So) CB Girl 2 (Mz) * The following roles are also to be included in L Virgie (Mz) CB Girl 3 (So) the Slave/Captive Chorus as noted from the L Stern (Bt) CB Girl 4 (Mz) original Score and the original production notes: L J. Howard Marshall II (T) CB Girl 5 (So) Margu, Bahia, Kaleh, Burnah, Grabeau, Kinna. F Cousin Shelley (So) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Aunt Kay (Mz) Amore Dei Tre Re, L’ F Doctor Yes (T) Antony and Cleopatra – Samuel Barber [The Love of the Three Kings] F Billy (Bt) Language: English – Italo Montemezzi F Daddy Hogan (Bs) L Cleopatra (So) Language: Italian S Blossom / Melissa (Mz) L Antony (Bs) L Fiora (So) S Teenage Daniel (T) L Caesar (T) L Manfredo (Bt) S Larry King (T) L Enobarbus (Bs) L Avito (T) B Four Lap Dancers (So, Mz) F Iras (Co) L Archibaldo (Bs) B Meat Rack Quartet (So, Mz) F Octavia (M - S in World Premiere) S Flaminio (T) B Mayor of Mexia (T) F Charmian (Mz) B Vecchia [Old Woman] (Mz) B Trucker (T) S Agrippa(Bs) B Ancella [Serving Woman] (So) B Deputy Mayor of Mexia / Roy Fiction (Bt) S Eros (T or Bt) B Fanciulla [A Young Girl] (So) B Runner (Bt) S Maecenas (Bt) B Giovanetto [A Youth] (T) B Young Daniel (M) S A Messenger (T) - A Boy Child [Fanciullo] (Tr) CB Dominic Gent (T) S Dolabella (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Patron (Bt) S Thidias (T or Bt)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
S Alexas (Bs) S Uldino (T) S A Soothsayer (Bs) Armide – Jean-Baptiste Lully S Leone [Pope Leo I] (Bs) S A Soldier of Caesar (T) Language: French 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S A Rustic (Bt or Bs) L Armide (So) S Four Guards (Bs) L Renaud (T) Babar the Elephant – Nicolai Berezowsky B Two Watchmen (Bs) F Le chevalier danois [The Danish Knight] (T) Language: English B Guardsman (Bs) F Hidraot (Bt or BB) L Babar CB Senator (Bs) F Ubalde (Bt or BB) L Celeste 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S La Gloire [Glory] (So) L Old Lady S La Sagesse [Wisdom] (So) S Bad Boy S Lucinde (So) S Good Girl S Phénice (So) S Camel S Sidonie (So) S Julio Arabella – Richard Strauss B Une naïade [A Nymph] (So) B Marie Language: German B Une bergère héroïque B First Hunter L Arabella (So) [A heroic shepherdess] (So) B Second Hunter L Zdenka (So) B Mélisse (So) - Tightrope Walker (D) L Matteo (T) B Un amant fortune [A well-off lover] (Ct) - Bareback Rider (D) L Mandryka (Bt) B Artémidore (T) - Clown (D) F Die Fiakermilli (So) B La Haine [Hatred] (T or Bt) Children’s Chorus S Adelaide (Mz) B Aronte (Bt) S Graf Waldner (Bs) 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Ballad of Baby Doe, The – Douglas Moore S Eine Kartenaufschlägerin [Fortune Teller] Language: English (So) Aspern Papers, The – Dominick Argento L Elizabeth (Baby) Doe (So) S Graf Elemer (T) Language: English L Augusta Tabor (Mz) S Graf Dominik (Bt) L Juliana Bordereau (So) L Horace Tabor (Bt) S Graf Lamoral (Bs) L Tina (Mz) F William Jennings Bryan (BB) CB Drei Spieler [Three Cardplayers] (Bt, Bs) L The Lodger (Bt) F Mama McCourt (Co) - Velko (M) F Aspern (T) S Four Friends of Augusta - Djura (M) F Sonia (Mz) Sarah, Mary, Emily, Effie (So, Mz) - Jankel (M) F Barelli (Bs) S Four Cronies of Tabor 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Olimpia (So) Sam, Bushy, Barney, Jacob (T, B) S Pasquale / Painter (Bs) B President Chester A. Arthur (T)* Ariadne auf Naxos – Richard Strauss S Pasquale (Bs)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
L Dottore Bartolo (BB or Bs) S Scudiero (T) ballo delle ingrate, Il L Don Basilio (Bs) CB Herald (T) [The Ballet of the Ungrateful Ladies] S Berta (So)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
Beautiful Galatea, The [Die schöne Galathée] – Sergei Prokofiev L Judith (Mz) – Franz von Suppé Language: Russian No Chorus Language: German L Don Jerome (T) L Galatea (So) L Ferdinand (Bt) bohème, La – Ruggiero Leoncavallo L Pygmalion (T) L Louisa (So) Language: Italian L Midas (Bt) L Antonio (T) L Mimi (So) L Ganymede (Mz) L Clara d’Almanza (Mz) L Musette (Mz) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Mendoza (Bs) L Marcel (T) Note(s): F The Duenna [Margaret] (Co) L Rodolphe (Bt) Depending on edition used, principal roles may F Don Carlos (Bt) L Shaunard (Bt) be sung using alternate voice types. S Father Augustine (Bt) F Colline (Bt) S Brother Elixir (T) S Barbemuche (Bs) belle Hélène, La [The Beautiful Helen] S Brother Chartreuse (Bt) S Vicomte Paul (Bt) – Jacques Offenbach S Brother Benedictine (Bs) S Gaudens (T) Language: French B First Monk (T) S Durand (T) L Helen [Hélène] (So) B Second Monk (T) S Eufemie (Mz) L Pâris (T) B Lauretta (So) B Le M. du Premier [First Floor Tenant] (T) L Calchas (Bs) B Rosina (Co) B Le Gamin [An urchin] (T) L Oreste [Orestes] (So) B Lopez (T) CB An Employee (Bt) L Agamemnon (Bt) B Three Maskers (T, Bt, Bs) CB Old Woman from the 3rd floor (Mz) F Achille [Achilles] (T) CB Pablo (T) 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Ajax Premier [Ajax I] (T) CB Pedro (T or Bt) F Ajax Deuxième [Ajax II] (Bt) CB Miguel (Bs) bohème, La – Giacomo Puccini F Ménélas [Menelaus] (T) - Urchin (M) Language: Italian S Bacchis (Mz) - Friend of Don Jerome (plays cornet)* L Rodolfo (T) S Leœna (So) - Sancho (plays the big drum)* L Mimi (So) S Parthœnis (So) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Marcello (Bt) B Philocôme (Sp) Note(s): L Musetta (So) B Euthyclès (Sp) * If played by an instrumentalist, it is then covered F Colline (Bs) CB 1re Jeune Fille [1st Young Maiden] under Musicians’ Union. F Schaunard (Bt) CB 2e Jeune Fille [2nd Young Maiden] S Benoit (Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Billy Budd – Benjamin Britten S Alcindoro (Bs) Language: English CB Parpignol (T) Benvenuto Cellini – Hector Berlioz L Billy Budd (Bt) CB Custom House Officer (Bs) Language: French L Captain Edward Fairfax Vere (T) CB Sergeant (Bs) L Benvenuto Cellini (T) L John Claggart (Bs) CB Prune Seller (T) L Teresa (So) L Mr. Redburn, First Lieutenant (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Giacomo Balducci (BB or Bs) L Mr. Flint, Sailing Master (BB) (and Children's Chorus) F Ascanio (Mz) L Lieutenant Ratcliffe (Bs) F Fieramosca (Bt) F Dansker (Bs) Bohemian Girl, The – Michael William Balfe F Francesco (T) F Bosun (Bt) Language: English S Cardinal Salviati / Pape Clément VII F Novice (T) L Arline (So) [Pope Clement VII] (Bs) F Donald (Bt) L Thaddeus (T) S Pompeo (Bt) F Red Whiskers (T) L Count Arnheim (Bs) S Bernardino (Bs) S Squeak (T) L Florestein (T) B Le Cabaretier [The Innkeeper] [ (T) S First Mate (Bt) F Queen of the Gypsies (Co) CB Un officier [An Officer] (Bt) S Second Mate (Bt) F Devilshoof (Bs) B Columbine [Colombine] (Sp) S Novice's Friend (Bt) B Captain of the Guard (Bs) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Maintop (T) B Officer (T) B Arthur Jones (Bt) B Buda (So) Betrothal in a Dream [Verlobung im Traum] B Four Midshipmen (Tr, 4 Boys) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) – Hans Krása B Cabin Boy (Sp) Language: German CB Gunner's Mate (Bt) Bomarzo – Alberto Ginastera L Zina (So) CB Three Chorus Soli (T, Br, Bs) Language: Spanish L Marya Aleksandrovna (Mz) CB Hurt Sailor (Bt) L Pier Francesco Orsini (as adult) (T) F Nastasya (Mz) CB Off-Stage Voice (Bt) L Silvio de Narni (Bt) L Prince (Bt) CB Sailor with Earring (Bt) F Diana Orsini (Co) F Paul (T) 36 Minimum Chorus (T, B) F Pantasilea (Mz) S Archivist F Julia Farnese (So) B Barbara Bluebeard's Castle S Gian Corrado Orsini (BB) B Sofya Petrovna [A Kékszakállú Herceg Vára] S Nicolas Orsini (T) 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A) – Béla Bartók S Girolamo (as adult) (BB) Language: Hungarian S Maerbale (as adult) (B) Betrothal in a Monastary (The Duenna) L Duke Bluebeard (Bt) S Shepherd Boy (child)
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B Messenger (T) F Jeff Douglas (Sp) L Voltaire w/Pangloss / Business Man, B Pier Francesco Orsini (as child) S Jean Maclaren (Sp) Governor / 2nd Gambler / Sage (Bt) B Maerbale (as child) S Stuart Dalrymple (T) L Cunegonde (So) B Girolamo (as child) S MacGregor (Bt) F Baron w/ Grand Inquisitor / Slavedriver / - Skeleton (D) S Jean MacLaren (Sp) Pasha - Abul (D) S Mr. Lundie (Sp) F Maximilian (Bt) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Angus MacGuffie (Sp) F Servant of Maximilian w/ Second Bulgarian S Andrew MacLaren (Sp) / Boris Godounov – Modest Moussorgsky S Harry Beaton (Sp) Jew / Judge / Father Bernard / First Language: Russian S Archie Beaton (Sp) Gambler [Complete 1869 Version] S Sandy Dean (Bs) F Paquette (So) L Boris Godounov (Bs) B Frank (Sp) F Old Lady (Mz) F Prince Shvisky (T) B Jane Ashton (Sp) S Huntsman w/ First Bulgarian / Don #4 F Pimen (Bs) CB Five Vendors (S, A, T, Bt, Bs) Baroness w/ Calliope Player / Inquisition F Varlaam (Bs) CB Two Girls (S, A) Business S Xenia (So) CB Kate (Sp) S First Westphalian Soldier w/ Don #5 / S Feodor (Mz) CB A Girl (Sp) Pirate #2 S Grigori (T) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Second Westphalian Soldier w/ Governor’s S Simpleton [The Idiot] (T) Aide / Sailor #3 S Tchelkalov (Bt) Brokeback Mountain – Charles Wuorinen B Heresy Agent w/ Don #6 B The Hostess of the Inn (Mz) Language: English B Two Pink Sheep w/ Inquisition Business B Nurse (Co) L Jack Twist (T) B Lion w/ Inquisition Business (Bt) B Mitioukha [First Peasant] (T) L Ennis del Mar (BB) CB First Inquisition Agent w/Sailor #1 B Boyar (T) F Alma Beers (So) CB Dons #1, #2, #3 S Missail (T) S Lureen (Mz) - Two Whores (D) B Nikitch (Bs) S Aguirre (Bs) - Horse Movers (D) B Frontier Guard Officer (Bs) S Hogboy (Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Two Peasant Women (So, Mz) B Mrs. Beers (Mz) Note(s): CB Second Peasant (T) B Bartender (Co) Because of the wide number of versions of this 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Saleswoman (Co) opera, a universal classification is not possible Boris Godounov – Modest Moussorgsky B Jack’s Mother (Co) for the characters. Classifications of these Language: Russian B John Twist (T) characters should be done on a case-by-case [1874 Version] B Alma Jr. (child) (Sp) basis. L Boris Godounov (Bs) B Francine (child) (Sp) L Dmitri [Grigori] (T) CB Cowboy (T) F Marina Mnishek (Mz) CB Bill Jones (Sp) F Varlaam (Bs) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Prince Shvisky (T) Candide – Leonard Bernstein F Pimen (Bs) Calisto, La – Pier Francesco Cavalli Language: English F Rangoni (BB) Language: Italian [Opera House Version - 1982, revised 2016] F Simpleton [The Idiot] (T) L Calisto (So) L Candide (T) S Feodor (Mz) L Endimione (Mz or CT) L Cunegonde (So) S Xenia (So) L Diana (Mz) L Voltaire, Dr. Pangloss, Business Man, S Missail (T) L Giunone (Mz) Governor, 2nd Gambler, Sage (T) S The Old Nurse (Co) L Giove (BB) F Paquette (So) S The Hostess of the Inn (Mz) F Satirino (S or CT) F Old Lady (Mz) S Andrey Tchelkalov (Bt) F Mercurio (T or Bt) F Maximilian (Bt) S Police Sergeant (Bs) F Linfea (T or Co) F Hugo / Radu (Bulgarian #1) / S Frontier Guard (Bs) F Pane (T) Father Bernard / Issachar / Gambler B Boyar (T) F Sylvano (BB) F Pasha-Prefect / Baron / Grand Inquisitor / B Lavitzki (Bs) S Giove in Diana (Mz) Slave Driver B Tchernikovski (Bs) S Eternita (So) B Sheep #1 (So) B Mitioukha [First Peasant] (Bs) S Natura (T or Mz) B Sheep #2 (Mz) CB Boyar Khrustchov (T) S Destino (So) B Judge #1 (T) CB Second Peasant (Prologue) (T) S Fury 1 (So) B Judge #2 (Bt) CB Two Peasant Women (So, Mz) S Fury 2 (Mz or Ct) B Judge #3 (Bs) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Heresy Agent (Sp) Note(s): B Bulgarian #2 (Sp) Brigadoon – Frederick Loewe Depending on edition used, some roles may be CB Solo #1 (Bt) Language: English omitted. CB Solos #2-8 (So, Mz) L Tommy Algright (T) CB Lion (Bt) L Fiona Maclaren (So) Candide – Leonard Bernstein CB Baroness (Sp) F Meg Brockie (Mz) Language: English CB Aide (Sp) F Charlie Dalrymple (T) L Candide (T) CB Huntsman (Sp)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
