The German Fach (pl. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Fächer, literally "compartment") (pronounced [ˈfax], [ˈfɛçəɐ]) system is a method of classifying singers, primarily opera singers, by the range, weight, and color of their voices. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto It is primarily used in Europe, especially in German-speaking countries and in repertory opera houses. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. For other meanings of repertory please see Repertory (disambiguation. An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes

The Fach system is a convenience for singers and opera houses. A singer who is identified as being of a certain Fach will usually be asked to sing only roles that belong to that Fach. This prevents a singer from being asked to sing roles which he or she is incapable of performing. Opera houses keep lists of available singers by Fach so that when they are casting roles for an upcoming production, they do not inadvertently contact performers who would be inappropriate for the part.

Below is a list of Fächer, their ranges as written on sheet music, and their common roles. Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of Musical notation; like its analogs -- books pamphlets etc When two names for the Fach are given, the first is in more common use today. Where possible, an English equivalent of each Fach is listed, however not all Fächer have ready English equivalents. Note that some roles can be sung by more than one Fach and that many singers do not easily fit into a fach: for instance some sopranos may sing both Koloratursopran and Dramatischer Koloratursopran roles. In addition, roles traditionally more difficult to cast may be given to a voice other than the traditional fach. For instance, the Queen of the Night is more traditionally a dramatic coloratura role, but it is difficult to find enough dramatic coloraturas to sing it (particularly given the extreme range). Therefore, the role is often sung by Lyric Coloraturas.

Soprano Fächer

Lyrischer Koloratursopran / Koloratursoubrette

• English equivalent: Coloratura soprano or Lyric Coloratura soprano
• Range: From about middle C to the F two-and-a-half octaves above middle C (F6)
• Description: Usually a light soprano with a high voice. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Can often have small voices lacking the richness and resonance of a dramatic soprano. Must be able to do fast acrobatics with easy high notes. Many have extremely high ranges (with notes above the F of the Queen of the Night, but there are also singers in this fach who do not regularly sing higher than the high E flat.
• Roles:
  • Oscar, Un ballo in maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Tytania, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Benjamin Britten)
  • Zerbinetta, Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
  • Olympia, Les contes d'Hoffman (Jacques Offenbach)
  • Adele, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss Jr.)
  • Adina, L'elisir d'amore (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Marie, La fille du régiment (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Amina, La sonnambula (Vincenzo Bellini)
  • Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Amenaide, Tancredi (Giacchino Rossini)
  • Elvira, I puritani (Vincenzo Bellini)
• Singers:
  • Elizabeth Futral
  • Natalie Dessay
  • Lily Pons
  • Lucia Popp
  • Mado Robin
  • Erna Sack
  • Beverly Sills
  • Rita Streich
  • Laura Claycomb
  • Sumi Jo

Dramatischer Koloratursopran

• English equivalent: Dramatic coloratura soprano
• Range: From about middle C to the F two-and-a-half octaves above middle C
• Description: The same as above, only with a more dramatic, rich voice. Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball, is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. A Midsummer Night's Dream is an Opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Ariadne auf Naxos ( Ariadne on Naxos) is an Opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Die Fledermaus ( The Bat; in French La chauve-souris) is an Operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German Libretto Johann Strauss II (also known as Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr L'elisir d'amore ( The Elixir of Love) is a Melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. La fille du régiment ( The Daughter of the Regiment) is an Opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Tancredi is an Opera in two acts by composer Gioachino Rossini and Librettist Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire 's play I puritani ( The Puritans) is an Opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini. Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Elizabeth Futral is an American Coloratura Soprano who has won acclaim throughout the United States as well as in Europe South America and Japan Natalie Dessay (born Nathalie Dessaix, 19 April 1965, in Lyon) is a French Soprano. Lily Pons ( April 12, 1898 &ndash February 13, 1976) was a French - American Coloratura soprano. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes and WikipediaWikiProject Musicians/Infobox --> Lucia Popp (born Madeleine Marie Robin, known as Mado Robin ( December 29, 1918 - December 10, 1960) was a French singer who was born Erna Sack (born 6 February, 1898, Spandau, Berlin, - died 2 March. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Beverly Sills ( May 25, 1929 – July 2, 2007) was an Rita Streich ( December 18, 1920, Barnaul - March 20, 1987, Vienna) was one of the most significant Coloratura WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Laura Claycomb (born Corpus Christi Sumi Jo (born as Soo Kyung Jo (조수경 on November 22, 1962) is a Grammy award winning South Korean Lyric coloratura soprano Often heavier and more lyrical than a coloratura soprano. Must also be able to do fast vocal acrobatics and reach high notes, such as the F6 of the Queen of the Night. Some of the best examples of this voice type are Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, and June Anderson. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926 June Anderson (born December 30, 1952) is a Grammy -award winning American Coloratura Soprano. This is a very rare vocal fach, as thick vocal cords are needed to produce the large, dramatic notes, which usually lessens the flexibility and acrobatic abilities of the voice.
• Roles:
  • Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • The Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Konstanze, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Semiramide, Semiramide (Gioacchino Rossini)
  • Lucia, Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Fioridiligi, Cosi fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Imogene, Il pirata (Vincenzo Bellini)
  • Norma, Norma (Vincenzo Bellini)
  • Leonora, Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Violetta, La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Maria, Maria Stuarda (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Odabella, Atilla (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Abigalle, Nabucco (Giuseppe Verdi)
• Singers
  • Maria Callas
  • Edita Gruberova
  • Joan Sutherland
  • June Anderson
  • Cristina Deutekom
  • Edda Moser
  • Nelly Miricioiu
  • Diana Damrau

