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| x Violetta Valéry | La traviata | Soprano | Maria Callas | ||
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| x Alfredo Germont | La traviata | Tenor | Robert Ilosfalvy | ||
| x Giorgio Germont | La traviata | Baritone | |||
| x Jay Gatsby |
Jay Gatsby is the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby.
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| x The Little Prince | The Little Prince |
The Little Prince is the fictional title character of Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's most famous book.
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| x Tom Buchanan | The Great Gatsby |
Tom Buchanan is a fictional character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby.
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| x Myrtle Wilson | The Great Gatsby |
Myrtle Wilson is a fictional character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby.
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| x Nick Carraway | The Great Gatsby |
Nick Carraway is a fictional character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby. He serves as the story's narrator.
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| x Daisy Buchanan | The Great Gatsby |
Daisy Buchanan is a fictional character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby.
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| x Queen of the Night | The Magic Flute | Dramatic coloratura soprano | |||
| x Papageno | The Magic Flute | Baritone | |||
| x Papagena | The Magic Flute | Soprano | |||
| x Tristan |
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Tristan und Isolde | Tenor |
Sir Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Drystan; also known as Tristran, Tristram, etc.) is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornish hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of...
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| x Isolde | Tristan und Isolde | Soprano | |||
| x Salome |
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Salome | Soprano | Christel Goltz |
Salome (Greek: Σαλωμη, Salōmē), the Daughter of Herodias (c AD 14 - between 62 and 71), is known from the New Testament (Mark 6:17-29 and Matt 14:3-11, where, however, her name is not given). Another source from Antiquity, Flavius Josephus' Jewish...
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| x Richard Nixon | Nixon in China | Baritone |
This is the fictional characterization of Richard Nixon, former President of the United States in media.
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| x Mao Tse-tung | Nixon in China | Tenor | |||
| x Hans Sachs |
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Bass-Baritone | John Tomlinson |
Hans Sachs (November 5, 1494 - January 19, 1576) was a German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker.
He also went by the name Gloves.
Biography Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German). His father was a tailor....
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| x Daland | Der fliegende Holländer | Bass | Friedrich Traugott Reinhold | ||
| x Erik | Der fliegende Holländer | Tenor | Carl Risse | ||
| x Senta | Der fliegende Holländer | Soprano | Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient | ||
| x The Dutchman | Der fliegende Holländer | Bass-Baritone | Johann Michael Wächter | ||
| x Mary | Der fliegende Holländer | Contralto | Thérèse Wächter | ||
| x Daland's Steersman | Der fliegende Holländer | Tenor | Wenzel Bielezizky | ||
| x Father Trulove | The Rake's Progress | Bass | Darren Jeffery | ||
| x Keeper of the Madhouse | The Rake's Progress | Bass | |||
| x Tom Rakewell | The Rake's Progress | Tenor | Charles Castronovo | ||
| x Mother Goose | The Rake's Progress | Mezzo-soprano | Kathleen Wilkinson | ||
| x Anne Trulove | The Rake's Progress | Soprano | Sally Matthews | ||
| x Nick Shadow | The Rake's Progress | Bass-Baritone | John Relyea | ||
| x Baba the Turk | The Rake's Progress | Mezzo-soprano | Patricia Bardon | ||
| x Sellem | The Rake's Progress | Tenor | |||
| x Simone Boccanegra |
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Simon Boccanegra | Baritone | Leone Giraldoni |
Simone Boccanegra (died 1363) was the first doge of Genoa. His story was popularized by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra.
Boccanegra was elected as doge for life on September 24, 1339, as the candidate of the "popular" Ghibelline faction....
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| x Macbeth |
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Macbeth | Baritone | Felice Varesi |
Macbeth is the titular antagonist in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (c.1603-1607). The character was based upon accounts found in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of Britain. Macbeth is a Scottish noble and a valiant military man. At the urging of...
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| Macbeth | Thomas Hampson | ||||
| x Falstaff |
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Falstaff | Baritone |
Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare as a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vainglorious, and cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into...
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| x Sigmund |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Tenor |
This article is about the mythological hero Sigmund, for other meanings see: Sigmund (disambiguation).
In Norse mythology, Sigmund is a hero whose story is told in the Volsunga saga. He and his sister, Signy, are the children of Völsung and his wife...
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| x Fafnir |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Bass |
In Norse mythology, Fáfnir (Old Norse and Icelandic) or Frænir was a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin and Ótr. In the Volsunga saga, Fáfnir was a dwarf gifted with a powerful arm and fearless soul. He guarded his father's house of...
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| x Alberich |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Baritone |
Alberich was a legendary sorcerer who originated in the mythology or epic sagas of the Frankish Merovingian Dynasty of the 5th to 8th century AD, and whose name means king of the elves (elbe "elves" reix, rex "king"), who possessed the ability to...
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| x Loki |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen |
In Norse mythology, Loki is a god or jötunn (giant), or both. Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. Loki assists the gods, and sometimes causes problems for them. Loki is a shape shifter and in separate incidents he appears in the form of...
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| x Sigurd |
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Sigurd |
Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. The earliest extant representations for his legend come in pictorial form from seven runestones in Sweden and most notably the...