CB Two Westphalian Soldiers (Sp) F Carrie Pipperidge (So) B A Girl (in Casanova’s bed) (So) CB Four Sailors (Sp) F Nettie Fowler (Mz) B Matusio (Mz) CB Instrumentalist (Flute or Clarinet) (Sp) F Enoch Snow (T) B Gianpaolo (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Jigger Craigin (Bt) B Demofoonte (T) F Mrs. Mullin (Sp) B Chief of Police (Bs) Capriccio – Richard Strauss S The Starkeeper / Dr. Seldon (Sp) CB A Lady (whose purse is stolen) (So) Language: German S David Bascombe (Sp) CB Mme. D’Urfe’s Servant (So) L Die Gräfin [The Countess] (So) S Policeman (Sp) CB A Matron (in Casanova’s bed) (So) L Der Graf [The Count] B First Man (Bt) CB A Young Woman (in Casanova's bed) (Mz) L Die Schauspielerin Clairon (Co) B Second Man (T) CB A Young Girl (of Marcantonio's age) (Mz) L Flamand (T) B Captain (Sp) CB A Junior Police Officer (T) L Olivier (Bt) B Principal (Sp) CB Two Guards (T) L La Roche (Bs) B Heavenly Friend #1 (Sp) F Eine italienische Sängerin [Italian Singer] B Louise (Sp) Castor et Pollux – Jean-Philippe Rameau (So) B Enoch Snow, Jr. (Sp) Language: French F Eine italienische Tenor [Italian Singer] (T) CB First Girl (So) L Télaïre (So) S Monsieur Taupe (T) CB Arminy (Mz) L Castor (T) S Der Haushofmeister [Major-Domo] (Bs) CB First Woman (Mz) L Pollux (Bt or BB) B Acht Diener [Eight Servants] (T, Bs) CB Second Woman (Mz) F Phœbé (So) - A Young Dancer (M) CB Baritone Solo (Bt) S Mercure [Mercury] (T) No Chorus CB Third Man (Sp) S Jupiter (BB) CB Second Girl (Sp) B Cléone (So) Capuleti e I Montecchi, I CB A Girl (Sp) B Une ombre heureuse [Blessed Spirit] (So) [The Capulets and the Montagues] CB A Man (Sp) B Une suivante d’Hébé [A Follower of Hebe] – Vincenzo Bellini CB Baby Sister (Sp) (So) Language: Italian CB Heavenly Friend #2 (Sp) B Le grand-prêtre de Jupiter L Giulietta (So) CB Sailor (Sp) [The High Priest of Jupiter] (Bt) L Romeo (Mz) CB Enoch’s Daughter (Sp) B Un athlète [An athlete] (T) F Tebaldo (T) CB Voices 1-10 [Voices 1-6, 8 & 10 are Men, CB Une voix [A voice] (Act I) (Bt) S Capellio (Bs) Voices 7 & 9 are Women] (Sp) CB Un spartiate [A Spartan Soldier] (T) S Lorenzo (Bt) CB Voices 1-4 (Sp) CB Une voix derrière le théâtre / Une autre 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) voix [Two off-stage voices] (Act I) (Bt, T) Carmen – Georges Bizet Casanova’s Homecoming - Dancer (D) Language: French – Dominick Argento - Hébé (M) L Carmen (Mz) Language: English 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Don José (T) L Casanova (Bt) Note(s): F Escamillo (Bt) F Lorenzo (Bt) Depending on edition used, some roles may be F Micaëla (So) F Bellino (Teresa) (Mz) omitted. S Zuniga (Bs) F Marquis De Lisle (T) S El Dancaïre (Bt) F Mme. D’Urfe (Co) Cavalleria rusticana [Rustic Chivalry] S El Remendado (T) F Giulietta (So) – Pietro Mascagni S Frasquita (So) F Barbara (So) Language: Italian S Mercédès (Mz) F Marcantonio (Tr or S) L Santuzza (So) S Moralès (Bt) S Gabrielle (T)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
[The Dean of the Faculty] (T) CB L’aubergiste / Le patron L Will Tweedy (T) B Le premier minister [The First Minister] (Une basse du chœur) F Lightfoot McClendon (So) (BB) [The Innkeeper / The Boss] (Bs) F Clayton McAllister (Bt) B Six Esprits [Six Spirits] (S, Mz, Co) CB La duchesse de Medina Sidonia F Loma Williams (Mz) CB La voix du héraut [The Herald’s Voice] (Soprano solo du chœur) F Effie Belle Tate (Mz) (Sp)
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contes d'Hoffmann, Les 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Second Reporter [The Tales of Hoffman] No Chorus – Jacques Offenbach Così fan tutte – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Language: French Language: Italian Crucible, The – Robert Ward L Hoffmann (T) L Fiordiligi (So) Language: English L Antonia / Olympia / Giulietta (So)* L Dorabella (Mz) L Reverend John Hale (Bs) L Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle / L Despina (So) L John Proctor (Bt) Lindorf (BB)* L Ferrando (T) L Abigail Williams (So) F Nicklausse / Muse of Poetry (Mz) L Gugliemo (Bt) L Elizabeth Proctor (Mz)
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– Leoš Janáček S Brander (Bt or Bs) Language: English Language: Czech CB Voix céleste
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S Omar (Mz) CB Second Voice (Sp) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Doktor Faust – Ferruccio Busoni Chorus Note(s): Language: German The score indicates Chorus “with sound Dialogues des Carmélites L Doktor Faust (Bt) amplification”. [Dialogues of the Carmelites] L Mephistopheles (T) * According to instructions in the score, the – Francis Poulenc F Poet (Sp)
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B Il conte di Lerma (T) CB Four Bandits (Sp) CB El Liberal B Un araldo reale [The Royal Herald] (T) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB La Naranjera - El Hijo (child) (M) B La contessa d’Aremberg 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) [Countess d'Aremberg] (Sp)* 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Don Rodrigo – Alberto Ginastera Note(s): Language: Spanish donna del lago, La [The Lady of the Lake] * Role is typically assigned to an actor. L Don Rodrigo (T) – Gioachino Rossini L Florinda (So) Language: Italian Don Carlos – Giuseppe Verdi F Don Julian (Bt) L Elena [Ellen] (So or Mz) Language: French F Tendiselo (Bs) L Uberto [Hubert] (T) [5 Act Version] S Fortuna (Mz) L Malcolm Graeme [Groem] (Mz) L Don Carlos (T) S Obispo (Bt) F Douglas D’Angus [Archibald Douglas] (BB) L Élisabeth de Valois (So) S First Doncella (So) F Roderigo di Dhu [Roderick Dhu] (T) L Princess Eboli (Mz) S Second Doncella (Mz) S Serano / Bertram (T) L Rodrigo [Posa] (Bt) B Blind Hermit (Bt) B Albina (Mz) L Philippe II (Bs) B Voice of Dream (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Le Grand Inquisiteur (Bs) B First Messenger (T)* S Une Moine-Charles-Quint [A Monk] (Bs) B Second Messenger (Bt)* Dream of Valentino, The – Dominick Argento S Thibault (So) B First Page (T)* Language: English S Un voix d’en haut [A Heavenly Voice] (So) B Second Page (Bt)* L Rudolph Valentino (T) S Count Lerma (T) B First Locksmith (T)* L June Mathis (So) B Un hérault royal [The Royal Herald] (T) B Second Locksmith (Bt)* L The Mogul (BB) B Coryphée / Un Bûcheron [Forester] (Bt) B Young Messenger (Co) F Marvin Heeno / Voice on Record (T) B Countess d’Aremburg (Sp)* B Young Boy (So) F Natacha Rambova (Mz) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Young Girl [Shepherdess] (So) F Alla Nazimova (Co) Note(s): 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Jean Acker / Voice (So) * Role is typically assigned to an actor. Chorus Note(s): S Woman in Red (Mz) There is a speaking chorus throughout the opera. B Solo Voice (So) Don Giovanni * The following roles may be performed by same B Ballroom Manager (Bt) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artist: B Lawyer (Bs) Language: Italian S = First Messenger / First Page / First Locksmith B Four ‘Yes Men’ (T, Bs) L Don Giovanni (Bt) (T) B Three Reporters (T, Bt, Bs) L Donna Anna (So) S = Second Messenger / Second Page / Second B Three Secretaries (So, Mz) L Donna Elvira (So) Locksmith (T) B Dialogue Coach (So) L Don Ottavio (T) B Make-Up Woman (Mz) L Leporello (Bs) Doña Francisquita – Amadeo Vives B Costumer (T) L Zerlina (So) Language: Spanish B Publicity Man (Bt) F Masetto (Bt) L Fernando (T) B Six (or Three) Photographers (T, Bt, Bs) F Commendatore (Bs) L Francisquita (So) CB Man with Arrest Warrent (T) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Aurora (So or Mz) CB Valentino's Mother L Cardona (Bt) (This part may be sung by June Mathis) Don Pasquale – Gaetano Donizetti F Dõna Francisca (Co) (So) Language: Italian F Lorenzo Perez (T) CB Newspaper Man (Bs) L Don Pasquale (Bs) F Don Matias (Bs) - A Policeman (M) L Norina (So) B Irene la de Pinto (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Ernesto (T) B El Lanador (T) L Dr. Malatesta (Bt) B La Buhonera (Mz) due Foscari, I [The Two Foscari] B Notary (Bt) B Cofrade 1, 2, 3 – Giuseppe Verdi 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B La Mama Language: Italian B El Sereno (T) L Jacopo Foscari (T) Don Quichotte – Jules Massenet B Juan Andres L Francesco Foscari (Bt) Language: French B Dependiente 1, 2, 3 L Lucrezia Contarini (So) L Don Quichotte (Bs) B Un Guitarrista F Jacopo Loredano (Bs) L La Belle Dulcinée (Co) CB Dõna Liberata S Pisana (So) L Sancho Panza (BB) CB Dõna Basilisa S Barbarigo (T) S Rodriguez (T) CB Nina 1, 2 CB Fante (T) B Juan (T) CB Un Miliciano CB Doge’s Servant (Bt) B Pedro (So) CB Un Torero 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Garcias (So) CB Una Maja B Ténébrun / Chef des bandits [Bandit Chief] CB Un Jornalero Dybbuk, The – David Tamkin (Sp) CB La Mujer del Jornalero Language: English CB Valet / Laquais [1st Servant] (Bt) CB El Aguador L Channon (T) CB Valet / Laquais [2nd Servant] (Bt) CB La Aguadora L Leah (So)
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F Sender (Bs) La rainette [The Tree Frog] (T) 28 Minimum Chorus F The Messenger (Bt) F Le fauteuil [The Armchair] / F Rabbi Azrael (Bt) Un arbre [A Tree] (Bs) Ernani – Giuseppe Verdi S Meyer (BB) F L’horloge comtoise [The Comtoise Clock] / Language: Italian S Chennoch (Bt) Le chat [The Black Cat] (Bt) L Ernani (T) S Frade (Mz) F La chatte [The White Cat] / L Don Carlo (Bt) S Elderly Woman (Co) L’écureuil [The Squirrel] (Mz) L Don Ruy Gomez de Silva (Bs) S Three Batlons (T, Bs) F La Théière - Wedgwood noir L Elvira (So) S Michoel (Bs) [The Teapot - Black Wedgwood] (T) B Giovanna (So) S Gittel (So) S Maman [The Mother] (Co)
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L Eugene Onegin (Bt) L Alice Ford (So) B Pony Express Rider (T) L Lenski (T) L Ford (T) 18 Minimum Chorus (T, B) F Olga (Mz) L Mistress Slender (Mz) F Prince Gremin (Bs) L Slender (Bt) Faust – Charles Gounod S Madame Larena (Mz) F Betty [Meg] (So) Language: French S Filipievna (Mz) F Bardolfo (Bt) L Faust (T) B Monsieur Triquet (T) CB An Echo (Bt) L Méphistophélès (BB or Bs) B Zaretski (Bs) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Marguerite (So) B Captain (Bt) F Valentin (Bt) CB Peasant (T) Falstaff – Giuseppe Verdi S Siébel (Mz)
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[The Daughter of the Regiment] S A Fortune-Teller [Sorceress] (Mz) L Minskwoman (Mz) – Gaetano Donizetti S Faust (Bt) L Refugee (CT) Language: French S Two Young Nuns (So) L Bill (T) L Marie (So) B Jakob Glock (T) L Steward (Bt) L Tonio (T) B The Servant at the Inn [Laborer] (Bt) F Minskman (BB) L Sergeant Sulpice (Bs) B A Kitchen Boy (M) S Immigration Officer (BB) F La Marquise de Birkenfeld (So) B Six Nuns (S, A) No Chorus S Hortentius (Bs) B Mathias [Matthew] (Bt) B La Duchesse de Krakenthorp (Sp) B The Doctor (T) Florencia en al Amazonas – Daniel Catán B Le caporal [Corporal] (Bs) B The Innkeeper (Bt) Language: Italian B Le notaire [Notary] (Sp) B A Pot-Boy (Tr) L Florencia (So) CB Le paysan [Peasant] (T) CB Three Men of Cologne (Bs) L Rosalba (So) CB Un valet [A Valet] (Sp) - Count Heinrich (D) L Arcadio (T) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Riolobo (So) F Paula (Mz) Filumena – John Estacio Flavio, Re de’Langobardi F Alvaro (Bt) Language: English and Italian – George Frideric Handel F Captain (Bs) L Filumena / Florence Losandro (So) Language: Italian CB Sailor (Bs) L Emilio Picariello (Bt) L Flavio (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Steve Picariello (T) L Guido (Mz) F Charlie Losandro (Bt) L Emilia (So) florentinische Tragödie, Eine F Maria Picariello (Mz) L Vitige (So) [A Florentine Tragedy] F McAlpine (T) F Teodata (Mz) – Alexander Zemlinsky S Mamma Costanzo (Mz) S Ugone (T) Language: German CB Pappa Costanzo (Bt) S Lotario (Bs) L Prince Guido Bardi (T) B Constable Lawson (T or Bt) No Chorus L Simone (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Bianca (So) Fledermaus, Die [The Bat] No Chorus finta giardiniera, La – Johann Strauss II [The Pretended Gardener-Maid] Language: German Fly, The – Howard Shore – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart L Eisenstein (T) Language: English Language: Italian L Rosalinde (So) L Seth Brundle (Bt) L Serpetta (So) L Adele (So) L Veronica Quaife (Mz) L Sandrina (So) F Prince Orlovsky (Mz) F Stathis Borans (T) L Ramiro (Mz) F Alfred (T) S Marky (So) L Don Anchises [Podestà] (T) F Dr. Falke (Bt) B Police Officer (Mz) L Belfiore (T) F Frosch (Sp) B Lab Doctor (Mz) L Arminda (So) S Frank (Bt) B Cheevers (Mz) F Nardo (Bs) S Dr. Blind (T) B Tawny Perkins (So) No Chorus S Ivan (Sp)* CB Scientist #1 (Mz) B Ida [Sally] (So)* CB Scientist #2 (Bt) finta semplice, La CB Three Servants CB Scientist #3 (Mz) [The Pretended Simpleton-Girl] 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Scientist #4 (Bt) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Note(s): CB Scientist #5 (Bt) Language: Italian * Roles often omitted in performance. 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Rosina (So) L Polidoro (T) fliegende Holländer, Der forza del destino, La [The Force of Destiny] L Fracasso (T) [The Flying Dutchman] – Giuseppe Verdi L Cassandro (Bs) – Richard Wagner Language: Italian F Ninetta (So) Language: German L Don Alvaro (T) F Giacinta (Mz) L Senta L Donna Leonora di Vargas (So) F Simone (Bs) L Der Holländer [The Dutchman] (Bt) L Don Carlo di Vargas (Bt) No Chorus L Erik (T) L Padre Guardiano L Daland (Bs) F Fra Melitone (Bt) Flaming Angel, The [L’Ange de Feu] F Steersman (T) F Preziosilla (Mz) – Sergei Prokofiev S Mary (Co) S Marchese di Calatrava (Bs) Language: Russian or French 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Trabuco (T) L Ruprecht (Bt) B Alcade (Bs) L Renata (So) Flight – Jonathan Dove B Curra (Mz) F Agrippa Von Nettelsheim (T) Language: English B Un Chirurgo [A Surgeon] (Bt or Bs) F Méphistophèlés (T) L Controller (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F The Mother Superior [Abbess] (Mz) L Tina (So) F The Inquisitor (Bs) L Older Woman (Mz) Four Saints in Three Acts – Virgil Thomson S The Hostess of the Inn (Co) L Stewardess (Mz) Language: English