Deutsche Soubrette / Charaktersopran

• English equivalent: Soubrette
• Range: From about A below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C
• Description: a beautiful, sweet light lyric voice usually capable of executing florid passages similarly to that of a coloratura. Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( K 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is an Opera Singspiel Semiramide is an Opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini. The Libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire 's Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Il pirata ( The Pirate) is an Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani from Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Norma is a tragedia lirica or Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with Libretto by Felice Romani after Norma ossia Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Maria Stuarda ( Mary Stuart) is a tragic Opera, Tragedia lirica, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, to a Libretto Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto Edita Gruberová (born December 23, 1946, Bratislava) is a Slovak Soprano who is one of the most acclaimed Coloraturas of WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926 June Anderson (born December 30, 1952) is a Grammy -award winning American Coloratura Soprano. Cristina Deutekom (born Christine Engel in Amsterdam, August 28, 1931) is a Dutch Opera singer Edda Moser (Frau Kammersängerin (born October 27, 1938) is a German Soprano. Nelly Miricioiu (born 31 March 1952) is a British Operatic Soprano of Romanian birth one of the most versatile artists of Ks Diana Damrau (born May 31, 1971 in Günzburg an der Donau Germany) is a Coloratura Soprano of the C or Do is the first Note of the fixed-Do Solfege. In Western Music, the expression " Middle C " refers to the note The range is usually intermediate between that of a coloratura and lyric soprano.
• Roles:
  • Despina, Cosi fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Belinda, Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell)
  • Adele, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss)
  • Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)
  • Ännchen, Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber)
• Singers:
  • Kathleen Battle
  • Barbara Bonney
  • Elisabeth Schumann
  • Dawn Upshaw

Lyrischer Sopran

• English equivalent: Full Lyric Soprano
• Range: From about middle C to the C two octaves above middle C
• Description: a more supple-sounding soprano, capable of legato, portamento, and some agility; generally has a more soulful and sensuous quality than a soubrette, who tends to be largely flirtatious and somewhat tweety. Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Dido and Æneas is an Opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. Henry Purcell (ˈpɜrsəl 10 September 1659 (? – 21 November 1695 was an English Baroque Composer. Die Fledermaus ( The Bat; in French La chauve-souris) is an Operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German Libretto Johann Strauss is the name of three famous Austrian composers Johann Strauss I (1804-1849 or Johann Strauss Sr Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Der Freischütz is an Opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to a Libretto by Friedrich Kind. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Kathleen Battle (born August 13 1948, Portsmouth Ohio, USA Barbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American Soprano. Bonney was born in Montclair, New Jersey. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Elisabeth Schumann ( 13 June 1888 in Merseburg Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a world-renowned American Soprano In Musical notation the Italian word legato (literally meaning "tied together" indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly Portamento is a Musical term primarily denoting a vocal slide between two pitches and its emulation by instruments such as the violin and in 16th century The voice is very common and purity of sound within it is essential. It's the "basic" soprano voice in that it's not found at either extreme of the soprano spectrum of voices; nor is it known for having particular vocal attributes such as power, stamina, technical prowess or agility. However, there are several lyric sopranos that possess many of these vocal attributes, thus allowing them to sing a broader variety of roles. Nevertheless, the core of the true fundamentally lyric voice does not encompass such traits. Innocence, vulnerability and pathos are usually conveyed in the music written for the characters portrayed by the lyric soprano because of this endearing simplicity.
• Roles:
  • Mimi, La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Magda, La rondine (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Lauretta, Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Liu, Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Pamina, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Micaela, Carmen (Georges Bizet)
  • Marguerite, Faust (Charles Gounod)
  • Manon, Manon (Jules Massenet)
  • Antonia, Les contes d'Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)
  • La Contessa, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Amelia Grimaldi, Simon Boccanegra (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Thaïs, Thaïs (Jules Massenet)
  • Rusalka, Rusalka (Antonín Dvořák)
  • Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
• Singers:
  • Lisa della Casa
  • Angela Gheorghiu
  • Renee Fleming
  • Kiri Te Kanawa
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  • Mirella Freni
  • Anna Netrebko
  • Victoria de los Angeles

Jugendlich Dramatischer Sopran

• English equivalent: Light dramatic soprano
• Range: From about middle C to the C two octaves above middle C
• Description: The Italian version of this fach is the spinto, which literally means pushed. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 La rondine ( The Swallow) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Gianni Schicchi is an Opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on a story that is WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Turandot is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a Libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Manon is an Opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Jacques Offenbach (born Jacob Offenbach 20 June 1819 in Cologne &ndash 5 October 1880 in Paris) was a German Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Simon Boccanegra is an Opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based Thaïs original posterjpg|thumb|right|Original Poster for Premiere of Thaïs ]] Thaïs is an Opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Rusalka is an Opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech Libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868-1950 Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed Eugene Onegin ( Евгений Онегин, Yevgény Onégin is an Opera ("lyrical scenes" Opus 24 in 3 acts 7 scenes Lisa Della Casa (born in Burgdorf on February 2, 1919) is a Swiss Soprano who was famous for her interpretation of works by Mozart WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Angela Gheorghiu (gjor'giu (born Angela Burlacu) (born September 7, WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Renée Fleming (born February 14 1959 is an accomplished American Soprano specializing Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE, AC (ˈkiri ˈtɛ ˈkɑːnəwə born Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, DBE ( December 9, 1915 &ndash August 3, 2006) was a German -born Austrian British Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935 as Mirella Fregni is an Italian Opera Soprano much admired for the youthful WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Anna Yur’yevna Netrebko (Анна Юрьевна Нетребко Victoria de los Ángeles (in Catalan Victòria dels Àngels ( November 1, 1923 &ndash January 15 Spinto (from Italian "pushed" is a vocal term used to characterize a Soprano or Tenor voice of a weight between lyric and dramatic Thus, a light dramatic soprano must generally push her basically lyric instrument to create big sounds that can cut through an orchestral or choral climax. This voice is sometimes referred to as a "young" or "youthful" dramatic soprano although this term doesn't necessarily refer to the singer's age but rather to the tonal quality of the voice. Depending on the singer, however, this voice type can be more versatile, as it lies at neither extreme of the soprano spectrum. Spintos are occasionally able to take on lighter mezzo roles, or, conversely, lyric and even coloratura roles. Spinto sopranos are known to be especially well suited to art song and operas in English.
• Roles:
  • Madama Butterfly, Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Manon Lescaut, Manon Lescaut (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Suor Angelica Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Elizabeth de Valois, Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Leonora La forza del destino (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Amelia Un ballo in maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Marschallin Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)
  • Elsa, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
  • Susannah, Susannah (Carlisle Floyd)
  • Donna Elvira Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Aida Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Liza The Queen of Spades (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
  • Floria Tosca Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)
• Singers:
  • Gundula Janowitz
  • Leontyne Price
  • Barbara Frittoli
  • Renata Tebaldi
  • Michèle Crider
  • Aprile Millo

