Character baritone
A character baritone is a type of baritone voice in opera. The character baritone is heavy and voluminous, comparable to the hero baritone , vocally harder, more “metallic” and more dramatic in structure than a lyrical baritone , which distinguishes it as a typical voice in the character field . Subspecies such as cavalier baritone , dramatic baritone or (more rarely) baritone buffo are grouped together in this vocal category .
Games for character baritone
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Don Giovanni : title role
- Ludwig van Beethoven , Fidelio : Pizarro
- Giuseppe Verdi , Otello : Iago
- Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto : title role
- Georges Bizet , Carmen : Escamillo
- Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser : Wolfram (cavalier baritone)
- Richard Wagner, The Ring of the Nibelung : Alberich
- Ruggero Leoncavallo , The Bajazzo : Tonio
- Giacomo Puccini , Madama Butterfly : Sharpless
- Richard Strauss , Der Rosenkavalier : Faninal (baritone buffo)
- Richard Strauss, Arabella : Mandryka (cavalier baritone)