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L Saint Teresa I (So) B La Voce del Prigioniero (T) S Trevor (Bt) L Saint Teresa II (Co) CB Due Balestrieri [Two Archers] (T) B Three Wagmanites (So, T, Bt) L Saint Ignatius Loyola (Bt) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Three Film Persons (So, Mz, T) F Saint Chavez (T) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Saint Settlement (So) frau ohne Schatten, Die F Compère (Bs) [The Woman Without a Shadow] Gabriel’s Daughter – Henry Mollicone F Commère (Mz) – Richard Strauss Language: English S Saint Stephen (T) Language: German L Clara Brown (Mz or S) B Saint Plan (Bs) L Der Kaiser [The Emperor] (T) F Colonel John Chivington (T) B Saint Sarah (Mz) L Die Kaiserin [The Empress] (So) F Barney Ford (Bt) The following CB parts represent the chorus of L Die Amme [The Nurse] (Mz) F Governor John Evans (Bs) named Saints in Act II : L Barak (BB) F Colonel Wadsworth (Bs) CB Saint Absalom (T) L Barak's Wife (So) F Elisa Jane / Becky Johnson / Eliza Brooks CB Saint Cecilia (So) F Der Geisterbote [A Spirit Messenger] (Bt) (So) CB Saint Lawrence (Bs) S Ein Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels S Elisa Jane (So)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
S Mr. Astley (Bt) S Suleyman Pasha (Bs) S Biasco (T) S Blanche (Co) S Wilhelm (Sp) S Totonno (T) B Prince Nilsky (T) B Woman Holding Infant (So) B Stella (So) B Baron Wurmerhelm (Bs) B Two Women Holding Babies (Mz) B Concetta (So) B Potapitsch (Bt) B Five Dancing Girls (So) B Serena (Co) In the Gambling Scene: B Six Revolutionary Women (So, Mz) B Ciccillo (T) CB The Director (Bs) B English Ambassador (Bt) B Rocco (Bs) CB The First Croupier (T) B Four Jurors (Bt, Bs) - Grazia (D) CB The Second Croupier (T) CB Five Witnesses (So, Mz, T, B) CB Chorus Bit Roles CB The Fat Englishman (Bs) CB Two Aristocrats (Bt, T) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB The Tall Englishman (Bs) CB Man on Ladder in Window (T) (and Children's Chorus) CB The Florid Lady (So) CB Man with Lather on Face (T) CB The Pale Lady (So) CB Bishop (T) Giulio Cesare in Egitto CB The Lady Comme-Ci, Comme-Ca (Mz) CB Young Man (Bt) [Julius Caesar in Egypt] CB The Respectable Old Lady (Mz) CB Other Man in the Room (Sp) – George Frideric Handel CB A Suspicious Old Lady (Co) CB Page with Crotales (Sp) Language: Italian CB A Heated Gambler (T) CB Three Muscovite Traders (Bs) L Giulio Cesare [Julius Caesar] CB A Gambler in Ill-Health (T) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Cleopatra CB A Hunchbacked Gambler (T) L Sesto Pompeo [Sextus] (Mz, T) CB An Unlucky Gambler (Bt) Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini L Cornelia (Co) CB An Old Gambler (Bs) Language: Italian F Tolomeo [Ptolemy] (Bs) CB Six Gamblers (T, Bt, Bs) L Gianni Schicchi (Bt) F Achilla (Bs) - The Baroness Wurmerhelm (M) L Rinuccio (T) S Curio (Bs) - Babulenka’s 3 Servants L Lauretta (So) S Nireno [Nirenus] (Bs) [Feodo, Theodore, Marthe] (M) F Zita (Co) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Simone (Bs) Note(s): F Nella (F) Various versions of this opera exist, and are gazza ladra, La [The Thieving Magpie] F Gherardo (T) subject to cuts. – Gioachino Rossini S Ciesca (Mz) Language: Italian S Betto (Bs) Gloriana – Benjamin Britten L Ninetta (So) S Marco (Bt) Language: English L Gottardo [Mayor] (Bs) S Maestro Spinellocio (Bs) L Queen Elizabeth the First (So) L Gianetto (T) S Ser Amantio di Nicolao (Bt) L Robert Devereux (T) L Fernando Villabella (Bs) B Gherardino (Tr) L Sir Robert Cecil (Bt) F Isaaco (T) B Pinellino (Bs) L Sir Walter Raleigh (Bs) F Pippo (Co) B Guccio (Bs) F Frances (Mz) S Lucia (Mz) No Chorus F Charles Blount (Bt) S Fabrizio Vingradito (Bs) F Penelope [Lady Rich] (So) B Antonio (T) S Henry Cuffe (Bt) B Ernesto (Bs) Gioconda, La – Amilcare Ponchielli S A Lady in Waiting (So) S Giorgio (Bs) Language: Italian S A Blind Ballad Singer (Bs) B Il Pretore del villaggio [The Prefect] (Bs) L La Gioconda (So) S The Spirit of the Masque (T) B Una Gazza [The Magpie] (Sp) L Laura (Mz) B The Recorder of Norwich (Mz) CB Un giudice [A judge] (Sp) L Enzo Grimaldo (T) B A Housewife (Mz) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Barnaba (Bt) B The Master of Ceremonies (T) L Alvise Badoero (Bs) B The City Crier (Bt) Ghosts of Versailles, The – John Corigliano F La Cieca (Co) CB Lord Mountjoy’s Page (Tr) Language: English S Zuane (Bs) CB The Earl of Essex’s Page (Tr) L Marie Antoinette (So) B Isepo (T) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Rosina (So) B A Monk (Bs) (and Boys Chorus) L Patrick Honoré Bégearss (T) CB First Cantore (Bs) L Beaumarchais (Bt) CB Second Cantore (Bs) Golden Slippers, The [Cherevichki] L Figaro (Bt) CB First Voice (T) – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky F Florestine (So) CB A Pilot (Bs) Language: Russian F Susanna (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Vakula (T) F Samira (Mz) L Oxana (So) F Count Almaviva (T) gioielli della Madonna, I L The Devil (Bt) F Léon (T) [The Jewels of the Madonna] F Tschub (Bs) F Marquis (T) – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari F Solokha (Mz) F Louis XVI (Bs) Language: Italian S Schoolmaster S Cherubino (Mz) L Gennaro (T) S Village Mayor (Bs) S Woman in a Hat / Duchess (Mz) L Maliella (So) B Major-Domo (Bs) S Three Gossips (So, Mz) L Rafaele (Bt) B Faun S Four Ghosts (So, Mz, T, Bs) S Carmela (Mz) CB Old Cossack (Bs)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
CB Two Cossacks F Pa Joad (Bt) CB Highness (BB) Goyescas – Enrique Granados S Man #2 (T) CB Officer on Duty (T) Language: Spanish S Man #3 (Bt) CB Panas (T) L Rosario (So) S Noah Joad (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Fernando (T) B Ruthie Joad (Tr or S) F Paquiro (Bt) B Winfield Joad (Tr) Gondoliers, The – Arthur Sullivan F Pepa (Mz) B Boy (Tr) Language: English B A Solo Voice (So or T) B Woman #1 (So) L Gianetta (So) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Granma (Mz) L Tessa (So) B Granpa (T) L Marco Palmieri (T) Grand Macabre, Le - György Ligeti CB Deputy (T) L Giuseppe Palmieri (Bt) Language: German CB Jim (T) L Duke of Plaza-Toro (Bt) L Piet the Pot (T) CB Lou (T) L Duchess of Plaza-Toro (Co) L Nekrotzar (Bt) CB Jake (T) L Casilda (So) L Astradamors (Bs) CB Guard (Bt) L Luiz (T) F Prince Go-Go (Tr or Ct) CB Joe (Bt) L Don Alhambra del Bolero [Grand Inquisitor] F Mescalina (Mz) CB Fred (Bt) (Bs) F The White Minister (T) CB Hank (Bt) S Fiametta F The Black Minister (Bt) CB Trucker (Bt) S Inez S Chief of the Secret Police / Gepopo (So) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Vittoria S Venus (So) B Giulia S Amanda (So) Grapes of Wrath, The – Ricky Ian Gordon B Antonio S Amando (Mz) Language: English B Francesco B Ruffiack (Bt) [Revised Version] B Giorgio B Schobiack (Bt) L Ma Joad (Mz) B Annibale (Sp) B Schabernack (Bt) L Tom Joad (Bt) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Two Sopranos (So) F Rosasharn (So) CB Two Tenors (T) F Granma / Mae / Cropper Woman / Götterdämmerung [Twilight of the Gods] 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Cabin Mistress / Mezzo Solo (Mz)* – Richard Wagner F Jim Casy (T) Language: German Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Le F Al Joad (T) L Siegfried (T) [The Grand Duchess of Gerostein] F Granpa / Muley / Val / Enicott I / Inspector / L Gunther (Bt) – Jacques Offenbach Contractor / Peach / Checker / L Hagen (Bs) Language: French Patrol Guard (T)* L Brunnhilde (So) L La grande-duchesse [The Grand Duchess] F Uncle John / Endicott IV (Bt)* F Alberich (BB) (Mz) F Connie Rivers / Trooper (Bt)* F Waltraute (Mz) L Le général Boum [General Boum] (Bt) F Pa Joad / Endicott III (Bt)* F Three Norns (S, Mz, Co) L Fritz (T) S Cropper Husband / Washroom Guard / F Gutrune (So) F Prince Paul (T) Vigilante George (T)*
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
F Myrtle Wilson (Mz) S Lavia (So) L Hänsel (Mz) F Tom Buchanan (T) S Hermogenes (Bt) L Gretel (So) S George Wilson (Bs) S Fabius (T) L Witch (Mz or T) S Meyer Wolfsheim (BB) B Nervous Senator (T) F Peter [The Father] (Bt) S Henry Gatz (Bt) B Sycophantic Senator (Bt) F Gertrude [The Mother] (Mz) S Radio / Band Singer (T) B Superior Senator (BB) S Sandman (So) B Minister (BB) B Angelic Boy / Herald (Tr) S Dew Fairy (So) B Tanger Singer (Mz) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Children’s Chorus 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Hamlet – Ambroise Thomas Harvey Milk – Stewart Wallace Grisélidis – Jules Massenet Language: French Language: English Language: French L Hamlet (Bt) L Harvey Milk (Bt) L Grisélidis (L) L Claudius (Bs) L Dan White / Man in Trenchcoat / Cop #1 L Le diable [Devil] (Bt or BB) L Ophélie [Ophelia] (So) (T) L Alain (T) L Gertrude (Mz) L Scott Smith / Man at the Opera [Scott] / L Le Marquis de Saluces (Bt) L Laërte [Laertes] (T) Closet Lover / Craig (in park – Scott) (T) F Fiamina [Fiama] (So) S Horatio (Bs) L George Moscone / Man at the Opera S Bertrade (So) S Polonius (Bs) [Horst] / Married Man (in park – Horst) S Le prieur [The Prior] (Bt) S Marcellus (T) Horst / Teamster / Concentration Camp S Gonbeaud (Bt or BB) B Le Spectre [The Ghost] (Bs) Inmate [Horst] (Bs) S 12 Year Old Boy (M) B Premier Fossoyeur [1st Gravedigger] (Bt) L Henry Wong / Man at the Opera [Wong] / - Loÿs (M) B Second Fossoyeur [2nd Gravedigger] (T) Closet Lover Joe / A Man 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) (in concentration camp) (CT) L Messenger / Man at the Opera (Mintz) / Guarany, Il – Carlos Gomes Handmaid’s Tale, The Fat Man (in park – Mintz) / Mintz / Language: Italian [Tjenerindens Frotælling] Empress / Another Man (in concentration L Don Antonio de Mariz (Bt) – Poul Ruders camp) / Drum Major (Bt) L Cecilia (So) Language: English or Danish S Diane Feinstein / Beard / Hooker (So) L Perry (T) L Offred (Mz) S Mama (So or Mz) L Gonzales (Bt) L Aunt Lydia (So) S Anne Kronenberg / Dyke (Mz) F Il Cacico (Bs) L Serena Joy (Co) S Medora / Young Girl (in concentration S Don Alvaro (T) L The Commander (Bs) camp) (So) S Ruy-Bento (T) F Offred Double (Mz) S Quentin Kopp / Closet Lover Jack / S Alonso (Bt) F Luke (T) Arrival #3 – Stonewall Girl / Mailman B Pedro (T) S Ofglen (So) B Young Harvey / Arrival #6 / 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Moira (So) Handicapped Son (Young Boy) S Janine [Ofwarren] (So) B Carol Ruth Silver / Arrival #1 Guillaume Tell – Gioachino Rossini S Offred’s Mother (Mz) B Ella Hill Hutch (African-American) / Language: French S Rita (Co) Old Lady #1 L Guillaume Tell (Bt) S Nick (T) B Robert Gonzales (Hispanic) / L Mathilde (So) S Doctor (T) Arrival #5 – Stonewall Girl L Arnold (T) B New Ofglen (Mz) B Robert Pelosi / Bald Man (in park) / F Hedwige (So) CB Handmaid (So) Arrival #4 – Stonewall Girl F Jemmy (So) CB Warren’s Wife (Mz) B John Molinari / Cop (not the same as F Rodolphe (T) CB Echo (Mz) Cop #1) / Arrival #2 – Stonewall Girl / S Gessler (Bs) CB Econowife (Co) Blue Collar Man S Melcthal (Bs) CB Widow (Co) B Lee Dolson / Cleveland / Stonewall Girl S Walter Furst (Bs) CB Handmaid A1 (Co) B Gordon Lau (Asian) S Ruodi [Pêcheur] (T) CB Handmaid B1 (Co) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Leuthold [Leutoldo] (Bs) CB Moira’s Aunt (Co) CB Un chasseur [A Hunter] (Bt/Bs) CB Commander X (T) - 3 Brides & 3 Bridegrooms (M) CB Guard (Bs) - 3 Old Men (M) CB Eye (Bs) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Girl (Sp) Chorus Note(s): CB Man (Sp) Includes all chorus bit roles. Hadrian – Rufus Wainwright CB Guard (Sp) The following roles are all chorus bit = CB: Language: English 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Man at the Opera #1 (Baldman), Man at the L Hadrian (Bt) Note(s): Opera #2 (Smoker), Woman (in concentration L Sabina (So) A recording of the “Voice from the TV”, available camp), Another Woman (in concentration L Antinous (T) from the Publisher, is required for performance of camp), Politico (8) (#1 through #3), Veteran, F Turbo (Bs) this opera. S&M (So) (#1 through #4), Gay Doctor, Mother F Plotina (So) (of Handicapped Son), Old Lady #2, Lavender F Dinarchus (T) Hänsel und Gretel – Engelbert Humperdinck Menace (#1 through #5), Clones (#1 through S Trajan (T) Language: German #4).