Dramatischer Sopran

• English equivalent: Full dramatic soprano
• Range: From about the B below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C
• Description: Characterized by their rich, full sounding voices, dramatic sopranos are expected to project across large orchestras, a feat that requires a powerful sound. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 For other versions of the Manon story see Manon (disambiguation. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Suor Angelica ( Sister Angelica) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino ( The Force of Destiny) is an Italian Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball, is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. Susannah is an Opera in two acts composed (music and text by American opera Composer Carlisle Floyd while he was on the piano Carlisle Floyd (born June 11, 1926, in Latta South Carolina) is an American Opera Composer. Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni This article is about the marketing term AIDA For other uses of the term see Aida (disambiguation. Tosca is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Gundula Janowitz (born August 2, 1937 in Berlin, Germany) is an Austrian ( Lyric soprano) singer of Operas Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American Opera singer ( Soprano) Barbara Frittoli is an Italian Soprano born in Milan in 1967 and graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Renata Tebaldi ( Pesaro, Italy Michèle Crider is an American Lirico spinto Operatic Soprano. Aprile Millo (born April 14, 1958) is an American Lirico spinto soprano of Italian and Irish ancestry best known Dramatic sopranos are not expected to have the vocal flexibility of the lighter fachs. Although most dramatic sopranos have a darker more robust quality to the voice, there are some that possess a lighter lyrical tone. In these instances, however, the substantial amount of volume and endurance normally associated with the dramatic soprano voice is still present. The darker voiced dramatic soprano may even make a foray into the dramatic mezzo-soprano territory with great success.
• Roles:
  • Senta, Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner)
  • Leonore, Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven)
  • Ariadne, Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
  • Magda Sorel, The Consul (Gian Carlo Menotti)
  • Gioconda, La Gioconda (Amilcare Ponchielli)
  • Santuzza, Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
• Singers:
  • Hildegard Behrens
  • Helga Dernesch
  • Jane Eaglen
  • Andrea Gruber
  • Lotte Lehmann
  • Karita Mattila
  • Zinka Milanov
  • Leonie Rysanek
  • Rosa Ponselle
  • Deborah Voigt
  • Ghena Dimitrova
  • Jessye Norman

Hochdramatischer Sopran

• English equivalent: Wagnerian soprano
• Range: From about the F below middle C to the C two octaves above middle C
• Description: A voice equal to the demands of operas of Wagner's maturity. Der fliegende Holländer ( The Flying Dutchman) is an Opera, with Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner. Fidelio (Op 72 is an Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Ariadne auf Naxos ( Ariadne on Naxos) is an Opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted The Consul is an Opera in three acts with music and libretto by Gian-Carlo Menotti, his first full-length opera La Gioconda may be La Gioconda, alternate title of painting Mona Lisa ''La Gioconda'' (opera Amilcare Ponchielli ( August 31, 1834 &ndash January 16, 1886) was an Italian Composer, largely of Operas Cavalleria rusticana ( Rustic Chivalry) is an Opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Pietro Mascagni ( December 7, 1863 &ndash August 2, Hildegard Behrens (born 9 February 1937, Varel, Germany) is a German dramatic Soprano known for her Helga Dernesch (b February 3, 1939 in Vienna) is an Austrian Soprano and Mezzo soprano. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Jane Eaglen (born April 4, 1960) is an English Dramatic Andrea Gruber (b 1966 is an award winning American Dramatic soprano particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Puccini, Verdi, and Lotte Lehmann ( February 27, 1888 &ndash August 26, 1976) was a German Soprano Karita Mattila (pronounced KAH-ree-tah MAHT-ee-lah is a leading opera Soprano. Zinka Milanov née Zinka Kunc ( May 17, 1906 in Zagreb, Croatia – May 30, Leopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek ( November 14, 1926 &ndash March 7, 1998) was an WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Rosa Ponselle ( January 22, 1897 &ndash May 25, 1981 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Deborah Voigt (born August 4, 1960) is an American Ghena Dimitrova (Гена Димитрова ( May 6, 1941 &ndash June 11, 2005) was a Bulgarian Operatic Soprano Jessye Norman (born September 15, 1945) is a four time Grammy award winning African American opera singer Basically, a full dramatic soprano voice taken to the next dimension. The voice is substantial, very powerful, and even throughout the registers. It's immense, stentorian and even larger than that of the voice possessed by the "normal" dramatic soprano. Although the two voices are comparable and are sometimes hard to distinguish between, this voice has even greater stamina, endurance and volume than the former. Successful hochdramatischer are rare, only one or two appear in a generation.

