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Bass-baritone

A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the title role in Der fliegende Holländer, Wotan/Der Wanderer in the Ring Cycle and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Wagner labelled these roles as Hoher Bass —see fach for more details.

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The following operatic parts are performed by bass-baritones but sometimes by high basses: • Don Pizarro, Fidelio by Beethoven • Golaud, Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy • Olin Blitch, Susannah by Floyd • Méphistophélès, Faust by Gounod • Leporello, Don Giovanni by Mozart • Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte by Mozart • Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart Core bass-baritone operatic parts: • Escamillo, Carmen by Bizet • Igor*, Prince Igor by Borodin • Porgy, Porgy and Bess by Gershwin • The 4 Villains, The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach • Scarpia*, Tosca by Puccini • Dutchman, Der fliegende Holländer by Wagner • Hans Sachs, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner • Wotan, Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wagner • Amfortas, Parsifal by Wagner Bass-baritone parts in Gilbert and Sullivan works:Trial by Jury: Usher • The Sorcerer: Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre • H.M.S. Pinafore: Dick Deadeye • The Pirates of Penzance: The Pirate King • Patience: Colonel Calverley • Princess Ida: King Hildebrand • Princess Ida: Arac • Princess Ida: Guron • The Mikado: The Mikado of Japan • Ruddigore: Sir Roderic Murgatroyd • The Yeomen of the Guard: Sergeant Meryll • The Gondoliers: Don Alhambra del Bolero Other bass-baritone parts:Roméo et Juliette by Berlioz • Symphony No.15 by LanggaardCantabile, symphonic suite by MagleGurre-Lieder by Schoenberg • A role also sung by 'standard' baritones ==See also==
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