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L Hugh the Drover (T) Language: German Help, Help, the Globolinks! L Mary (So) L Christine Storch (So) – Gian Carlo Menotti L Aunt Jane (Co) L Robert Storch (Bt) Language: English L John the Butcher (BB) F Anna (So) L Dr. Stone (Bt) F The Constable (Bs) F Baron Lummer (T) L Madame Uterpova (So) S A Showman (Bt) S Der Notar [A Notary] (Bt) L Emily, 14 years old (So) S A Sergeant (Bt) S Kapellmeister Stroh (T) L Tony (Bt) B The Turnkey (T) S Ein Kommerzienrat F Dr. Turtlespit (Bs) B A Ballad-Seller (T) [A Commercial Councillor] (Bt) F Penelope Newkirk (Mz) CB A Primrose Seller (Co) S Ein Justizrat [Judge] (Bt) F Timothy (T) CB A Fool (Bt) S Ein Kammersänger [A Singer] (Bs) S Dr. Lavender-Gas (Bt) CB A Cheap Jack (Bt) B Notary's Wife (B) Children's Chorus CB A Shellfish Seller (Bs) B Therese (Sp)* CB An Innkeeper (Bs) B Little Franzi (Sp)* Hercules – George Friedrich Handel CB Susan (So) B Resi (Sp)* Language: English CB Nancy (Co) B Therese (Sp)* L Dejanira (Mz) CB William (T) B Marie (Sp)* L Iole (So) CB Robert (Bs) B The Cook (Sp)* L Lichas (CT) CB Four Toy Lamb Sellers No Chorus L Hyllus (T) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Note(s): F Hercules (Bs) * Roles are omitted if dialogues are cut. S Priest of Jupiter (Bs) Idomeneo, re di Creta CB An Oechalian Virgin (So) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Iolanta – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CB A Trachinian (T) Language: Italian Language: Russian CB Two Chorus Solos (Mz, T) L Idomeneo (T) L Iolanta (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Idamante (Mz or T) L Count Vaudémont (T) L Elettra (So) L King René of Provence (Bs) Hérodiade – Jules Massenet L Ilia (So) L Duke Robert of Burgundy (Bt) Language: French S Arbace (T)
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CB Une femme de sa suite (d’Iphigénie) CB Un homme du peuple, un autre homme, [A Woman in Iphigenia’s Entourage] Jenůfa – Leoš Janáček ‘un seul’, 3e, 4e, 5e homes (Act II arioso: ‘L’indomptable lion ardent’) Language: Czech [Six Solo Men from among The People in (So) L Jenůfa (So) Act I Chorus scenes] (T, Bt, Bs) CB Une grecque / Une thessalienne L Laca Klemeň (T) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) [A Greek Woman / A Thessalian Woman] L Kostelnička Buryjova (So) Note(s): (Act II air: ‘Son front est couronné’) (So) F Števa Buryja (T) * Should these roles be combined, the CB Une esclave [A Slave] S Grandmother Buryja (Co) classification would = S. (immediately following Act II Thessalian S Stárek (Bt) Woman’s aria) (So) B Mayor of the Village (Bs) Jumping Frog of Calaveras – Lukas Foss CB Trois femmes grecques B Mayor's Wife (Mz) Language: English [Three Greek Women] (Act I) (So, Mz) B Karolka (Mz) L Smiley (T) CB Un Grec (Act I, immediately following B The Maid (Mz) L Stranger (Bs) Three Greek Women) (T) B Barena F Lulu (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Jano (So) F Uncle Harry (Bt) Chorus Note(s): CB Aunt (Co) S Guitar Player (Bt) Some of the bit/chorus bit roles are not found in CB A Woman’s Voice (So)* S Two Crapshooters (T, Bs) all scores, and could be omitted in performance. CB A Man’s Voice (Bt)* 20 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B)* 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Chorus Note(s): Iphigénie en Tauride Note(s): * According to the score, chorus is optional. – Christoph Willibald Gluck * Chorus bit role may be sung by appropriate Language: French chorus voice part as a group. Kaiser von Atlantis, Der L Iphigénie (So) [The Emperor of Atlantis] L Oreste (Bt) Jongleur de Notre-Dame, Le – Viktor Ullmann F Plyade (T) [The Juggler of Notre Dame] Language: German F Thoas (BB or Bs) – Jules Massenet L Emperor Overall (Bt) S Diana (Mz) Language: French L Death (Bs) B Un femme grecque [Greek Maiden] (Co) L Jean le Jongleur [John the Juggler] (T) L The Drummer (Mz) B Un Scythe [Scythian] (Bt) L Frère Boniface [Brother Boniface] (Bt) L Harlequin (T) B High Priest (Bs) F Le prieur [The Prior] (Bs) F A bobbed-haired Girl (So) CB 1ère Prêtresse [1st Priestess] (So or Mz) S Un moine poète [A Poet Monk] (T) F The Loudspeaker (Bs) CB 2e Prêtresse [2nd Priestess] (So or Mz) S Un moine peintre [A Painter Monk] (Bt) S A Soldier (So) CB Une prêtresse [A Priestess] (Mz)* S Un moine musicien [A Musician Monk] (Bt) No Chorus 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Un moine sculpteur [A Sculptor Monk] (Bs) Note(s): B 1er ange [1st Angel] (So) Kátya Kabanová – Leoš Janáček * May be sung by one of the other two B 2e ange [2nd Angel] (Mz) Language: Czech Priestessess, in which case = B B L’apparition de la vierge L Katerina Kabanova [Katya] (So) [Apparition of the Virgin] (Sp) L Boris Grigoryevich (T) Italiana in Algeri, L’ CB A Singer Monk (Bt)* F Marfa Kabanova [Kabanicha] (Co) [The Italian Girl in Algiers] CB Un moine crieur [Crier Monk] (Bt) F Vanya Kudrjasch (So) – Gioachino Rossini CB Un loustic [A Wag] (Bt) F Dikoy (Bs) Language: Italian CB Un chevalier [A Knight] (T) F Tichon Kabanov (T) L Isabella (Mz or Co) CB Un ivrogne [A Tipsy Man] (Bs) F Barbara [Varvara] (Mz) L Lindoro (T) CB Une voix [A Voice] (Bt)
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B Varsonofiev (BB) L Nilakantha (Bt or Bs) No Chorus B 1st & 2nd Musketeers [Streltsy] (Bs) F Frédéric (Bt) B A Young Streshniev [Boyar / Herald] (T) S Mallika (Mz) Little Women – Mark Adamo - Two Body Guards of Peter the Great S Hadji (T) Language: English [Petrovsky & Poteshny] (M) S Rose (So) L Jo (Mz) - 3rd Musketeer [Streltsy] (M) S Ellen (So) L Laurie (T) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Miss Benson (Mz) L Meg (Mz) (and Children's Chorus) CB Un kouravar / Bohémien [A Thief] (Bs)* L Beth (So) CB Un marchand chinois L Amy (So) Koanga – Frederick Delius [A Chinese Merchant] (T)* F John Brooke (Bt) Language: English CB Un domben / Diseur de bonne aventure F Aunt Cecilia (Co or Mz) L Koanga (Bt) [A Fortune Teller] (T)* F Friedrich Bhaer (BB) L Palmyra (So) 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Alma March (Mz) F Simon Perez (T) Note(s): S Gideon March / Mr. Dashwood (BB) F Don Jose Martinez (Bs) * If the Act II market scene (scene du marché) is S Gideon March (BB)
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S Ensemble II - Charleston Singer / Reporter L Louise (So) CB Un marchand d’habits / Un fripier (So) L Julien (T) [A Used Clothes Seller] (T) S Ensemble III - Charleston Singer / F La mère [The Mother] (Co) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Reporter (Mz) F Le père [The Father] (Bs) (and Children’s Chorus) S Ensemble IV - Charleston Singer / S Irma (So) Note(s): Reporter (Mz) S Le noctambule / Le pape des fous For the «marchand(e)» roles — only those with S Ensemble V - 1st Immigrant / Priest / [The Night Owl / Chief of the Feast of Fools] solo lines are listed; many of these and other Bit Reporter (T) (T) parts may be sung by the same artists. S Ensemble VI - 3rd Immigrant / Reporter/ S Le bricoleur [The Handyman] (Bs) * The role of La première [The Forewan] may be Policeman (T) B Camille (So) taken by the same artist singing Gertrude. S Ensemble VII - Customs Officer / Reporter B Gertrude (Mz or Co)* ** A capella solo in Act III – not in Opéra- (Bt) B Blanche (So or Mz) Comique version). S Ensemble VIII - 2nd Immigrant / Minister / B Suzanne (Co or Mz) *** This role consists of a short Act III aria not Reporter / Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf B Marguerite (So or Mz) found in most scores. (BB) B Madeleine (Mz or Co) **** Also sings in unison with the other - Charles Lindbergh, 10 years old (M) B Élise (So) Bohemians. - Mrs. Morrow (M) B La première [The Forewoman] (Mz)* - Edward Reilly (M) B The Female Apprentice [L’apprentie] (So) Love for Three Oranges, The No Chorus B Premier/Second gardien de la paix [Lyubov’ k trem apelsinam / [1st & 2nd Policemen] (T, Bt or Bs) L’amour trois oranges] Louis Riel – Harry Somers B Un bohème [A Bohemian] (T)** – Sergei Prokofiev Language(s): English, French, and Nisga'a B Un vieux bohème [An Old Bohemian] Language: Russian or French [2017 COC Revival Version] (Bt)*** L Le Roi de Trèfle [King of Clues] (Bs) L Louis Riel (Bt) B Le chansonnier [The Song Writer] (Bt) L Le Prince [The Prince] (T) F Marguerite Riel (So) B Le peintre [The Painter] (Bt or Bs) L Trouffaldino [Trufaldino] (T) F Julie Riel (Mz) B Le sculpteur [The Sculptor] (Bt) F Fata Morgana (So) F Sarah Riel (So) B Le jeune poète [The Young Poet] (Sp) F Léandre [Leandro] (Bt) L Sir John A. MacDonald (Bt) B Le gavroche [The Street Urchin] (S, or Tr) F Tchélio [Tschelio] (Bs) L Bishop Taché (Bs) B Le chiffonnier / Le brocanteur F Princesse Ninette [Princess Ninetta] (So) F Thomas Scott (T) [The Rag-and-Bone Man] (Bs) F La Cuisinière [The Cook] S The Activist (Sp) CB La glaneuse (de charbon) F Princesse Clarissa [Princess Clarissa] (Co) S The Activist (Sp) [The Female Coal Picker] (Mz) S Sméraldina [Smeraldina] (Mz) S Dr. Schultz (Bt) CB La balayeuse [The Female Streetsweeper] S Pantalon [Pantalone] (Bt) S Charles Mair (T) (Mz or Co) S Ten Reasonable Spectators (T & Bs) S William McDougall / Judge (Bt)* CB La petite chiffonnière B Princesse Linette [Princess Linetta] (Co) S Colonel Garnet Wolseley (Bt) [The Rag-and-Bone Girl] (Mz) B Princesse Nicolette [Princess Nicoletta] S O'Donaghue / B. B. Osler (Bs)* CB La laitière [The Milk Woman] (So) (Mz) S F. X. Lemieux (Bt) CB La plieuse [The Newspaper-folding Girl] (So) B Le Maître de Cérémonies S Sir George Étienne Cartier / Father André CB Premier/Second philosophe [The Master of Ceremonies] (T) (T)* [1st and 2nd Philosophers] (Bs, T or Bt) B Héraut [Herald] (Bs) S Donald Smith / General Sir Frederick CB L’apprenti [The Apprentice] (Bt) B Farfarello (Bs) Middleton (T)* CB L’étudiant [The Student] (T or Bt) B The Tragic Ones (Bs) S James Isbister (Bt) CB 2e Bohème [2nd Bohemian] B The Comic Ones (T) S Louis Schmidt / Dr. François Roy (Bt)* (start of Act III, Sc 2) (T or Bt) B The Lyric Ones (So, T) S Gabriel Dumont (T) CB La rempailleuse B The Empty Headed Ones (Mz & Bt) S Ambroise Lépine (T) [The Chair-Mending Woman] (Co) B The Little Devils (Bs) S British Soldier / Hudson's Bay Scout / CB Le marchand de chiffon [A Scrap Seller] B The Doctors (T, Bt) Father Moulin (T)* (T or Bt) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Poundmaker (Sp) CB La marchande d’artichauts Note(s): S Folksinger / Elzéar Lagimodière / [The Female Artichoke Seller] (So) Various versions ot this opera exist, and are Clerk of the Court / Prison Guard (Sp)* CB Le marchand de Carottes subject to cuts. B Wandering Spirit (Sp) [The Carrot Seller] (T) CB Joseph Delorme (Bt) CB La Marchande de mouron (enfant) / Lucia di Lammermoor – Gaetano Donizetti CB Janvier Ritchot (Bt) Un jeune vendeur de mouron Language: Italian CB Elzéar Goulet (Bs) [Female Chickweed Seller / L Lucia (So) CB André Nault (T) A Young Chickweed Seller] (S or Tr) L Edgardo di Ravenswood (T) CB Baptiste Lépine (T) CB Le marchand de mouron L Enrico Ashton (Bt) 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) [The Chickweed Seller] (T) F Raimondo Bidebent (Bs) Note(s): CB La marchande de Cresson / S Arturo Bucklaw (T) * Combined roles to be sung by the same artist. Marchande de la rue S Normanno (T) [The Watercress Seller / B Alisa (Mz) Louise – Gustave Charpentier Female Street Seller] (Mz) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Language: French CB Le marchand de pois verts / Marchand [The Green Pea Seller / Merchant] (T) Lucio Silla – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Language: Italian S Praskowia (Mz) L Lucio Silla (T) Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die S Lolo (So or Mz)* L Giunia (So) [The Merry Wives of Windsor] S Dodo (So or Mz)* L Lucio Cinna (So) – Otto Nicolai S Jou-Jou (So or Mz)* L Cecilio (So) Language: German S Frou-Frou (So or Mz)* F Celia (So) L Sir John Falstaff (Bs) S Clo-Clo (So or Mz)* S Aufidio (T) L Herr Fluth [Ford] (Bt) S Margot (So or Mz)* 20 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Frau Fluth [Mistress Ford] (So) S Njegus (Sp) F Anna Reich [Anne Page] (So) B Maître d’ (Sp) Luisa Miller – Giuseppe Verdi F Frau Reich [Mistress Page] (Mz) CB A Woman (Mz) Language: Italian F Fenton (T) CB Four Gentlemen (Sp) L Luisa Miller (So) S Herr Reich [Page] (Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Rodolfo (T) S Dr. Caius (Bs) Note(s): L Miller (Bt) S Slender [Junker Sparlich] (T) * The Grisettes at Maxim’s are singing dancers, L Conte di Walter (Bs) B First Citizen (T) each of whom speaks a few short lines of F Wurm (Bs) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) dialogue. F Frederica (Co) lustige Witwe, Die [The Merry Widow] S Laura (Mz) – Franz Lehár CB Peasant (T) Language: German Macbeth – Giuseppe Verdi 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Hanna Glawari [Sonia] (So) Language: Italian L Count Danillo Danilovitsch (T or Bt) L Macbeth (Bt) Lucrezia Borgia – Gaetano Donizetti F Baron Mirko Zeta [Popoff] (Bt) L Lady Macbeth (So) Language: Italian F Natalie F Banquo (Bs) L Lucrezia Borgia (So) F Vicomte Camille de Roillon [Jolidon] F Macduff (T) L Gennaro (T) S Nish S Malcolm (T) L Maffio Orsini (Mz) S Vicomte Cascada S Lady-In-Waiting (So or Mz) L Don Alfonso [Duca di Ferrara] (Bt) S Monsieur St. Brioche S A Doctor (Bs) S Rustighello (T) S Monsieur Khadja B First Apparition (A Warrior) (Bt) B Jeppo Liverotto (T) S Olga B Second Apparition (A Bloody Child) (So) B Oloferno Vitellozzo (T) S Praskovia B Third Apparition (A Crowned Child) (So) B Don Apostolo Gazella (Bs) S General Novikovich CB Servant of Macbeth (Bs) B Ascanio Petrucci (Bs) S Sylviane [Khadja's Wife] CB An Assassin (Bs) B Gubetta (Bs) CB