• Roles:
  • Turandot, Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Elektra, Elektra (opera) (Richard Strauss)
  • Salome, Salome (Richard Strauss)
  • Brunnhilde, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner)
  • Kundry, Parsifal (Richard Wagner)
  • Isolde, Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner)
  • Dyer's Wife, Die Frau ohne Schatten (Richard Strauss)

• Singers:
  • Birgit Nilsson
  • Kirsten Flagstad
  • Helen Traubel
  • Gwyneth Jones
  • Deborah Polaski
  • Frida Leider
  • Eva Turner

Mezzo-soprano and Contralto Fächer

Koloratur-Mezzosopran

• English equivalent: Coloratura mezzo-soprano
• Range: From about the G below middle C to the B two octaves above middle C
• Description: Found especially in Rossini's operas, these roles were written originally for altos with agility and secure top notes. Turandot is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a Libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 See Mourning Becomes Electra for a reference to the 1967 opera based on the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted SALOME (pronounced in English using the French sah-loh-may is the Open Source Integration Platform for Numerical Simulation Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Tristan und Isolde ( Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda) is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner Die Frau ohne Schatten ( The Woman without a Shadow) is an Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with a Libretto by his Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Birgit Nilsson ( May 17, 1918 &ndash December 25, 2005) was a Swedish Dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad ( 12 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian Opera singer one of the greatest Helen Traubel ( June 16 1899 - July 28 1972) was an American operatic dramatic Soprano, best known for her Dame Gwyneth Jones DBE (born November 7, 1936 in Pontnewynydd, Wales) is a Welsh Soprano. Deborah Polaski (born 26 May, 1949, in Richland Center Wisconsin) is an American Opera and Concert Singer ( Frida Leider (born Berlin, April 18, 1888 - died Berlin June 4, 1975) was a German Opera singer Dame Eva Turner DBE ( 10 March, 1892 &ndash 16 June, 1990) was a dramatic soprano whose well-trained voice was renowned for its clarion This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. Today they are often played by mezzo-sopranos and sometimes even by sopranos. At times a lyric or full lyric soprano with a flexible voice will assume the roles as written while a true coloratura soprano will sing the same music transposed upwardly to a higher key.
• Roles:
  • Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioacchino Rossini)
  • Angelina La Cenerentola (Gioacchino Rossini)
  • Romeo I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini)
  • Orsini Lucrezia Borgia (Gaetano Donizetti)

• Singers:
  • Cecilia Bartoli
  • Vivica Genaux
  • Conchita Supervía
  • Marilyn Horne

Lyrischer Mezzosopran / Spielalt

• Range: From about the G below middle C to the B two octaves above middle C
• English equivalent: Lyric mezzo-soprano
• Description: a lyric soprano's instrument in a lower range; the resulting sound is less piercing, more lachrymose and kind of sensitive. The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by La Cenerentola ossia La bontà in trionfo ( Cinderella or Goodness Triumphant) is an Operatic Dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioacchino I Capuleti e i Montecchi ( The Capulets and the Montagues) is an Italian Opera by Vincenzo Bellini. Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer This article is about the historical person For the biographical opera see Lucrezia Borgia (opera. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Cecilia Bartoli (born 4 June 1966, Rome) is an Italian Mezzo-soprano Opera singer and recitalist Vivica Genaux (born in Fairbanks Alaska) is an American Mezzo-soprano. Conchita Supervía ( December 9, 1895 &ndash March 30, 1936) was a notable and successful Spanish Mezzo-soprano singer The American Opera singer Marilyn Horne (b January 16 1934 Bradford Pennsylvania) is a Mezzo-soprano who is particularly associated with The voices are so similar in fact that many lyric mezzos with strong extensions to their upper vocal registers make the transition to singing as sopranos at some point in their careers.
• Roles:
  • Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Octavian Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)
  • The Composer Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
  • Arianna Arianna (Claudio Monteverdi)
  • Dorabella Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Carmen Carmen (Georges Bizet)
  • Dido Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell)

• Singers:
  • Christa Ludwig
  • Janet Baker
  • Susan Graham
  • Risë Stevens
  • Anne-Sofie von Otter
  • Frederica Von Stade

Dramatischer Mezzosopran

• English equivalent: Dramatic mezzo-soprano
• Range: From about the G below middle C to the B two octaves above middle C
• Description: Dramatic mezzo-sopranos have ranges very similar to a dramatic soprano. Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Der Rosenkavalier ( op 59 ( The Knight of the Rose) is a comic Opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Ariadne auf Naxos ( Ariadne on Naxos) is an Opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Dido and Æneas is an Opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. Henry Purcell (ˈpɜrsəl 10 September 1659 (? – 21 November 1695 was an English Baroque Composer. Christa Ludwig (born March 16, 1928) is a German retired Mezzo-soprano, distinguished for her performances of Opera and Lieder WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes and WikipediaWikiProject Musicians/Infobox --> Susan Graham (born July 23, 1960, Roswell, New Mexico) is an American Mezzo-soprano. Risë Stevens (pronounced "REE-sah" (born June 11, 1913, New York City) is a retired American Mezzo-soprano who captured a wide popular Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade ( June 1, 1945) is an American Mezzo-soprano. The main difference is the endurance and ease in which the two voice-types sing - a mezzo will concentrate singing most of the time in her middle and low registers and will go up to notes like high B-flat only at the dramatic climax. Consequently, many dramatic mezzo-sopranos have success in singing some dramatic sopranos roles that are written with a lower tessitura.
• Roles:
  • The Sorceress, Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell)
  • Dalila, Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns)
  • Amneris, Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Eboli, Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Azucena, Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Ortrud, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
  • Fricka, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre (Richard Wagner)