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| x Regin |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Bass-Baritone |
Reginn, often Anglicized as Regin, in Norse mythology, was the son of Hreiðmarr and foster father of Sigurd. Regin had all wisdom and deftness of hand. Regin built a house of glittering gold and flashing gems for his father. Regin and his brother,...
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| x Freya |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Soprano |
image Freya and Heimdall by Blommer.jpg|thumbnail|250px|"Heimdallr returns the necklace Brísingamen to Freyja" by Swedish painter Nils Blommér.]]
Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya), cognate to Sanskrit Priya, is a major goddess in Norse Paganism...
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| x Frigg |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Mezzo-soprano |
Frigg (sometimes anglicized as Frigga) is a major goddess in Norse paganism, a subset of Germanic paganism. She is said to be the wife of Odin, and is the "foremost among the goddesses". Frigg appears primarily in Norse mythological stories as a...
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| x Mímir |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Tenor |
Mímir (Old Norse "The rememberer, the wise one") or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom who is beheaded during the Æsir-Vanir War. Afterward, the major god Odin carries around Mímir's head and it recites secret...
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| x Woglinde | Der Ring des Nibelungen | Soprano |
Woglinde (whose name means "gentle evenness or balance") is one of the three Rhinemaidens who appear in Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.
When the curtain rises at the beginning of Das Rheingold, she is guarding the magic Rhinegold lying at the bottom...
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| x Froh | Der Ring des Nibelungen | Tenor |
Froh is the name of one of the gods in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. He is Fricka's brother, and the god of spring/happiness. He is considered to be equivalent to the Norse god Freyr or Frey.
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| x Thor |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Baritone |
Thor (Old Norse: Þōrr, Þunarr; Old English: Þunor, Þūr; Old Saxon: Þunær; Frisian Tonger Old Dutch: Donar; Old High German: Donar; Proto-Germanic: *Thunaraz) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism,...
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| x Signy |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Soprano |
Signy or Signe (sometimes known as Sieglinde) is the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Scandinavian mythology which were very popular in medieval Scandinavia. Both appear in the Völsunga saga, which was adapted into other works such...
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| x Brynhildr |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Soprano |
Brynhildr is a shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Norse mythology, where she appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events. Under the name Brünnhilde she appears in the Nibelungenlied and therefore also...
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| x Jörð |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Contralto |
In Norse mythology, Jörð (Old Norse "earth", pronounced /jɔrð/, sometimes Anglicized as Jord or Jorth), is a female jötunn, the mother of Thor, and the personification of the Earth. Fjörgyn and Hlôdyn are considered to be other names for Jörð. Jörð...
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| x Odin |
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Der Ring des Nibelungen | Bass-Baritone |
Odin (pronounced /ˈoʊdɨn/ from Old Norse Óðinn), is considered the chief god in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon Wōden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wōđinaz or *Wōđanaz. The name Odin is generally...
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| x Antonio Salieri |
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Mozart and Salieri | Baritone |
Antonio Salieri (18 August 1750 – 7 May 1825), was a Venetian composer and conductor. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time.
Born and raised in a prosperous family...
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| x Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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Mozart and Salieri | Tenor |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsart], full name Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over six...
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| x Nebuchadrezzar II |
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Nabucco | Baritone |
Nebuchadnezzar II, also called King Nebuchadnezzar the Second Listen (help·info) (c 630-562 BC), was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC-562 BC. He is mentioned in the Book of Daniel, and he constructed the Hanging...
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| x Boris Godunov |
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Boris Godunov | Bass |
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Russian: Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в) (c. 1551 – 23 April [O.S. 13 April] 1605) was de facto regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his reign saw Russia...
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| x Patriarch Jove |
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Dimitrij | Bass |
Job (Russian: Иов, Iov), also known as Job of Moscow (2nd quarter of the 16th century - 19 June 1607) was the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
His birth name was Ioann (Russian: Иоанн, a form of John). As a teenager, Ioann knew most of the...
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| x False Dmitriy I |
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Dimitrij | Tenor |
False Dmitriy I (Cyrillic Лжедмитрий; other transliterations:Dimitri, Dimitrii, Dimitriy, Dimitry, Dmitri, Dmitrii, Dmitry) was the Tsar of Russia from 21 July 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dimitriy Ioannovich (Cyrillic...
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| x Vasili IV of Russia |
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Dimitrij | Baritone |
Vasili IV of Russia (Russian: Василий IV Иванович Шуйский, other transliterations: Vasily, Vasiliy, Vasilii) (September 22, 1552 – September 12, 1612) was Tsar of Russia between 1606 and 1610 after the murder of False Dmitriy I. His reign fell...
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| x Marina Mniszech |
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Dimitrij | Soprano |
Marina Mniszech (Polish: Maryna Mniszchówna or Maryna Mniszech; Russian: Марина Мнишек (Marina Mnishek); also known as "Marinka the witch") (c. 1588–1614), was a political adventurer in the Time of Troubles in Russia.
Mniszech was a daughter of a...
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| x Moctezuma II |
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La conquista | Tenor |
Moctezuma (c. 1466 or c. 1480 – June 1520), also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin and similar, was the ninth tlatoani (ruler)...
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| Montezuma | Mezzo-soprano | ||||
| Montezuma | Tenor | ||||
| Fernand Cortez | Baritone | ||||
| Motezuma | Baritone | ||||