St. Brioche's Wife CB A Herald (Bs) B Astolfo (Bs) CB Head Waiter - Fleanzio (M) CB Usciere [Usher] (T) Girls at Maxim’s - Duncan (M) CB Coppiere (Bs) S Zozo 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Le Dame [Ladies] (Act II) (So, Mz) B Lolo CB Una Voce [A Voice] (Act II) (Bs) B Dodo Madama Butterfly – Giacomo Puccini - Principessa Negroni (M) B Jou-Jou Language: Italian 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Frou-Frou L Cio-Cio-San [Butterfly] (So) B Clo-Clo L Lieutenant F.B. Pinkerton (T) Lulu – Alban Berg B Margot F Suzuki (Mz) Language: German B Fifi (D) F Sharpless (Bt) L Lulu (So) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Goro (T) L Gräfin Martha Geschwitz Note(s): S Principe Yamadori (Bt) [Countess Martha Geschwitz] (Mz) Depending on edition used, principal roles may be S Uncle Bonze (Bs) L Dr. Ludwig Schön / Jack the Ripper (Bt) sung using alternate voice types. S The Imperial Commissioner (Bt) L Alwa (T) B Kate Pinkerton (Mz) L Ein Tierbändinger [An Animal Tamer] / lustige Witwe, Die [The Merry Widow] B Dolore [Trouble] (M) Rodrigo [Ein Athlet] (Bs) – Franz Lehár CB The Official Registrar F Eine Theatergarderobiere Language: German CB Yakusidé (Bt)* [A Wardrobe Mistress] / [2014 Metropolitan Opera Version] CB Cio-Cio-San’s Mother (Mz)* Ein Gymnasiast [A Schoolboy] / L Hanna Glawari (So) CB Cio-Cio-San’s Aunt (So)* Ein Groom [A Groom] (Co) L Valencienne (So) CB Cio-Cio-San’s Cousin (So)* F Walter Schwarz (Der Maler) [The Painter] / L Count Danillo Danilovitsch (T or Bt) 15 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T) A Negro (T) L Baron Mirko Zeta (Bt) Note(s): F Schigolch / Police Commissioner (Bs) F Vicomte Camille de Rosillon (T) * Act I music associated with these characters is S Der Prinz [The Prince] / The Man Servant / F Raoul de St. Brioche (T) usually cut. The Marquis (T) F Vicomte Cascada (Bt) S Der Theaterdirektor [The Theatre Director] F Kromow (Bt) Madame Mao – Bright Sheng / The Banker (Bs) F Boganovich (Bt) Language: English B Dr. Goll (Der Medizinalrat) [Medical Officer] F Pritschitsch (Bt) L Jiang Ching I [Madame Mao] (Mz) / The Professor (Sp) S Sylvaine (So) No Chorus S Olga (Mz)
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L Jiang Ching II [Madame Mao in her 20s] / F Dr. Kolenaty (BB) CB Le portier du séminaire Nora (Act I) / Mu Guiying (Chinese Opera S Solicitator Vitek (T) [The Seminary Porter] (Sp) Scenes) (So) S Kristina (Mz) Act IV L Mao Zedong (Bt) S Count Hauk-Sendorf (T) CB 3 Joueurs [3 Gamblers] (Sp) F Zhizhen / Actress (Act I) / Yang Paifeng B Janek (T) CB Une voix au dehors [An off-stage voice] (Chinese Opera Scenes) (So) B Strojnik [A Stage Hand] (Bs) (Sp) F The Actor / Helmer (Act I) / B Poklizecka [A Stage Dresser] (Mz) Act V Victim #3 and Emperor Gao (Chinese B Komorna [Chamber Maid] (Co) CB Un archer [An Archer] (Sp) Opera Scenes) (T) B Sluzebna [Another Chamber Maid] (Mz) CB Le sergent [The Sergeant] (Sp) S The Accusers / The Committee / The 12 Minimum Chorus (T, B) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Victims (an Actress plays Victim #3) and Note(s): Another Man Mamelles de Tirésias, Les Several of the same artists could take the Soprano (So) [The Breasts of Tiresias] chorus bit roles of the various acts. Soprano (So) – Francis Poulenc Tenor (T) Language: French Manon Lescaut – Giacomo Puccini Tenor (T) L Thérèse (Tirésias) / La cartomancienne Language: Italian Baritone (Bt) [Theresa (Tirésias) / Fortune Teller] (So) L Manon Lescaut (So) Baritone (Bt) L Le mari [The Husband] (Bt orT) L Lescaut (Bt) Bass (Bs) L Le gendarme [The Policeman] (Bt) L Chevalier Renato des Grieux (T) Bass (Bs) F Le directeur [The Director] (Bt) F Geronte di Ravoir (Bs) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Presto (Bt) S Edmondo (T) S Lacouf (T) S A Singer [Musician] (Mz) Mahagonny, Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt S Le jouranliste [The Parisian Journalist] (T) S Dancing Master / Wigmaker (T) [The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny] S Le fils [The Son] (T) S Lamplighter (T) – Kurt Weill B La marchande de journaux B Innkeeper (Bs) Language: German [Newspaper Woman] (Mz) B Sergeant of Archers (Bs) L Jenny Hill (So) CB La dame élégante B A Naval Captain (Bs) L Leokadja Begbick (Mz or Co) [The Elegant Woman / A Woman] (Mz) CB Sergeant (Bt) L Jim Mahoney (T) CB La grosse dame [The Large Woman] (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Fatty the Bookkeeper (T) CB Le monsieur barbu [A Bearded Man] (Bs) F Jake [Jack] O’Brian (T) CB Baryton Solo [Baritone Solo] (Entr’acte) (Bt) Maometto Secondo – Gioachino Rossini F Trinity Moses (Bt) CB Une dame [A woman] (Act II, Sc 6) (So) Language: Italian F Pennybank Bill (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Maometto II (Bs) F Alaska-Wolf Joe (Bs) L Anna Erisso (So) S Six Maidens of Mahagonny (So, Mz) Manon – Jules Massenet L Paolo Erisso (T) B Toby Higgins (T) Language: French F Calbo (Mz) CB A Woman’s Voice (So) L Manon Lescaut (So) S Selimo (T) CB Arbeiter [Referee] (T) L Chevalier Des Grieux (T) B Condulmiero (T) CB A Man (Bs) L Lescaut (Bt) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) 18 Minimum Chorus (T, B) F De Brétigny (Bt) F Le Comte Des Grieux (Bs) Margot la rouge – Frederick Delius Maid of Orleans, The [Orleanskaya Dyeva] F Guillot de Morfontaine (T) Language: French – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky S Poussette (So) L Margot La Rouge (Mz) Language: Russian S Javotte (So) L Le sergent Thibault [Sergeant Thibault] (T) L Joan of Arc [The Maid] (Mz) S Rosette (Mz) F L’Artiste [The Artist] (Bt) F King Charles VII (T) Act I F Lili Béguin (So) F Agnes Sorel (So) B Innkeeper [L’Hôtelier] (Bt) S Totor (Bs) F Thibaut (Bs) CB 3 Male Travellers S La patronne [The Female Barkeep] F Dunois (Bt) [Un voyageur, un autre, etc.] (T or Bt) (Mz or Co) F Lionel (Bt) CB 4 Female Travellers S Lapoigne (Bt) F The Archbishop (The Cardinal) (Bs) [Une voyageuse, une autre, etc.] S Nini (So or Mz) S Raymond (T) (So or Mz) S 1er soldat [1st Soldier] (Bt) S Bertrand (Bs) CB 2 Guards [Un garde, un autre] (T or Bt) S 2e soldat [2nd Soldier] (Bt) B A Soldier [Voyn] (Bs) Act II B Buveurs [1st, 2nd, 3rd Drinker] (Bt) B Lore (Bs) CB La servante [Maidservant] (Sp) B Le garçon [The Waiter] (Bt) CB An Angel Voice (So) Act III B Le brigadier [The Brigadier] (Bt) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Une marchande [A Female Merchant] (So) B Femmes [1st, 2nd, 3rd Woman] (So, Mz) CB 1re modiste [1st Female Milliner] (So or Mz) B 1er Homme [1st Man] (Bs) Makropulos Affair, The [Véc Makropulos] CB 3 Sellers B 1er consommateur, 2e consommateur – Leoš Janáček (Merchant, Tonic Salesman, Cook) [1st, 2nd Customers] (Bt, Bs) Language: Czech [Un marchand, un marchand d’élixir, No Chorus L Emilia Marty (So) un cuisinier] (T) L Albert Gregor (T) CB Un marchand de chanson [A Ballad-Seller] Maria Stuarda – Gaetano Donizetti L Jaroslav Prus (Bt) (Bt) Language: Italian
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L Maria Stuarda (So) S Riedinger (Bs) L Giasone [Jason] (T) L Elisabetta (So) B Der Pfeifer des Grafen (T) F Glauce [Dircé] (So) L Giorgio Talbot, Conte di Shrewbury (Bs) B Truchsess von Waldburg (Bs) F Creonte [Créon] (Bs) L Roberto, Conte di Leicester (T) CB Four Peasants (T, B) S Neris [Néris] (Mz) S Anna Kennedy (Mz) - Der Graf von Helfenstein (M) B Prima ancella [Une femme de Dircé] (So) S Guglielemo Cecil (Bs) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Seconda ancella 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) [Une autre femme de Dircé] (Mz) matrimonio segreto, Il [The Secret Marriage] B Un capo delle guardie (Bs) Martha – Friedrich von Flotow – Domenico Cimarosa [Coryphée (Sp)]* Language: German Language: Italian - Two Children of Medea (M) L Lady Harriet Durham (So) L Carolina (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Nancy (Mz) L Conte Robinson (Bs) Note(s): L Lyonel (T) L Elisetta (So) * In Act I of the original French version with L Plumkett (Bs) L Fidalma (Mz) dialogue, this is a spoken role; in the Italian F Lord Tristan Mickleford (Bs) L Paolino (T) version with sung recitatives, it is a bass role. S The Sheriff of Richmond (Bs) L Geronimo (Bt) CB First Maid [Molly Pitt] (So) No Chorus Medium, The – Gian Carlo Menotti CB Second Maid [Polly Smitt] (So) Language: English CB Third Maid [Betsy Witt] (Mz) Mazeppa – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky L Madame Flora [Baba] (Co) CB Farmer (Bs) Language: Russian L Monica (So) CB Farmer’s Wife (So) L Ivan Mazeppa (Bt) F Toby (M) CB Three Man Servants (T, Bs) L Kochubey (Bs) S Mrs. Gobineau (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Mariya (So) S Mr. Gobineau (Bt) F Andrei (T) S Mrs. Nolan (Mz) F Orlik (Bs) No Chorus F Lyubov (Mz) Mary, Queen of Scots – Thea Musgrave S Iskra (T) Mefistofele – Arrigo Boito Language: English Language: Italian L Mary, Queen of Scots (So) S A Drunken Cossack (T) L Mefistofele (Bs) L James Stuart (Bt) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Faust (T) L Earl of Bothwell (T) L Margarita (So) L Lord Darnley (T) McTeague – William Bolcom F Elena (So) F David Ricco (BB)* Language: English S Pantalis (Co) F Cardinal Beaton (BB)* L McTeague (T) S Wagner (T) F Lord Gordon (Bs) L Maria Miranda Macapa (Mz) S Marta (Co) S Earl of Morton (Bt) L Marcus Schouler (Bt) B Nerèo (T) S Earl of Ruthven (T) L Trina Sieppe (So) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Mary Seton (Mz) S Sheriff (T) (and Children's Chorus) S Three Marys (So, Co) S Papa Seippe (BB) CB Solo Lord (T) S Mama Sieppe (Mz) Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die CB Solo Lord (Bt) S Lottery Agent / Health Inspector (Bs) [The Mastersingers of Nuremberg] CB Two Crowd Lines S Dentist (Bt) – Richard Wagner 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Owgooste (Tr) Language: German Note(s): B Waiter / Posse / Guest (T) L Eva (So) * L = David Ricco and Cardinal Beaton B Waiter / Posse / Guest (T) L Magdalene (Mz) B Waiter / Posse / Guest (Bt) L Hans Sachs (Bt or Bs) Mary’s Wedding – Andrew P. MacDonald B Waiter / Posse / Guest (Bs) L Sixtus Beckmesser (Bt) Language: English B Posse / Guest (T)* L Walter von Stolzing (T) L Mary Chalmers (So) B Posse / Guest (T)* L David (T) L Charlie Edwards (T) B Posse / Guest (Bt)* F Veit Pogner (Bs) L Gordon Muriel Flowerdew (Bs) B Posse / Guest (Bt)* F Fritz Kothner (Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Four Guests (So, Mz)* S Kunz Vogelgesang (T) 8 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B)* S Balthasar Zorn (T) Mathis der Maler – Paul Hindemith Note(s): S Augustin Moser (T) Language: German * Only Solo Bit if the opera is performed without a S Ulrich Eisslinger (T) L Mathis [Saint Anthony] (Bt) chorus. The four Waiter / Posse / Guest artists S Konrad Nachtigall (Bs) L Albrecht von Brandenburg (T) above would combine to sing all denoted solos S Hermann Ortel (Bs) L Ursula (So) and all listed below would only be chorus. If S Hans Foltz (Bs) L Regina (So) performed without chorus, the artists listed below S Hans Schwartz (Bs) F Lorenz von Pommersfelden (Bs) are necessary to fill out the ensemble. S Night Watchman (Bs) F Wolfgang Capito (T) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Grafin von Helfenstein (Co) Medea – Luigi Cherubini F Hans Schwalb (T) Language: Italian or French Merchant and the Pauper, The S Sylvester von Schaumberg (T) L Medea [Médée] (So) – Paul Schoenfield
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Language(s): English and Yiddish B Jarno (Bs) L Ishmael [Greenhorn] (T) L Narrator / Rabbi (Bs) CB Antonio (Bt or Bs) L Starbuck (Bt) L The Merchant (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Queequeg (BB) L The Pauper (T) F Pip (So) F The Pauper’s Wife (Mz) Mikado, The – Arthur Sullivan F Flask (T) F The Wicked General / The Pirate (CT) Language: English F Stubb (Bt) F The Merchant’s Son (Bt) L Nanki-Poo (T) S Captain Gardiner (Bt) F Beauty (So) L Ko-Ko (Bt) B Tashtego (T) B Three Noblemen (T, Bt, Bs) L Yum-Yum (So) B Dagdoo (Bt) B Three Handmaidens (So, Mz) L Katisha (Co) CB First White Sailor (T) B Three Suitors (T, Bt, Bs) F The Mikado (BB) CB Second White Sailor (Bt) CB Fourth Voice as Noble F Pooh-Bah (Bt) 30 Minimum Chorus (T, B) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Pish-Tush (Bt) S Pitti-Sing (Co) Monsieur Choufleuri restera chez lui le… Midsummer Marriage, The – Michael Tippett S Peep-Bo (So) [Mister Cauliflower Will Be At Home On…] Language: English CB A Noble (BB) – Jacques Offenbach L Mark (T) 20 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Language: French L Jennifer (So) L Ernestine [Christine] (So) L King Fisher (Bt) Miss Haversham’s Fire – Dominick Argento L Chrysodule Babylas (T) F Bella (So) Language: English L Monsieur Choufleuri (Bt) F Jack (T) L Aurelia Havisham (So) S Pétermann (T) F Sosostris (Co) F Estella Drummle (Mz) S Balandard (T) F Strephon (D) F Phillip Pirrip [Pip] (Bt) S Madme Balandard (T) S The Ancients (Mz, Bs) S Estella Drummle, as a young girl in 20 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Half-Tipsy Man (Bt) 1846-48 (Tr) B A Dancing Man (T) S Phillip Pirrip [Pip] as a poor boy in 1846-48 Moses und Aron – Arnold Schönberg CB A Man (Bs) (Tr) Language: German CB A Girl (Mz) S Bentley Drummle (T) L Moses (Bs/Sp) 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Jaggers (Bs) L Aron (T) S The Coroner (BB) F A Priest (Bs) B Sarah Pocket (Mz) S Young Girl / Sop 1 of 4 Naked Virgins (So) B Camilla Pocket (So) S Young Man (T) Midsummer Night's Dream, A B Georgiana Pocket (Mz) S A Man (Bt) – Benjamin Britten B Raymond Pocket (T) S Six Solo Voices (S, Mz, T, Bt, Bs) Language: English B Grace-Helen Broome [Nanny] (So) B Ephraimite (Bt) L Oberon (CT or Co) B Grace-Helen Broome as a young Woman B Another Man (Bt) L Tytania (So) in 1810 (So) B Invalid Woman (Co) L Lysander (T) B First Man Guest [Raymond Pocket] (T) B 2nd, 3rd, 4th Naked Virgin (So, Mz) L Demetrius (B) B First Maid (So) CB Three Elders (Bs) L Hermia (Mz) CB First Woman Guest (So) CB A Naked Youth (T) L Helena (So) CB Second Woman Guest (So) CB Solo Soprano (So) L Bottom (BB) CB Third Woman Guest (Mz) CB Solo Tenor (T) L Flute (T) CB Second Man Guest (Bt) CB A Man (Sp) F Puck (Sp) CB Third Man Guest (Bs) CB Two Soldiers (Sp) F Theseus (Bs) CB Pumblechook (Sp) 60 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Quince (Bs) CB Orlick (Bs) Chorus Note(s): S Hippolyta (Co) - A Chambermaid (M) Chorus (fully constituted) with multi-divisi. S Snug (Bs) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Voice from the Burning Bush: 3-6 on a Part S Snout (T) (Boys + S, A, T, B) 3-6 on a part also applies to S Starveling (Bt) Mitridate, re di Ponto Boys. B Cobweb (Tr) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Beggars: 6-8 A.B B Peachblossom (Tr) Language: Italian Several Elderly Men: 3 part divisi Tenor – at B Mustardseed (Tr) L Mitridate (T) least nine (9) B Moth (Tr) L Aspasia (So) Seventy Elders: 25 Basses + Supers Children's Chorus L Sifare (So) 12 Tribal Leaders: T, T, B, B all divisi at 4-3 on F Farnace (MA) each voice = total 12. Mignon – Ambroise Thomas F Ismene (So) Language: French S Marzio (T) Mother of Us All, The – Virgil Thomson L Wilhelm Meister (T) S Arbate (So) Language: English L Lothario (Bs) No Chorus L Susan B. Anthony (So) L Mignon (Mz) L Daniel Webster (Bs) L Philine (So) Moby-Dick – Jake Heggie L Jo [The Loiterer] (T) F Laërte [Laertes] (T) Language: English L Constance Fletcher (Mz) F Frédéric (Co) L Captain Ahab (T) F John Adams (T)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