• Singers
  • Grace Bumbry
  • Shirley Verrett
  • Fiorenza Cossotto
  • Fedora Barbieri
  • Ebe Stignani
  • Dolora Zajick
  • Denyce Graves

Dramatischer Alt

• English equivalent: Dramatic Contralto
• Range: From about the G below middle C to the B two octaves above
• Description: Stylistically similar to the dramatic mezzo, just lower. Dido and Æneas is an Opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. Henry Purcell (ˈpɜrsəl 10 September 1659 (? – 21 November 1695 was an English Baroque Composer. Samson et Dalila ( English: Samson and Delilah) is a grand opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and This article is about the marketing term AIDA For other uses of the term see Aida (disambiguation. This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Die Walküre ( The Valkyrie) is the second of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Grace Bumbry (born 4 January 1937) an American Opera Singer, was considered one Shirley Verrett (born May 31 1931) is an American Operatic Mezzo-soprano and Soprano. Fiorenza Cossotto is an Italian Mezzo soprano. She is considered by many to be one of the great mezzo-sopranos of the 20th century Fedora Barbieri ( 4 June 1920 - 4 March 2003) was an Italian Mezzo-soprano. Ebe Stignani ( July 10, 1903 1904 - October 5 1974) was an Italian Opera singer who was pre-eminent in the dramatic Mezzo-soprano WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dolora Zajick (born 24 March 1952 in Salem Oregon) is an Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964 in Washington DC) is an American Opera singer Sings usually around the break between the chest-voice and middle-voice. Many mezzos tried their luck in these roles, yet real altos fare better. A deep, penetrating low female voice. This is a very rare voice type with a darker, richer sound than that of a typical alto.
• Roles:
  • Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner)
  • Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Florence in Albert Herring (Benjamin Britten)
  • Olga in Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
  • Marfa in Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky)
• Singers:
  • Marian Anderson
  • Lili Chookasian
  • Ewa Podles

Tiefer Alt

• English equivalent: Low Contralto. Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball, is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. Albert Herring is a comic Chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 39 Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Eugene Onegin ( Russian: Евгений Онегин BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a Novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin For the 1960 Soviet film based on this opera see Khovanshchina (film. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Marian Anderson (February 27 1897 – April 8 1993 was an American Lili Chookasian is an American Contralto of the mid-20th century Ewa Podleś (last name pronounced PODE-lesh) was born April 26 1952 in Warsaw, Poland.
• Range: From about the F below middle C to the A two octaves above
• Description: A low female voice. This is one of the two voice types, along with the Basso Profundo, in which a bad wobble is all too often, unfortunately, the defining feature.
• Roles:
  • Genevève, Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy
  • Die Kranke, Moses und Aron (Arnold Schoenberg)
• Singers:
  • Clara Butt
  • Kathleen Ferrier
  • Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Tenor Fächer

Spieltenor / Tenor Buffo

• English equivalent: (Lyric) comic tenor. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Moses und Aron (Moses and Aaron is a two-act Opera by Arnold Schoenberg with a third act unfinished Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with Dame Clara Ellen Butt DBE ( 1 February 1872 &ndash 23 January 1936) sometimes called Clara Butt-Rumford after her marriage Kathleen Mary Ferrier CBE ( 22 April 1912 &ndash 8 October 1953) was an English Contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink ( 15 June, 1861 - 17 November, 1936) was a celebrated Operatic Contralto, noted for the beauty The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice It is quite possible for a young Spieltenor to eventually work into the lighter Lyrischertenor category; the deciding factor will be the beauty of voice.
• Range: From about low C to the B an octave above middle C (C to b')
• Roles:
  • Pedrillo, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Monostatos, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • King Kaspar, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Gian Carlo Menotti)
  • Mime, Das Rheingold (Richard Wagner)
  • Monsieur Triquet, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)

Charaktertenor

• English equivalent: Character tenor. Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( K 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is an Opera Singspiel The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Amahl and the Night Visitors is an Opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English Libretto by the Composer. Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Eugene Onegin ( Евгений Онегин, Yevgény Onégin is an Opera ("lyrical scenes" Opus 24 in 3 acts 7 scenes Must have good acting abilities.
• Range: From about the B below low C to the C an octave above middle C (B to c')
• Roles:
  • Mime, Siegfried (Richard Wagner)
• Singers:
  • Gerhard Stolze
  • Robert Tear

Lyrischer Tenor

• English equivalent: Lyric tenor
• Range: From about low C to the C-F an octave above middle C (C to c')
• Roles:
  • Tamino Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Belmonte Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Rodolfo La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Ferrando Cosi fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia (Giacchino Rossini)
  • Arturo I puritani (Vincenzo Bellini)
  • Elvino La Sonnambula (Vincenzo Bellini)
  • Ramiro La Cenerentola (Giacchino Rossini)
  • Nemorino L'elisir d'amore (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Alfredo La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Il Duca Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Faust Faust (Charles-Francois Gounod)

• Singers:
  • Ian Bostridge
  • Richard Tucker
  • Fritz Wunderlich
  • Alfredo Kraus
  • Juan Diego Florez
  • Leopold Simoneau
  • Luciano Pavarotti

