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Oberon

• Voice Part : counter-tenor|contralto   Fach : male contralto
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : the King of the Fairies
• Role Created By : Alfred Deller
• Arias : I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Flower of this purple dye

Hippolyta

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : A Midsummer Night's Dream   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : Queen of the Amazons, engaged to Theseus
• Role Created By : Johanna Peters

Ottone

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto, male contralto
• Opera : Agrippina   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : Claudio's lieutenant
• Arias : Voi che udite, Vaghe fonti, Tacerò, purchè fedele

Giunone

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Agrippina   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : none

Florence Pike

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Albert Herring   Language : English
• Composer : Benjamin Britten
• Description : the housekeeper for Lady Billows
• Role Created By : Gladys Parr

Bradamante

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Alcina   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : betrothed to Ruggiero

Dryad

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Ariadne auf Naxos   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : a nymph

Polinesso

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Ariodante   Language : Italian
• Composer : George Frideric Handel
• Description : the Duke of Albany
• Role Created By : Cecilia Young

Lucia

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Cavalleria Rusticana   Language : Italian
• Composer : Pietro Mascagni
• Description : Turiddu's mother

Gaea

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Daphne   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : wife of Peneios and mother of Daphne

Erda

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Das Rheingold   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : the goddess of the earth
• Arias : Wie alles war (Erda's Warning)

Mary

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Der Fliegende Holländer   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : Senta's nurse

Annina

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Der Rosenkavalier   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Strauss
• Description : an intriguing Italian, partnered with Valzacchi

First Norn

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Die Götterdämmerung   Language : German
• Composer : Richard Wagner
• Description : daughter of Erda

Brigitta

• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : contralto, dramatic mezzo
• Opera : Die Tote Stadt   Language : German
• Composer : Erich Korngold
• Description : Paul's housekeeper

Olga

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Eugene Onegin   Language : Russian
• Composer : Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
• Description : daughter of Madame Larina and sister of Tatiana, engaged to Lensky
• Arias : Olga's Aria (Ja nye sposobna k grusti tomnoy)

Dmitri

• Voice Part : contralto   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Fedora   Language : Italian
• Composer : Umberto Giordano
• Description : a groom

Giulio Cesare

• Voice Part : contralto|baritone   Fach : male contralto, dramatic baritone
• Opera : Giulio Cesare   Language :
• Composer :
• Description : emporer of Rome
• Role Created By : Senesino

Cornelia

• Voice Part : contralto|mezzo-soprano   Fach : contralto
• Opera : Giulio Cesare   Language :
• Composer :
• Description : widow of Pompey, mother of Sesto
• Role Created By : Anastasia Robinson

Nireno

• Voice Part : contralto|mezzo-soprano   Fach : contralto, male contralto
• Opera : Giulio Cesare   Language :
• Composer :
• Description : Cleopatra's confidant