F Anne (Co) S Abdallo (T) S Mao’s Third Secretary (Mz) F Gertrude Stein (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Wu Ching-Hua (Female Solo Dancer) (D) F Virgil Thomson (Bt) S Hung Ch’Anf-ch’ing (Male Solo Dancer) F Indiana Elliot (Co) Naughty Marietta – Victor Herbert (D) F Angel Moore (So) Language: English 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Gloster Hemming (Bt) L Marietta [Contessa d’Altena] (So) Chorus Note(s): F Lillian Russell (So) L Captain Dick Warrington (Bt) The composer indicates principal singers and S Chris [The Citizen] (Bt) F Etienne Grandet [Bras Pique] (BB) selected chorus members be augmented with S Thaddeus Stevens (T) F Silas Slick (Bt) “sound amplification”. S Anna Hope (Co) F Adah (Co) S Jenny Reefer (Mz) F Lieutenant-Governor Grandet (Bt) Norma – Vincenzo Bellini S Ulysses S. Grant (BB) F Lizette (Mz) Language: Italian S Andrew Johnson (T) S Rudolfo (Bt) L Norma (So) S Anthony Comstock (Bs) S Sir Harry Blake (Sp) L Adalgisa (Mz) S Donald Gallup (Bt) S Florenz (Sp) L Pollione (T) S Herman Atlan (Bt) Three Girls of New Orleans: L Oroveso (Bs) S Isabel Wentworth (Mz) B Fanchon (So) S Clotilda (So) S Indiana Elliot’s Brother (BB) B Nanette (So) B Flavio (T) B Henrietta M. (So) B Felice (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Henry B. (BB) CB Nightwatchman (T) B Negro Woman (Sp) CB First Flower Girl (So) Noye’s Fludde – Benjamin Britten B Negro Man (Sp) CB Second Flower Girl (So) Language: English CB A.A. & T.T. Postillions (Bs) CB Man Flower Seller (T) L Voice of God (Sp) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Sugar Cane Seller (T) L Noye (BB) CB Parakeet Seller (T) L Mrs. Noye (Co) Mourning Becomes Electra CB Fruit Seller (Bt) Noye's Sons: – Martin David Levy CB Italian Parrot Seller (T) S Sem (Boy Tr) Language: English CB First Man (Act I) (Bt) S Ham (Boy Tr) [Original 1967 Version] CB Second Man (Act I) (Bt) S Jaffett (Boy Tr) L Christine Mannon (So) CB Third Man (Act I) (T) Their Wives: L Lavinia Mannon (So) CB First Dice Player (T) S Mrs. Sem (Girl So) L Adam Brant (Bt) CB Second Dice Player (Bt) S Mrs. Ham (Girl So) L Orin Mannon (T or Bt) CB First Card Player (Bt) S Mrs. Jaffett (Girl So) F General Ezra Mannon (BB) CB Second Card Player (T) B Mrs. Noye's Four Gossips (So) F Helen Niles (So) CB First Man (Act II) (T) Children's Chorus F Peter Niles (Bt) CB Second Man (Act II) (Bt) S Jed (Bs) CB Third Man (Act II) (T) nozze di Figaro, Le [The Marriage of Figaro] 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Fourth Man (Act II) (Bt) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mourning Becomes Electra CB A Man (Sp) Language: Italian – Martin David Levy L Figaro (BB) Language: English CB Three or Four Italian Men L Susanna (So) [2003 Revised Version] 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Conte Almaviva (Bt) L Christine Mannon (So) L Contessa Almaviva (So) L Lavinia Mannon (So) Navarraise, La – Jules Massenet L Cherubino (Mz) L Orin Mannon (T or Bt)* Language: French F Dr. Bartolo (Bs) F Adam Brant (Bt) L Anita (Mz) F Marcellina (Mz) S Helen Niles (So) L Araquil (T) F Don Basilio / Don Curzio (T)* S Peter Niles (Bt) L Garrido (Bt) S Barbarina (So) S General Ezra Mannon (Bs) F Remigio (Bs) S Antonio (Bs) B Jed (Bs) S Ramon (T) CB Two Bridesmaids (So, Mz)** 40 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Bustamente (Bt) 12 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Note(s): CB Un soldat (Coryphée) [A Soldier] (Bs) Note(s): * The revised score states that either voice 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) * This role can be split between two performers. category can sing this role. ** Alternatively, Bridesmaids can be sung by Nixon in China – John Adams Cherubino and Barbarina. Nabucco – Giuseppe Verdi Language: English Language: Italian L Richard Nixon (Bt) Oberto, Conte de San Bonifacio L Nabucco (Bt) L Pat Nixon (So) – Giuseppe Verdi L Ismaele (T) L Mao Tse-Tung (T) Language: Italian L Zaccaria (Bs) L Chou En-Lai (Bt) L Cuniza (Mz) L Abigaille (So) L Chiang Ch’ing [Madame Mao] (So) L Riccardo (T) F Fenena (Mz) L Henry Kissinger (Bt) L Oberto (Bs) S High Priest of Babylon (Bs) S Mao’s First Secretary [Nancy Tang] (Mz) L Leonora (So) S Anna (So) S Mao’s Second Secretary (Mz) S Imelda (Mz)
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32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) – Gian Carlo Menotti F Erice (T) Language: English F Mirinda (Mz) Oedipus Rex – Igor Stravinsky L Miss Todd (Co) F Ariadeno (Bs) Language: Latin L Laetitia (So) S Nerillo (Mz) L Oedipus Rex (T) F Bob (Bt) S Melinde (Co) F Jocasta (Co) F Miss Pinkerton (So) S Osmano (Bs) F Creon (BB) No Chorus 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Narrator (Sp) F Creon / Messenger (BB)* Orfeo, L’ – Claudio Monteverdi Orphée aux Enfers S Tiresias (Bs) Language: Italian [Orpheus in the Underworld] S Shepherd (T) L Orfeo (Bt or T) – Jacques Offenbach S Messenger (BB) F Messaggera [Messenger] (Mz) Language: French 16 Minimum Chorus (T, B) F La Musica / La Speranza (So) L Eurydice (So) Note(s): S La Musica (So)*
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CB Clio S Three Mad Chorus (So, Mz) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB La Fortune [Fortune] S Two Ruffians (T, Bt) CB Pandore [Pandora] No Chorus Patience – Arthur Sullivan CB Érato Note(s): Language: English 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Some roles can be sung by the same performer of L Patience (So) Note(s): the same voice type. L Reginald Bunthorne (T) With Children’s Chorus in unison in 1874 L Archibald Grosvenor (Bt) version (Act I violin lesson, Act IV scène des Pagliacci – Ruggero Leoncavallo F The Lady Jane (Co) mouches). Language: Italian F Colonel Caverley (BB) L Canio (T) F The Lady Angela (Mz) Otello – Giuseppe Verdi L Nedda (So) S The Lady Saphir (Mz) Language: Italian L Tonio (Bt) S Lieutenant, The Duke of Dunstable (T) L Otello (T) F Silvio (Bt) S Major Murgatroyd (Bt) L Desdemona (So) F Beppe / Arlecchino (T) S The Lady Ella (So) L Iago (Bt) CB First Peasant (Bs) - Mr. Bunthorne’s Solicitor (M) F Cassio (T) CB Second Peasant (T) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Emilia (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Lodovico (Bs) Paul Bunyan – Benjamin Britten S Roderigo (T) Parsifal – Richard Wagner Language: English S Montano (So) Language: German L Paul Bunyan (Sp) B Herald (Bt) L Parsifal (T) L Tiny (So) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Amfortas (Bt) L Johnny Inkslinger (T) L Gurnemanz (Bs) L Hot Biscuit Slim (T) Otello, ossia il moro di Venezia L Kundry (So or Mz) F Narrator / Ballad Singer (Bs or T) – Gioachino Rossini F Klingsor (Bs) F Hel Helson (Bt) Language: Italian S Two Knights of the Grail (T, B) S John Shears (Bt) L Otello (T) S Titurel [A Voice] (Bs) S Western Union Boy (T) L Desdemona (So) S Four Esquires (So, T) S Sam Sharkey (T) L Iago (T) S Six Flower Maidens (So, Mz) S Ben Benney (Bs) L Roderigo (T) B Voice from Afar (Mz) S Fido (So) F Emilia (Mz) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Moppet (Mz) S Elmiro (Bs) S Poppet (Mz) S Gondolier (T) Partenope – George Frideric Handel B Jen Jenson (Bs) B Doge (T) Language: Italian B Andy Anderson (T) B Lucio (T) L Partenope (So) B Pete Peterson (T) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Rosmira (Mz) B Cross Crosshaulson (Bs) L Arsace (Mz) B First Wild Goose (Mz) Ours – John Estacio F Armindo (Mz) B Second Wild Goose (Mz) Language: English F Emilio (T) B Third Wild Goose (So) L May (So) S Ormonte (Bs) B Quartet of the Defeated (Co, T, Bt, Bs) L Archbishop Roche (T) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Possible Combined Roles: L Edward (T) F Fido / Third Wild Goose (So) F John (T) Passion of Jonathan Wade, The F Moppet / First Wild Goose (Mz) S Thelma (So) – Carlisle Floyd F Poppet / Second Wild Goose (Mz) S Elizabeth Crowley (So) Language: English Chorus Roles: S George Crowley (T) L Jonathan Wade (Bt) CB Four Young Trees (So, T) S Charlie Witten (T) L Celia Townsend (So) CB Heron (Sp) S Arthur Murray (Bt) L Judge Gibbes Townsend (BB) CB Moon (Sp) S Michael (Bt) F Enoch Pratt (T) CB Wind (Sp) S Field Marshall Haig (Bt or BB) F Lucas Wardlaw (T) CB Beetle (Sp) B Recruiter S Nicey (Mz) CB Squirrel (Sp) 24 Minimum Chorus (T, B) S Lieutenant Patrick (T) CB Solo 1 / Swedish Lumberjack (Bs) S Wounded Confererate Soldier (Bt) CB Solo 2 / French Lumberjack (Bs) Overcoat, The – James Rolfe S T. Tertius Riddle (Bs) CB Solo 3 / German Lumberjack (T) Language: English S Judge James Bell (BB) CB First Crony (Bt) L Akakiy Akakiyevich (Bt) B Two Carpetbaggers (T, B) CB Second Crony (Bt) L Petrovich (Bt) B Young Girl (So) CB Third Crony (Bt) L Landlady (Mz) CB Sergeant Branch (Bt) CB Fourth Crony (Bt) L Head of the Department (Bt) CB Man on Barrel (T) CB Tenor 1 (T) S Secretary (So) CB Two Soldiers (T, B) CB Tenor 2 (T) S Manager (T) CB Rector (Bs) CB Baritone (Bt) S Police Sergeant (Bs) CB Two Black Senators (T, Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Policeman (Bs) CB Five Friends of Lucas (T, Bt) Note(s): S Mrs Petrovich (Mz) CB Black Driver (BB)
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Some roles can be sung by the same performer S Bob Boles (T) S Governess (Mz) of the same voice type. S Mrs. Sedley (Mz) S Chloe (So) S Reverend Horace Adams (T) S Daphnis (Co)*
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Soprano Solo (Act I, Sc 2) L Arturo Talbot (T) CB Seven Voices (Sp) Baritone Solo (Act I, Sc 2) L Riccardo Forth (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) First Soprano Solo (Act II, Sc 4) L Giorgio Valton (Bs) Second Soprano Solo (Act II, Sc 4) F Gaultiero Valton (Bs) Radamisto – George Friedrich Handel Mezzo Solo (Act II, Sc 4) S Bruno Roberton (T) Language: Italian Tenor Solo (Act II, Sc 4) S Enrichetta di Francia L Radamisto (So) First Bass Solo (Act II, Sc 4) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Zenobia (Co) Second Bass Solo (Act II, Sc 4) L Polissena (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Pyramus and Thisbe F Tiridate (T) Note(s): – Barbara Monk Feldman F Fraarte (So) Because of the wide number of versions of this Language: English F Tigrante (So or T) opera, roles may be omitted as required. L Pyramus (Bt) S Farasmane (Bs) L Thisbe (Mz) No Chorus Postcard from Morocco – Dominick Argento L Narrator (T) Note(s): Language: English 16 Minumum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Each soloist may be assigned to the S, A, T, B L A Lady with a “Cake Box” (So) of the ensemble with Fraarte, the lowest of the L A Lady with a Hand Mirror / Quatro Rusteghi, I [The Four Ruffians] soprano roles joining Zenobia on the Alto line of An Operetta Singer (So) – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari the ensemble. L A Lady with a “Hat Box” / A Foreign Singer Language: Italian (Mz) L Margarita (Mz) Rake's Progress, The – Igor Stravinsky L Mr. Owen, Man with a Paint Box (T) L Felice (So) Language: English L A Man with Old Luggage / First Puppet / L Lucieta (So) L Tom Rakewell (T) An Operetta Singer (T) L Lunardo (Bs) L Ann Trulove (So) L A Man with a Shoe Sample Kit / L Marina (So) L Nick Shadow (BB) Second Puppet (Bt) L Simon (BB) L Baba the Turk (Mz) L A Man with “Cornet Case” / F Canciano (Bs) F Trulove (Bs) A Puppet Maker (Bs) F Maurizio (Bs or BB) F Mother Goose (Mz) S Two Entertainers (M) F Count Riccardo (T) S Sellem (T) B A Puppet Maker (Sp) F Filipeto (T) S Keeper of Madhouse (Bs) No Chorus B A Young Maid (So or Mz) CB Solo Voice (Bs) No Chorus CB Bidders* † (Sp) Postman Always Rings Twice, The 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) – Stephen Paulus Quiet Place, A – Leonard Berstein Note(s): Language: English Language: English * The bidders are notated in the score as shouts L Frank Chambers (Bt) [1983 Original Version] in specified rhythms. The score does not state L Cora (So) L Dede (So) which voice category should be heard nor does F Nick Papadakis (T) L Junior (Bt) it specify the number of bidders. Should an F Katz [Lawyer] (T) L Sam (Bs) individual chorister shout a bid (or bids) in the S Sacket [District Attorney] (So) F Francois (T) scene, then that chorister's shouts are to be B Cop [Jail] (Bt) S Funeral Director (T) classified as a Chorus Bit role. B Kennedy (Bt) S Bill (Bt) † Minimum three artists. No Chorus S Susie (Mz) S Analyst (T) Rape of Lucretia, The – Benjamin Britten Prince Igor [Knyaz’ Igor’] S Doc (Bs) Language: English – Alexander Borodin S Mrs. Doc (Co) L Male Chorus (T) Language: Russian CB Seven Voices (Sp) L Female Chorus (So) L Prince Igor Sviatoslavitch (Bt) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Lucretia (Mz) L Jaroslavna (So) L Tarquinius (Bt) L Vladimir Jaroslavitch [Galitzky] (Bs) Quiet Place, A – Leonard Berstein F Junius (Bt) L Kontchakovna (Mz) Language: English F Collatinus (Bs) F Vladimir Igorevitch (T) [1984 Revised Version] S Bianca (Mz) F Kontchak (Bs) L Dede (So) S Lucia (So) S Ovlur (T) L Junior (Bt) No Chorus S Skula (Bs) L Sam (Bs) S Eroshka (T) L Dinah (Mz) Regina – Marc Blitzstein B Yaroslavna's Nurse (So) L Young Sam (BB) Language: English B A Young Polovetsian Maiden (So) F Francois (T) L Regina Giddens (So) CB Two Soprano Solos (Act IV) S Funeral Director (T) L Birdie Hubbard (So) CB Tenor Solo (Act IV) S Bill (Bt) L Ben Hubbard (Bs) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Susie (Mz) F Horace Giddens (BB) S Dinah's Analyst (T) F Alexandria Hubbard (So) puritani, I – Vincenzo Bellini S Doc (Bs) F Addie (Mz) Language: Italian S Mrs. Doc (Co) S Leo Hubbard (T) L Elvira (So) S Jazz Trio (S, Mz, T, Bt) S Cal (Bt)