Jugendlicher Heldentenor

• English equivalent: Light dramatic tenor
• Range: From about low C to the C an octave above middle C (C to c')
• Description: A tenor with a dramatic extended upper range with the necessary brightness to come through the orchestra's texture. Gerhard Stolze ( October 1 1926, Dessau &ndash March 11 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was a German Tenor Robert Tear (born March 8, 1939) is a Welsh Tenor and conductor The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( K 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is an Opera Singspiel WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by I puritani ( The Puritans) is an Opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini. Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer La Cenerentola ossia La bontà in trionfo ( Cinderella or Goodness Triumphant) is an Operatic Dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioacchino L'elisir d'amore ( The Elixir of Love) is a Melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Ian Bostridge CBE (born 25 December 1964) is an acclaimed English Tenor, well known for his performances as an Opera singer Richard Tucker ( August 28, 1913 &ndash January 8, 1975) was an American operatic Tenor. Fritz Wunderlich ( September 26, 1930 &ndash September 17, 1966) was a German Tenor, born in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Alfredo Kraus Trujillo (24 September 1927 – 10 September 1999 was a distinguished WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Juan Diego Flórez (born January 13, 1973 in Lima, Peru Léopold Simoneau ( May 3, 1916 - August 24, 2006) was a French-Canadian Lyric Tenor, one of the outstanding WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes. Thank you--> Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( October 12,
• Roles:
  • Don José, Carmen (Georges Bizet)
  • Lohengrin, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
  • Siegmund, Die Walküre (Richard Wagner)
• Singers:
  • Plácido Domingo
  • Georges Thill
  • Jose Cura

Heldentenor

• English equivalent: Heroic Tenor
• Range: From about the B below low C to the C above middle C (B to c²)
• Description: A full dramatic tenor with baritonal facility in the middle range and the brightness necessary to pierce a thick orchestral texture. Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. Die Walküre ( The Valkyrie) is the second of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941) better Georges Thill ( 14 December 1897 &ndash 17 October 1984) was a French Opera singer often considered to be his country's greatest WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> José Cura (born December 5, 1962 in Rosario,
• Roles:
  • Idomeneo, Idomeneo (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Calaf, Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Othello, Otello (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Siegfried, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner)
  • Parsifal, Parsifal (Richard Wagner)
  • Tristan, Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner)
• Singers:
  • Wolfgang Windgassen
  • Lauritz Melchior
  • James King
  • Jon Vickers
  • Rudolf Schock
  • Mario Del Monaco

Baritone Fächer

Lyrischer Bariton / Spielbariton

• English equivalent: Lyric baritone
• Range: From about the B below low C to the G above middle C (B to g')
• Description: A sweeter, milder sounding baritone voice, lacking harshness. Idomeneo re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante ( Italian: Idomeneo King of Crete or Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo Turandot is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a Libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Otello is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Tristan und Isolde ( Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda) is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Lauritz Melchior ( March 20, 1890 – March 18, 1973 James King may refer to Government James G King (1791-1853 American businessman and New Jersey congressman James King King (1806-1881 See also John Vickers, a British economist Jon S Vickers CC, D Rudolf Schock ( September 4 1915 &ndash November 13 1986) was a German Tenor. Mario Del Monaco ( Florence July 27, 1915 - October 16, 1982 in Mestre) was an Italian Tenor and This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type.
• Roles:
  • Conte Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Guglieno, Cosi fan Tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Marcello, La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)
  • Papageno, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Onegin, Eugene Onegin (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
  • Albert, Werther (Massanet)
  • Billy Budd, Billy Budd (Britten)
  • Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
• Singers:
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
  • Gerhard Hüsch
  • Hermann Prey
  • Simon Keenlyside
  • Christopher Maltman

Kavalierbariton

• English equivalent: A metallic voice, that can sing both lyric and dramatic phrases, a manly noble baritonal color, with good looks. Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eugene Onegin ( Евгений Онегин, Yevgény Onégin is an Opera ("lyrical scenes" Opus 24 in 3 acts 7 scenes Werther is an Opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French Libretto by Édouard Blau, Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas Billy Budd is an Opera by Benjamin Britten, first performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 1 December Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by The German Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925 is a German singer and conductor of Classical music, one of the most famous Gerhard Heinrich Wilhelm Fritz Hüsch ( Hanover, February 2, 1901 - Munich, November 23, 1984) was one of the most important Hermann Prey ( July 11, 1929 &ndash July 22, 1998) was a German Baritone. Simon Keenlyside (born August 3, 1959, London, England) is a British Baritone Opera singer Not quite as powerful as the Verdi baritone or Charakter bariton who is expected to have a powerful appearance on stage, perhaps muscular or physically large.
• Range: From about the A below low C to the G# above middle C (A to g#' )
• Description: Harsher, more pronounced than the Lyric baritone.
• Roles:
  • Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
  • Tonio, Pagliacci (Ruggiero Leoncavallo)
  • Di Luna, Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Iago, Otello (Giuseppe Verdi)
  • Count, Capriccio (Richard Strauss) (Range: c-ab' - does not require A2-B2 part of range)^[1]
• Singers:
  • Thomas Hampson
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Eberhard Wächter
  • Sherrill Milnes

Charakterbariton

• English equivalent: Verdi Baritone. Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Pagliacci ( Players, or Clowns) is an Opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Ruggero (Ruggiero Leoncavallo (23 April 1857- 9 August 1919 was an Italian Opera Composer. Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare Otello is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play Capriccio is the final Opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music" Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 &ndash 8 September 1949 was a German Composer of the late Romantic era and early modern era particularly noted For the English runner see Tommy Hampson WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Thomas Hampson Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky (Дмитрий Александрович Хворостовский born October 16, 1962) is a Baritone Opera Eberhard Wächter (Waechter ( July 9, 1929 &ndash March 29, 1992) was an Austrian baritone particularly celebrated for his performances Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American operatic Baritone most famous for his Verdi roles
• Range: From about the A below low C to the G# above middle C (A to g#')
• Description: A voice particularly effective with passages in its higher reaches. A high tessitura vis-a-vis the range extremes.
• Roles:
  • Wozzeck (Alban Berg)
  • Germont, La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
• Singers:
  • Piero Cappuccilli
  • Ettore Bastianini
  • Renato Bruson
  • Leonard Warren
  • Robert Merrill

