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) Canadian Opera Agreement | Opera Agreement | Categorization of Roles Page 1 of 40 Amended July 30, 2020 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) Canadian Opera Agreement | Opera Agreement | Categorization of Roles Page 2 of 40 Amended July 30, 2020 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