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S Jabez (Bt) B Grégorio (Bt) B William Marshall (T) B Benvolio (T) CB Manders (Sp) B Le comte Pâris (Bt) - Belle (M) ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Il B Frère Jean (Bs)* 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) [The Return of Ulysses to His Homeland] CB Manuela (So)* – Claudio Monteverdi CB Pepita (Mz)* Renard [The Fox] – Igor Stravinsky Language: Italian CB Angelo (T)* Language: Russian L Penelope (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L The Fox (T) L Ulisse [Ulysses] (T) Note(s): L The Cock (T) F Telemaco [Telemachus)] (T) * Roles omitted when Nuptials Procession L The Cat (Bt) F Minerva (So or Mz) scene is cut. F The Goat (Bs) F Antinoo (Bs) No Chorus F Nettuno [Neptune] (Bs) Rondine, La [The Swallow] S Ericlea [Eurykleia] (Co) – Giacomo Puccini Rheingold, Das [The Rhinegold] S Melanto [Melantus] (So) Language: Italian – Richard Wagner S Eumete (T) L Lisette (So) Language: German S Eurimaco [Eurymachus] (T) L Magda (So) L Wotan (BB) S Iro [Irus] (T) L Ruggero (T) L Loge (T) S Pisandro [Peisander] (T) L Prunier (T) L Alberich (BB) S Anfinomo [Anphinomus] (T) L Rambaldo (Bt) L Mime (T) S L’umana Fragilita [Human Frailty] (Mz) S Yvette (So) L Fricka (Mz) S Il Tempo [Time] (Bs) S Bianca (So) L Erda (Co) S La Fortuna [Fortune] (So or Mz) S Suzy (Mz) F Donner (BB) S Amore [Love] (So) B Gobin (T) F Froh (T) S Giove [Jove] (T) B Crébillon (BB) F Fasolt (BB) B Tenor Solo (T) B Périchaud (BB) F Fafner (Bs) B Mercurio (Bt) B A Singer (Act II) (So)
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L Sophie (So) B Sir Conrad Murgatroyd (Sp) - A Young Priest (M) L Herr von Faninal (Bt) CB Ruth (Sp) - Dumb Son of Maria Corona, 16 years old F Italienischer Sänger [Italian Singer] (T) - Sir Desmond Murgatroyd (M) (M) F Marianne Leitmetzerin (So) - Sir Gilbert Murgatroyd (M) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Valzacchi (T) - Sir Mervyn Murgatroyd (M) F Annina (Mz) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Salome – Richard Strauss S Ein Notar [A Notary] (Bs) Language: German S Ein Polizeikommissar L Salome (So) [A Police Commissioner] (Bs) L Herod Antipas (T) S Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Rusalka – Antonín Dvořák L Jokanaan [John the Baptist] (Bt) [Major-Domo of Faninal] (T) Language: Czech L Herodias (Mz) S Ein Wirt [A Landlord] (T) L Rusalka (So) F Narraboth (T) B Der Haushofmeister bei Feldmarschallin L The Prince (T) F Ein Page der Herodias [Major-Domo of the Marschallin] (T) L The Spirit of the Lake [Water Gnome] (Bs) [Page of Herodias] (Co) B Drei Adelige Waisen F Jezibaba [The Witch] (Mz) F Erste Nazarener [1st Nazarene] (Bs) [Three Noble Orphans] (S, Mz, Co) F The Foreign Princess (So) S Zweiter Nazarener [2nd Nazarene] (T) B Eine Modistin [A Milliner] (So) S First Wood-Sprite (So) S Zwei Soldat [Two Soldiers] (Bs) B Ein Tierhändler [An Animal Vendor] (T) S Second Wood-Sprite (So) S Fünf Juden [Five Jews] (T, Bs) CB Vier Lakaien der Marschallin S Third Wood-Sprite (Co) B Eine Sklave [A Slave] (So or Mz) [Four Servants of the Marschallin] (T, Bs) S Gamekeeper [The Forester] (T) B Ein Cappadocier [A Cappadocian] (Bs) CB Vier Kellner [Four Waiters] (T, B) S Turnspit [The Kitchen Boy] (So) No Chorus - Leopold (M) B Voice of a Huntsman [Hunter] (T) - Four Little Children (Children’s Chorus)* 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Samson et Dalila – Camille Saint-Saëns - Ein Gelehrter [A Scholar] (M) Language: French - Ein Flötist [A Flute Player] (M) Saint François d'Assise – Olivier Messiaen L Samson (T) - Ein Friseur [A Hairdresser] (M) Language: French L Dalila (Mz) - Hairdresser’s Assistant (M) L Saint-François [Saint Francis] (Bt) L Le grand prêtre de Dagon - Eine Adelige Witwe [A Noble Widow] (M) L L’Ange [The Angel] (So) [High Priest of Dagon] (Bt) - A Black Boy (M) F Le lépreux [The Leper] (T) F Un viellard hébreu [An Old Hebrew] (Bs) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Frère Léon [Brother Leon] (Bt) S Abimélech (Bs) Chorus Note(s): S Frère Massée [Brother Masseo] (T) B Un messager philistine * Score specifically states “Four Little Children”. S Frère Bernard [Brother Bernard] (Bs) [The Philistines’ Messenger] (T) B Frère Élie [Brother Elias] (T) B Two Philistines (T, B) Rossignol, Le [The Nightingale] B Frère Sylvestre [Brother Silvestre] (Bs) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) – Igor Stravinsky B Frère Rufin [Brother Rufin] (Bs) Language: Russian 150 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B)* Schauspieldirektor, Der [The Impresario] L The Nightingale (So) Chorus Note(s): – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart L The Fisherman (T) * Chorus number specified by the composer and Language: German F The Cook (Mz) required by the publisher. L Madame Herz (So) F The Chamberlain (Bs) L Mademoiselle Silberklang (So) F The Bonze (Bs) Saint of Bleeker Street, The F Herr Frank [The Impresario] (Sp) F The Emperor of China (Bs) – Gian Carlo Menotti F Herr Eiler [Vogelsang] (T) F Death (Co) Language: English S Herr Buff (Bt) B First Japanese Envoy (T) L Carmela (So) No Chorus B Second Japanese Envoy (Bt) L Annina (So) B Third Japanese Envoy (T) L Michele (T) schweigsame Frau, Die [The Silent Woman] CB Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor Solos (So, Mz, T) F Assunta (So) – Richard Strauss 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Maria Corona (Mz) Language: German F Desideria (Mz) L Sir Morosus (Bs) Ruddigore – Arthur Sullivan F Don Marco (Bs) L Schneidebart [The Barber] (Bt) Language: English S Salvatore (Bt) L Henry Morosus (T) L Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd B A Young Man (T) L Aminta (So) [Robin Oakapple] (Bt) B A Young Woman (So) F Isotta (So) L Rose Maybud (So) B An Old Woman (So) F Carlotta (So) L Richard Dauntless (T) B Concettina, 5 years old S Haushälterin [Housekeeper] (Co) L Sir Despard Murgatroyd (BB) B Bartender (Bs) S Morbio (Bt) F Mad Margaret (Mz) B First Guest (T) S Vanuzzi (Bs) S Dame Hannah (Co) B Second Guest (Bt) S Farfallo (Bs) S Adam Goodheart (Bt) CB A Girl (Act I, Sc 2) (Sp) B Ein Papage [A Parrot] (Sp) S Sir Roderic Murgatroyd (BB) CB A Man’s Voice (Act I, Sc 2) (T)
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L Irina Arkadina (So) F Ellie May Chipley (Mz) L Simon Boccanegra (Bt) L Constantine (Bt) F Frank Schultz (Bs) L Jacopo Fiesco (Bs) L Nina (Mz) S Steve Baker L Amelia Grimaldi / Maria Boccanegra (So) F Masha (So) S Pete L Gabriele Adorno (T) F Boris Trigorin (Bt) S Sheriff Vallon F Paolo Albiani (Bt) S Sorin (Bs) S Max S Pietro (Bt) S Medvedenko (T) S Young Kim B A Captain (T) S Dr. Dorn (T) S Jake B Maid of Amelia (Mz) S Shamrayeff (Bt) B Landlady 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Pauline (Mz) B Doorman B Lottie Sly, ovvero La leggenda del B Emcee dormiente risvegliato B Lady on the Levee [Sly, or the Legend of the Sleeper Awoken] CB Solo Soprano (So) – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Yakov (M) CB Solo Bass (Bs) Language: Italian 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B)* CB Two Sopranos (So) L Sly (T) Chorus Note(s): CB Two Altos (Mz) L Dolly (So) * Off-stage chorus. CB Natchez Child (Sp) L Il Conte de Westmorland (Bt) CB Dealer (Sp) F L'Ostessa (Mz) segreto di Susanna, Il [Susanna’s Secret] CB 1st Girl (Sp) F John Plake (Bt) – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari CB 2nd Girl (Sp) S Il Nobile Francese / Il Musico (T) Language: Italian CB Backwoodsman (Sp) S Primo Nobile / Un Moro (T) L Susanna (So) CB Mother Superior (Sp) S Secondo Nobile / Un Pellerossa (T) L Count Gil (Bt) CB 1st Drunk (Sp) S Terzo Nobile / Un Vecchio servo (T) S Sante (Sp) CB 2nd Drunk (Sp) S Quarto Nobile / Un Cinese (Bs) No Chorus CB Woman (Sp) S Quinto Nobile / Un Dottore (Bs) CB Young Man (Sp) S Sesto Nobile / Un Gran Carimoniero (Bs) Semele – George Frideric Handel - Adult Kim (M) S La Prima Ancella (So) Language: English 44 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S La Seconda Ancella (So) L Semele (So) Note(s): S La Terza Ancella (Mz) L Jupiter (T) Depending on edition used, roles may be sung S Un Paggetto (So) L Juno (Co) using alternate voice types. B Snare (Bs) L Juno / Ino (Co) B Il Giudice Campestre (T) F Ino (Co) Siegfried – Richard Wagner B Rosslina (Mz) F Athamas (MA) Language: German B Un Soldato (Bt) F Somnus (Bs) L Siegfried (T) B Il Garzone (T) S Cadmus (Bs) L Mime (T) B Primo Servo (Bt) S Iris (So) L Wotan (BB) B Secondo Servo (Bt) B Apollo (T) L Brünnhilde (So) B Terzo Servo (Bs) B Chief Priest of Juno (Bs) F Alberich (BB) B Un Beone Solo (T) 20 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Fafner (Bs) CB Un Vetturale (Bs) F Erda (Co) CB Il Cuoco (Bs) Semiramide – Gioachino Rossini S Forest Bird (So) CB Cinque Voce Interna (So) Language: Italian No Chorus CB Un altro Beone (T) L Semiramide (So) CB Au altro ancora Beone (T) L Arsace (Co) Silent Night – Kevin Puts CB Un Beone solo (Bs) L Assur (Bs) Language: English CB Un Tenore Solo (Studente) (T) L Idreno (T) L Nikolaus Sprink (T) CB Un Tenore solo (Core interno) (T) F Oroe (Bs) L Anna Sørensen (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Azema (So) L Lieutenant Horstmayer (BB) S Mitrane (So) L Jonathan Dale (T) sonnambula, La [The Sleepwalker] S Ghost of Nino (Bs) L Father Palmer (Bt) – Vincenzo Bellini 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Lieutenant Gordon (Bt) Language: Italian L Lieutenant Audebert (Bt) L Amina (So) Showboat – Jerome Kern L Ponchel (Bt) L Elvino (T) Language: English L The General (BB or Bs) L Conte Rodolfo (Bs) [Demain / Zambello Performing Edition] S Madeleine (Mz) F Lisa (So) L Cap'n Andy Hawks (T) S Kronprinz (T) S Alessio (Bs) L Magnolia Hawks (So) S William Dale (Bt) S Teresa (Mz) L Gaylord Ravenal (T) S The British Major (BB) B Notary (T) F Julie Laverne (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (T, B) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Queenie (Mz) F Joe (Bs) Simon Boccanegra – Giuseppe Verdi Sorcerer, The – Arthur Sullivan F Parthy Ann Hawkins (Mz) Language: Italian Language: English
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L Sir Marmaduke Pointdexter (Bt) F Lucas (Bt) B Suor Lucillia (M)* L Alexis (T) S Grand Duchess Anastasia CB Una suora sola: “E per due sere ancor!” L John Wellington Wells (Bt) S Count Von Mark (So)* L Aline (So) S Gretchen (So) CB Tre suore (So/Mz)* F Constance (So) S Ruder (Mz) 1a. “Ed io nemmeno!” F Dr. Daly (T) S Toni / Lackey IV 2a. “Io no!” S Lady Sangazure (Co) S Captain Tarnitz (T) 3a. “Io no!” S Mrs. Partlet (Co) B Hubert CB Una suora (So)* B Notary (Bs) B Countess Leydon “Uh! Se ne prendo un chicco, la martorio!” 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Four Lackeys (T) CB Una suora (So/Mz)* B Three Girls (So, Mz) “Fosse per me!…” Stiffelio – Giuseppe Verdi B Nicholas CB Un’altra suora (So/Mz)* Language: Italian B Captain of the Guard (Grasby) “Per me! Fosse mia madre…” L Stiffelio (T) B Toni
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F Judge Turpin (Bs) L Arigirio (T) F Grandpa Moss (Bs) F Beggar Woman (Mz)