Heldenbariton

• Range: From about the G below low C to the F# above middle C (G to f#')
• Description: Means ‘heroic baritone’. Wozzeck is the first Opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9 1885 &ndash December 24 1935 was an Austrian Composer. La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Piero Cappuccilli ( November 9, 1929 - July 12, 2005) was an Italian operatic Baritone Ettore Bastianini ( September 24, 1922 &ndash January 25, 1967) was an Italian Opera singer who began his professional career WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Renato Bruson (born January 13, 1936) is an Italian Operatic The American Opera singer Leonard Warren ( April 21, 1911 - March 4, 1960) was a famous Baritone Robert Merrill ( June 4, 1917 &ndash October 23, 2004) was an American Operatic Baritone. In the German opera houses a true Heldenbariton is a prized possession: a singer with exciting power at command and a brightly resonant quality.
• Roles:
  • Telramund, Lohengrin (Wagner)
  • Count di Luna, Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)
• Examples:
  • Leonard Warren
  • Thomas Stewart
  • Titta Ruffo

Lyric Bassbariton/Low Lyric Baritone

• English equivalent: Lyric Bass-baritone. Lohengrin is a romantic Opera (or music drama in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner. Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare The American Opera singer Leonard Warren ( April 21, 1911 - March 4, 1960) was a famous Baritone Thomas Stewart was an illegitimate son of King Robert II of Scotland. Titta Ruffo ( June 9, 1877 - July 5, 1953) was an Italian opera singer generally regarded as the greatest Italian baritone of his generation

• Range: From about the G below low C to the F# above middle C (G to f#')*Description: The Bass-baritone's required range can vary tremendously based on the role, with some less demanding than others. Some bass-baritones are baritones, like Friedrich Schorr, George London, and Bryn Terfel; while others are basses, like Hans Hotter, Alexander Kipnis and Samuel Ramey.
• Roles:
  • Don Pizarro Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Escamillo Carmen by Georges Bizet
  • Golaud Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy
  • Méphistophélès, Faust by Charles Gounod
  • Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Example:
  • Thomas Quasthoff

Dramatic Bassbariton/Low DramaticBaritone

• English equivalent: Lyric Bass-baritone. Fidelio (Op 72 is an Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Carmen is a French Opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The Libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 was a French Composer and Pianist of the Romantic era Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Thomas Quasthoff (born in Hildesheim, Germany, November 9, 1959) is a German Bass-baritone generally regarded as one of

• Range: From about the G below low C to the F# above middle C (G to f#')
• Igor, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
• Scarpia, Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
• Dutchman The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner
• Hans Sachs Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner
• Wotan Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
• Amfortas Parsifal by Richard Wagner
• Examples:
  • Friedrich Schorr
  • George London

Bass Fächer

Basso Cantante/Lyric Bassbariton/High Lyric Bass

• English equivalent: Lyric Bass-baritone. Prince Igor ( Князь Игорь, Knyaz' Igor) is an Opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) ( &ndash) was a Russian Composer Tosca is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 The Flying Dutchman, according to Folklore, is a Ghost ship that can never go home and is doomed to sail the oceans forever Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an Opera in three acts written and composed by Richard Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Friedrich Schorr ( September 2, 1888, Oradea ( Nagyvarad George London may be George London (bass-baritone (1920&ndash1985 Canadian operatic bass-baritone George London (landscape architect (1681&ndash1714
• Basso Cantante means 'singing bass'. ^[2] Basso cantante is a Some bass-baritones are basses, like Hans Hotter, Alexander Kipnis and Samuel Ramey.
• Roles:
  • Duke Bluebeard Bluebeard's Castle by Bela Bartok
  • Don Pizarro, Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Count Rodolfo, La Sonnambula by Bellini
  • Blitch, Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
  • Méphistophélès, Faust by Charles Gounod
  • Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Leporello,and Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Boris, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
  • Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini
  • Silva, Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi
  • Philip II, Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi
  • Count Walter, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi
  • Zaccaria, Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
• Singers:
  • Feodor Chaliapin
  • Ezio Pinza
  • Ruggero Raimondi
  • Samuel Ramey
  • Cesare Siepi
  • José Van Dam

Hoherbass/Dramatic Bassbariton/High Dramatic Bass

• English equivalent: Dramatic Bass-baritone. Duke Bluebeard's Castle (A kékszakállú herceg vára literally The Castle of the Blue-Bearded Prince) is a one-act opera by Hungarian composer Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Fidelio (Op 72 is an Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice Susannah is an Opera in two acts composed (music and text by American opera Composer Carlisle Floyd while he was on the piano Carlisle Floyd (born June 11, 1926, in Latta South Carolina) is an American Opera Composer. Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в (c Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by Ernani is an Operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based This article refers to the opera Don Carlos ( Don Carlo when performed in Italian translation by Giuseppe Verdi Luisa Miller is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Nabucco (short for Nabucodonosor, English Nebuchadnezzar) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin ( Russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin; &ndash April 12, 1938) The Italian bass Ezio Pinza ( 18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957 was one of the outstanding Opera singers of the first half Ruggero Raimondi (born 3 October 1941) is an Italian Bass-baritone opera singer and sometime screen actor The American Opera singer Samuel Edward Ramey (born March 28, 1942 in Colby Kansas) is Cesare Siepi (born Milan, February 10, 1923) is an Italian opera singer generally considered to be one of the finest basses Joseph Baron van Damme (born August 25, 1940) known under the Pseudonym José van Dam, is a Belgian Bass-baritone.
• Roles:
  • Igor, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
  • Boris, and Varlaam, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
  • Klingsor, Parsifal by Richard Wagner
  • Wotan Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
  • Caspar, Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber
• Singers:
• Theo Adam
• Hans Hotter
• Alexander Kipnis

Jugendlicher Bass

• English equivalent: young bass
• Range: *Range: From about the E below low C to the F above middle C (E to f')
• Description: A young man (regardless of the age of the singer). Prince Igor ( Князь Игорь, Knyaz' Igor) is an Opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) ( &ndash) was a Russian Composer Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в (c Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic Music dramas by the German composer Der Freischütz is an Opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to a Libretto by Friedrich Kind. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London Theo Adam is a distinguished Bass-baritone opera singer born on August 1, 1926, in Dresden, Germany. Hans Hotter ( 19 January 1909 &ndash 6 December 2003) was a German Operatic Bass-baritone, admired internationally Alexander Kipnis (Олександр Кіпнiс born ( February 13, (February 1 Julian calendar 1891 in Zhytomyr, the capital of the government of Volhynia
• Roles:
  • Leporello, Masetto, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Varlaam, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky
  • Colline, La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)

Spielbass/Bassbuffo/Lyric Buffo

• English equivalent: Lyric comic bass
• Range: From about the E half an octave below low C to the F above middle C (E to f')
• Roles:
  • Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti)
  • Dottor Dulcamara, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti
  • Don Bartolo, The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
  • Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
  • Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini
  • Méphistophélès, Faust by Charles Gounod
  • Don Alfonso, Cosi fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Leporello, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Singers:
  • Luigi Lablache
  • Fernando Corena

Schwerer Spielbass/Dramatic Buffo

• English equivalent: Dramatic comic bass
• Range: From about the C one octave below low C to the F above middle C (C to f')
• Roles:
  • Khan Konchak, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
  • Baculus, Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing
  • Ferrando, Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
  • Daland, Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner
  • Pogner, Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner
  • Hunding, Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

Lyric Seriöser Bass

• English equivalent: Low bass. Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans The Marriage of Figaro or the Day of Madness) K Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в (c Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Don Pasquale is an Opera buffa, or comic Opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. L'elisir d'amore ( The Elixir of Love) is a Melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by The Barber of Seville or The Useless Precaution ( Il barbiere di Siviglia ossia L'inutile precauzione) is an Opera buffa in two acts by La Cenerentola ossia La bontà in trionfo ( Cinderella or Goodness Triumphant) is an Operatic Dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioacchino Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Biography Gounod was born in Paris, the son of a pianist mother and a draftsman father Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Thus Do They All or The School For Lovers) K Don Giovanni ( K527; complete title Il dissoluto punito ossia il Don Giovanni, literally "The Rake Punish'd or Don Giovanni Luigi Lablache ( 6 December 1794 - 23 January 1858) was an Italian bass singer of French and Irish heritage born in Naples. Fernando Corena ( December 22, 1916 - November 26, 1984) was a Swiss bass, one of the greatest Buffo of the post-war era Prince Igor ( Князь Игорь, Knyaz' Igor) is an Opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) ( &ndash) was a Russian Composer Der Wildschütz oder Die Stimme der Natur ( The Poacher or The Voice of Nature) is a German Komische Oper, or comic opera in three acts by Gustav Albert Lortzing ( October 23, 1801 - January 21, 1851) was a German Composer, Actor and Singer Il trovatore ( The Troubadour) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare Der fliegende Holländer ( The Flying Dutchman) is an Opera, with Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an Opera in three acts written and composed by Richard Wagner Die Walküre ( The Valkyrie) is the second of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Italian: Basso Profundo.
• Basso profundo, is the lowest bass voice type. According to J. B. Steane in "voices Singers & Citics," the basso profundo voice "derives from a method of tone-production that elimintes the more Italian quick vibrato. In its place is a kind of tonal solidity, a wall-like front, which may nevertheless prove susceptible to the other kind of vibrato, the slow beat or dreaded wobble. "
• Roles:
  • Rocco, Fidelio by Ludwig von Beethoven
  • Osmin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Pimen, Boris Godunovby (Modest Mussorgsky)
• Singers:
  • Matti Salminen

Dramatic Seriöser Bass

• English equivalent: Dramatic low bass. Fidelio (Op 72 is an Opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( K 384; The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is an Opera Singspiel The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K 620 is an Opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в (c Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский Modest Petrovič Musorgskij) ( March 21 March 9 1839 &ndash March Matti Salminen (born July 7 1945, in Turku) is a Finnish bass singer who has sung in all of the most important opera houses of the world including the Dramatic Basso Profundois a powerful basso profundo voice.
• Roles:
  • Vladimir Yaroslavich, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
  • Hagen, Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
  • Heinrich, Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
  • Gurnemanz,Parsifal by Richard Wagner
  • Fafner, Das Rheingold and Siegfried by Richard Wagner
  • Marke, Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
  • Hunding, Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

• Singers:
  • Gottlob Frick
  • Kurt Moll
  • Martti Talvela

References

• Rudolf Kloiber, Wulf Konold and Robert Maschka: Handbuch der Oper, 9. Prince Igor ( Князь Игорь, Knyaz' Igor) is an Opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) ( &ndash) was a Russian Composer ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung Lohengrin is a character in some German Arthurian literature The son of Parzival (Percival he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a Parsifal is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner. Das Rheingold ("The Rhine Gold" is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde ( Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda) is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner Die Walküre ( The Valkyrie) is the second of the four Operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen ( The Ring of the Nibelung WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Gottlob Frick (born Ölbronn, Germany, 28 July, 1906 Kurt Moll (born April 11, 1938) is a German Operatic bass. Moll was born in Buir near Cologne, Germany. Martti Talvela ( February 4, 1935 – July 22, 1989) was a Finnish Operatic bass. Auflage, Kassel (Bärenreiter) 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1605-7
• Steane, J B: Fach in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera is an Encyclopedia of Opera, considered to be one of the best general reference sources on the subject Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7