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- Ede (Sp)* – Georges Bizet Language: English - Jimmy (Sp)* (Adapted by Marius Constant) L Troilus (T) - Huren [Whores] (Sp)* Language: French L Cressida (So) - Pastor Kimball (Sp)* L Carmen (Mz) L Pandarus (T) 8 Minimum Chorus (So, T) L Don José (T) F Calkas (Bs) Note(s): L Escamillo (Bt) F Diomede (Bt) * Because of the wide number of versions of L Micaëla (So) S Antenor (Bt) this opera, a universal classification is not S Zuniga / Garcia (Sp) S Evadne (Mz) possible for the rest of the characters. B Lillas Pastia (Sp) S Horaste (Bt) Classifications of these characters should be No Chorus B A Priest (Bt) done on a case-by-case basis. B A Woman’s Voice (Co) Transformations – Conrad Susa CB First Soldier (T) Tiefland, The [The Lowlands] Language: English CB Second Soldier (Bs) – Eugen D’Albert L I - Princess (So) CB Ladies-in-Waiting (S, A) Language: German L II - Anne Sexton / Witch (So) CB Another Priest (T) L Sebastiano (Bt) F III - Good Fairy (Mz) 60 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Marta (Mz or S) F IV - Wizard (T) L Pedro (T) F V - Magic Object (T) Trouble in Tahiti - Leonard Bernstein F Tommaso (Bs) F VI - Prince (T) Language: English F Moruccio (Bt) F VII - King (Bt) L Dinah (Mz) F Nuri (So) F VIII - Neighboring King (BB) L Sam (BB) S Pepa (So) No Chorus S Jazz Trio (S or Mz, T, Bt) S Antonia (So) No Chorus S Rosalia (Co) Transit of Venus – Victor Davies S Nando (T) Language: English trovatore, Il [The Troubadour] CB A Voice (Bs) L Le Gentil (Bt) – Giuseppe Verdi - Priest (M) L Celeste (So) Language: Italian 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Margot (Mz) L Conte di Luna (Bt) F Demarais (T) L Leonora (So) F Madame Sylvie (Mz) L Manrico (T) B Latour (Bt) L Azucena (Mz) Tosca – Giacomo Puccini 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Ferrando (Bs) Language: Italian B Ruiz (T) L Floria Tosca (So) traviata, La [The Fallen Woman] B Inez (So) L Mario Cavaradossi (T) – Giuseppe Verdi B Messenger (T) L Baron Scarpia (Bt) Language: Italian CB Old Gypsy (Bt) S Cesare Angelotti (Bs) L Violetta Valery (So) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Sacristan (Bt) L Alfredo Germont (T) S Spoletta (T) L Giorgio Germont (Bt) Troyens, Les [The Trojans] – Hector Berlioz S Sciarrone (Bs) S Gastone de Letorieres (T) Language: French B A Shepherd Boy (Tr, So or Mz) S Baron Douphol (Bt) L Énée [Aeneas] (T) B Jailer (B) S Dr. Grenvil (Bs) L Didon [Dido] (Mz) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Flora Bervoix (Mz) L Cassandre [Cassandra] (Mz) S Marchese d'Obigny (Bs) F Chorèbe [Chorebus] (Bt) Tote Stadt, Die [The Dead City] B Annina (So) F Anna (Co) – Erich Wolfgang Korngold CB Giuseppe (T) F Narbal (Bs) Language: German CB Messenger (Bs) S Panthée [Pantheus] (Bs) L Marie / Marietta (So) CB Flora’s Servant (Bs) S Ascagne [Ascanius] (So) L Paul (T) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Iopas (T) F Fritz (Bt) S Hylas (T) S Frank (Bt) Tristan und Isolde – Richard Wagner S Hélénus (T) S Brigitta (Co) Language: German S Priam (B) S Juliette (So) L Tristan (T) B Hécube (So) S Lucienne (Mz) L König Marke (Bs) B Un soldat troyen [A Trojan Soldier] (Part I) S Gaston (Mi) L Isolde (So) (Bt) S Victorin (T) L Kurvenal (Bt) B Un chef grec [A Greek Captain] (Bs) S Graf Albert (T) L Brangäne (Mz) B Premiere sentinelle [First Sentinel] (Part II) S Marie – Die Erscheinung Mariens S A Shepherd (T) (Bt) (So)
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[The Ghost of Cassandra] (Mz)* B Principe di Persia (T) Language: Spanish B Le spectre de Priam [The Ghost of Priam] CB Two Handmaidens (So) L Salud (So) (Bs)* 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Paco (T) B Le spectre de Chorèbe L Uncle Sarvaor (BB) [The Ghost of Chorebus] (Bt)* Turco in Italia, Il [The Turk in Italy] F The Grandmother (Mz) B Le dieux Mercure [The God Mercury] (Bs) – Gioachino Rossini S A Singer (Bt) B Andromaque (Sp) Language: Italian S Manuel (Bt) B Astyanax (Sp) L Fiorilla (So) S Voice in the Forge (T) CB Polyxène (So) L Narciso (T) S A Distant Voice (T) CB Un prêtre de Pluton L Prodocimo [Poet] (Bt) S Voice of Street-Seller (T) [The High Priest of Pluto] (Bt or Bs) L Selim (Bs) B Carmela (Mz) 60 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Geronio (Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Note(s): F Zaida (Mz) * The three Ghosts [Spectres or Ombres] are S Albazar (T) View from the Bridge, A – William Bolcom normally performed by the same singers 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Language: English engaged as the named “living” roles, in which L Eddie (Bt) case the larger role classification is to be used. Turn of the Screw, The – Benjamin Britten L Beratrice (So) Language: English L Catherine (So) Tsar’s Bride, The [Tsarskaya Nevesta] L Governess (So) L Rodolpho (T) – Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov L Peter Quint (T) F Alfieri (BB) Language: Russian L Miles (Tr) F Marco (Bs) L Gregor Gregorjevitsch Grjasnoy (Bt) L Flora (So) S Tony (T) L Ljuba [Ljubasha] (Mz) F Mrs. Gross (So) S Louis (Bt) L Martha [Marfa] (So) F Miss Jessel (So) S 1st Immigration Officer (Bt) L Wassili Stepanovitsch Sobakin (Bs) S Prologue (T)* S 2nd Immigration Officer (T) L Boyar Ivan Sergeitsch Lykov (T) No Chorus B Mike (T) F Domna Ivanova Saburova (So) Note(s): CB An Old Woman (Mz) F Jelissei Bomelius (T) * L = Quint and Prologue (the Prologue is often CB Soprano Solo (So) S Gregor Lukianovitsch Maljuta Skuratov done by Quint). CB Baritone Solo (Bt) (Bs) 32 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Dunja (Co) Vanessa – Samuel Barber S Petrovna (Mz) Language: English Village Romeo and Juliet, A CB A House-Maid (Mz) L Vanessa (So) – Frederick Delius CB A Young Man (T) L Erika (Mz) Language: English CB A Servant (Bs) L Anatol (T) L Vreli (So) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F The Old Baroness (Co) L Sali (T) F The Doctor (Bt) F The Dark Fiddler (Bt) S The Major-Domo (BB) S Manz (Bt) Turandot – Ferruccio Busoni CB A Footman (T) S Marti (Bt) Language: Italian B 1st and 2nd Peasants (Bt) L The Emperor Altoum (Bs) - The Young Pastor (M) B 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Women (So, Mz) L Turandot (So) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Gingerbread Woman (So) L Calaf (T) B Wheel-of-Fortune Woman (So) F Adelma (Mz) vêpres siciliennes, Les B Cheap Jewelry Woman (Mz) F Barak (Bt) [The Sicilian Vespers] B Showman (T) F Truffaldino (T) – Giuseppe Verdi B Merry-Go-Round Man (Bt) S The Queen Mother of Samarkand (So) Language: French or Italian B The Slim Girl (So) S Tartaglia (BB) L La duchesse Hélène [La Duchessa Elena] B The Wild Girl (Mz) S Pantalone (Bs) (So) B The Poor Horn Player (T) B A Singer (Mz) L Henri [Arrigo] (T) B The Hunchbacked Bass Fiddler (Bs) - The Executioner (M) L Guy de Monfort [Guido di Monforte] (Bt) B Shooting Gallery Man (Bs) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Jean Procida [Giovanni da Procida] (Bs) B 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bargemen (T, Bt, Bs) S Daniéli [Danieli] (T) - Vreli (Child) (M) Turandot – Giacomo Puccini S Ninette [Ninetta] (Co) - Sali (Child) (M) Language: Italian S Robert [Roberto] (BB or Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Turandot (So) S Thibault [Tebaldo] (T) L Calaf (T) S Le sire de Béthune [Il sire di Béthune] (Bs) Village Singer, The – Stephen Paulus L Liù (So) S Le comte de Vaudemont Language: English F Timur (Bs) [Il Conte Vaudemont] (Bs) L Candace Whitcomb (So) F Ping (Bt) S Mainfroid [Manfredo] (T) F Wilson Ford (T) S Pang (T) 48 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Alma Way (So) S Pong (T) F William Emmons (Bt) S Imperatore Altoum (T) vida breve, La [The Brief Life] S Minnie Lansing (So) S Mandarin (Bt) – Manuel de Falla S Jenny Wilkins (Mz)
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S Todd Wilkins (T) Rossweisse (So or Mz) B A French Officer (Bt) S Brent Freeman (Bs) Siegrune (Mz) B Old Valet (to Prince Bolkonsky) (Bt) S Reverend Pollaid (T) Grimgerde (Mz) B Major-Domo (to Prince Bolkonsky) (Bs) S Nancy Ford (Mz) Schwertleite (Co) B Housemaid (to Prince Bolkonsky) (Mz) No Chorus No Chorus B Gavrilla (Akhrosimova’s butler) (Bs) B General Belliard (BB) Villi, Le [The Witches] – Giacomo Puccini Wally, La – Alfredo Catalini B Adjutant to Kutuzov [Kaizarov] (T) Language: Italian Language: Italian CB Lackey (at the ball) (T) L Roberto (T) L Wally (So) CB A French Abbe (T) L Anna (So) L Giuseppe Hagenbach di Solden (T) CB Trishka (Co) L Guglielmo Wulf (B) L Vincenzo Gellner di Hochstoff (Bt) CB Two Prussian Generals 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Walter (So) [Klausewitz & Wolzogen] (Sp) F Afra (Co) CB Prince Andrei’s Orderly (T) Visitation, The – Gunther Schuller S Stromminger (Bs) CB Staff Officer I (T) Language: English S Il Pedone de Schnals [Wanderer] (Bs) CB Staff Officer II (BB) L Carter Jones (Bt) 36 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) CB Orderly (T)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
S Diesel (Bs) 6 Minimum Chorus (S, A)* S Sir Richard Cholmondely (Bt) S Anybodys (Sp) Chorus Note(s): B Kate (So) S Lieutenant Schrank (Sp) * Women only if Madrigal is performed. B Leonard Meryll (T) S Doc (Sp) B Solo Second Yeoman (Bt) B Francisca (Mz) Wozzeck – Alban Berg CB First Yeoman (T) B Consuela (Co) Language: German CB First Citizen (Sp) B Big Deal (T) L Wozzeck (Bt) CB Second Citizen (Sp) B Snowboy (Bs) L Marie (So) 28 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Chino (Sp) F Hauptmann [Captain] (T) B Officer Krupke (Sp) F Doktor [Doctor] (Bs) Zauberflöte, Die [The Magic Flute] B Glad Hand (Sp) S Tambourmajor [Drum-Major] (T) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CB Velma (Sp) S Andres (T) Language: German CB Graziella (Sp) S Margret (Co) L Tamino (T) CB Pepe (Sp) S 1. Handwerksbursch [First Workman] (Bs) L Pamina (So) CB Indio (Sp) B 2. Handwerksbursch [Second Workman] L Sarastro (Bs) CB Gee-Tar (Sp) (T or Bt) L Königin der Nacht [Queen of the Night] CB Voice of Maria’s Mother (Sp) B Der Narr [The Idiot] (T) (So) CB Voice of Maria’s Mother (Sp) CB Soldier (T) L Papageno (Bt) 8 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B)* - Mariens Knabe [Marie’s Child] (M) F Erste Dame [1st Lady] (So) Note(s): 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) F Zweite dame [2nd Lady] (So) Because of the wide number of versions of this F Dritte Dame [3rd Lady] (Mz) opera, a universal classification is not possible Written on Skin – George Benjamin F Monostatos (T) for some of the characters. Classifications of Language: English F Papagena (So) these characters should be done on a case-by- L Agnès (So) F Sprecher [The Speaker] (Bs) case basis. L The Protector (Bt) S Erster Priester [1st Priest] (Bs) Chorus Note(s): L Angel #1 / The Boy (CT) S Zweiter Priester [2nd Priest] (T) * Includes chorus bit roles. F Angel #2 / Marie (Mz) S Erster Knabe [1st Spirit] (So) F Angel #3 / John (T) S Zweiter Knabe [2nd Spirit] (So) Wiener Blut [Viennese Blood] No Chorus S Dritter Knabe [3rd Spirit] (So) – Johann Strauss II B Erster Geharnischter Mann Language: German Wuthering Heights – Carlisle Floyd [1st Armed Man] (T) L Gabriele, Gräfin Zedlau [Countess] (So) Language: English B Zweiter Geharnischter Mann L Balduin, Graf Zedlau [Count] (T) L Catherine Earnshaw (L) [2nd Armed Man] (Bs) L Prince Ypsheim-Gindelbach L Heathcliff (Bt) CB Dritter Priester [3rd Priest] (Sp) [Prime Minister] (Bt) L Nelly (Mz) CB Erster Sklaven [1st Slave] (Sp)* F Demoiselle Franziska Cagliari [Franzi] (So) L Edgar Linton (T) CB Zweiter Sklaven [2nd Slave] (Sp)* F Josef (Bt) F Isabella Linton (So) CB Dritter Sklaven [3rd Slave] (Sp)* F Pepi Pleininger (So) F Hindley Earnshaw (T) 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) S Kagler (Bs) S Mr. Earnshaw (Bs) Note(s): S Lisi S Joseph (T) * Roles are omitted if dialogue is cut. B Lori S Lockwood (T) B Graf Bitowski [Count] 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Zazà – Ruggero Leoncavallo B Marquis de la Fassade [Diplomat] Language: Italian B Lord Percy [Diplomat] Xerxes [Serse] – George Frideric Handel L Zazà (So) B Principe de Lugando [Diplomat] Language: Italian L Milio Dufresne (T) B Anna L Xerxes [Serse] (Mz or T) L Cascart (Bt) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) L Romilda (So) S Anaide (Mz) Note(s): F Arsamenes [Arsamene] (Mz or T) S Natalia (So) Depending on edition used, principal roles may F Amastris [Amastre] (Co) S Bussy (Bt) be sung using alternate voice types. F Atalanta (So) S Courtois (Bt) Wings of the Dove – Douglas Moore F Ariodates [Ariodate] (Bs) S Antoinetta [Totò] Dufresne (child) (Sp) Language: English B Floriana (So) L Kate Croy (Mz) S Elviro (Bs) B Signora Dufresne (B) L Miles Dunster (Bt) 16 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) B Marco (T) L Milly Theale (So) F Lord Mark (T) Yeoman of the Guard, The – Arthur Sullivan B Augusto (T) F Homer Croy (Bt) Language: English No Chorus F Aunt Maud Lowder (Co) L Phoebe Meryll (Mz) S Susan Stringman (So) L Jack Point (T) Zelmira – Gioachino Rossini S A Lecturer (T) L Colonel Fairfax (T) Language: Italian S Minstrel [Madrigalist] (T) L Elsie Maynard (So) L Zelmira (So) S Guiliano [Major-Domo] (Bt) F Sergeant Meryll (BB) L Antenore (T) B Steffens (Bt) F Dame Carruthers (Co) L Polidoro (B) - Museum Guard (M) F Wilfred Shadbolt (BB) L Ilo (T)
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C A T E G O R I Z A T I O N O F R O L E S L = Lead So = Soprano T = Tenor Sp = Spoken F = Featured Mz = Mezzo-Soprano Bt = Baritone M = Mute S = Supporting Co = Contralto BB = Bass-Baritone D = Dancer B = Bit MA = Male Alto Bs = Bass CB = Chorus Bit CT = Counter Tenor Tr = Treble
L Leucippo (BB) F Emma (Mz) S Corista (Mz) B Gran Sacerdote (Bs) 24 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B)
Zigeunerbaron, Der [The Gypsy Baron] – Johann Strauss II Language: German L Sandor Barinkay (T) L Kalman Zsupan (Bt) L Saffi (So) F Arsena [Arletta] (So) F Czipra (Mz) S Graf Peter Homonay (Bt) S Conte Carnero [Kareska] (Bt) S Mirabella (Co) S Ottokar (t) B Pali (Bs) B Franzi [Jancsi] (Sp) B Vanya [or Laczi, or Istvan] (Sp) B Mishka [Mihaly] (Sp) B Ferko (Sp) B Joszi (Sp) B Gypsy Children (Sp) CB A Gypsy (Sp)* CB A Herald (Sp)* CB A Man (Sp)* CB The Sausage Man (Sp)* CB A Young Boy (Sp)* CB Another Boy (Sp)* 18 Minimum Chorus (S, A, T, B) Note(s): * Single line of speech.
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