List of baritone roles
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This is a list of roles in opera, operetta and Broadway musicals written for the Baritone voice.
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[edit] Baritone roles in Broadway musicals
- Alan Swan (My Favorite Year) (Range low G to E flat above middle C)
- Alberto Peterson (Bye Bye Birdie) (Range E3 to E♭4)
- Admiral Peary (Ragtime)
- Alonzo (Cats)
- Amborse Keemper (Hello, Dolly!)
- Amos Heart (Chicago) (Ab2 to G4)
- Baron Bomburst (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) (stage version)
- Benjamin Franklin (1776)
- Beast (Beauty and the Beast) (A2 to F4)
- Bill Sykes (Oliver!) (Range A3 to D4)
- Billy Bigelow (Carousel) (Range B2 to G4)
- Billy Flynn (Chicago) (Ab2 to G4)
- Bonsai (The Lion King)
- Booker T. Washington (Ragtime)
- Bull Frog (Honk!)
- Bustopher Jones (Cats)
- Cat(Honk!)
- Conrad Birdie (Bye Bye Birdie) (Range A flat 2 to F 4)
- Coricopat (Cats)
- Captain Hook (Peter Pan) (G2 to E4)
- Chauvelin (The Scarlet Pimpernel) (Range Ab2 to G4)
- Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Ragtime) (Range G2 to Ab4)
- Cornelius Hackl (Hello, Dolly!) (Range B flat 2 to F4)
- Curly (Oklahoma!) (Range C3 to F4)
- Daddy Warbucks (Annie) (Range C3 to F4)
- Dewhurst (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
- Don Quixote/Cervantes (Man of La Mancha) (Range B2 to E4)
- Drake (Honk!)
- Dr. Frank-N-Furter (The Rocky Horror Show) (Range G2 to F#4)
- Dr. Neville Craven (The Secret Garden)
- El Gallo (The Fantasticks) (Range G2 to G4)
- Elton (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
- Fagin (Oliver!) (Range C3 to F#4)
- Father (Children of Eden) (Ab2 to F4)
- Father (Ragtime) (Range A2 to F4)
- Farleigh (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
- Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)(Range A2 to F4)
- Grandfather (Ragtime)
- Graf von Krolock (Tanz der Vampire) (G2 to Ab4)
- Grantaire (Les Misérables) (However, his general placement rests in a Baritenor, Range Bb2 to F#4)
- Greylag (Honk!)
- Growltiger (Cats)
- Gus (Cats)
- Harold Hill (The Music Man) (Range A♭2 to F4)
- Harry MacAfee (Bye Bye Birdie) (Range A♭3 to F4)
- Harvey (Bye Bye Birdie) (high: F4)
- Henry Ford (Ragtime)
- Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde (Jekyll & Hyde)
- Horace Vandergelder (Hello, Dolly!) (Range B2 to C4)
- Israel Swan (Cannibal! The Musical)
- John Utterson (Jekyll & Hyde) --both require extentions to A 4 natural)
- Horton the Elephant (Seussical)
- Javert (Les Misérables) (F2 to #F4 (tour version to G4))
- Jigger Craigin (Carousel)
- J.P Morgan (Ragtime)
- John Adams (1776)
- John Dickinson (1776)
- Juan Perón (Evita)
- Kerchak (Tarzan)
- Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast) (Range G Flat 3 to G Flat 4)
- Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast) (Range G Flat 3 to G4)
- Marius (Les Misérables) (G2 to A4)
- Marvin (March of the Falsettos)
- Max Bialystock & Franz Liebkind (The Producers)
- Mungojerrie (Cats)
- Monsieur André & Monsieur Firmin (The Phantom of the Opera)
- Mufasa (Lion King)
- Mr. Bumble (Oliver!) (Range C3 to G Sharp 4)
- Mr. Sowerberry (Oliver!) (Range C3 to F4)
- Mufasa (The Lion King)
- Munkstrap (Cats)
- Nathan Detroit (Guys and Dolls), though he may be played by a Tenor. (Range D3 to F4)
- Old Deuteronomy (Cats)
- Ozzy (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
- The Phantom (Erik) (The Phantom of the Opera), although the role is most often sung by tenors, and rarely done by baritones. (G2 to Ab4)
- Pharaoh (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
- Plato (Cats)
- Pontius Pilate (Jesus Christ Superstar)) (Range A2 to G Sharp 4)
- Princeton/Rod (Avenue Q) (Ab2 to Ab4)
- Professor Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady)
- Pumbaa (The Lion King)
- Pseudolus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) (Range A3 to G4)
- Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny (The Phantom of the Opera), although the role has been sung by tenors before.
- Rueben (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
- Rum Tum Tugger (Cats)
- Scar (The Lion King) although can also be considered a bass-baritone.
- Skimbleshanks (Cats)
- Sky Masterson (Guys and Dolls)it can also be played by a tenor. (RangeB2 to E flat 4)
- St. Cyr(The Scarlet Pimpernel)
- The Cat in the Hat (Seussical), although can be played by a tenor.
- The Wizard (Wicked)
- Thénardier (Les Misérables (Range Ab2 to G4)
- Trevor Graydon (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
- Tumblebrutus (Cats)
- Ugly (Honk!)
- Zazu (The Lion King)
- Zoser (AIDA) (Range F3 to F4 with blend to Bb4)
- Younger Brother (Ragtime)
[edit] Baritone roles in opera
- Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana)
- Amonasro (Aida)
- Baron Scarpia (Tosca)
- Carlo (Ernani)
- Conte di Luna (Il trovatore)
- Dandini (La Cenerentola)
- Don Carlo di Vargas (La Forza del Destino)
- Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni)
- Dottore (Don Pasquale)
- Dr. P. (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat)
- Dulcamara (L'elisir d'amore)
- Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor)
- Ernesto (Il pirata)
- Escamillo (Carmen)
- Falstaff (Falstaff)
- Figaro & Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro)
- Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
- Francisco Goya (Facing Goya)
- Gérard (Andrea Chénier)
- Giorgio Germont and Barone Douphol (La Traviata)
- Guglielmo Tell (Guglielmo Tell)
- Horace Tabor (The Ballad of Baby Doe)
- Jack Rance (La fanciulla del West)
- Jago (Otello)
- Justin Labelle (Wakonda's Dream)
- Lescaut (Manon Lescaut)
- Macbeth (Macbeth)
- Marcello (La Bohème)
- Nabucco (Nabucco)
- Papageno (Die Zauberflöte)
- Renato (Un ballo in maschera)
- Rigoletto (Rigoletto)
- Rodrigo (Don Carlo)
- Schaunard (La Bohème)
- Sharpless (Madama Butterfly)
- Simon Boccanegra (Simon Boccanegra)
- Tonio (Pagliacci)
- Wolfram von Eschenbach (Tannhäuser)
- Wozzeck (Wozzeck)
[edit] Baritone roles in operetta
- Archibald Grosvenor (Patience)
- Baron Zeta (The Merry Widow)
- Captain Corcoran (HMS Pinafore)
- Dr. Daly (The Sorcerer)
- John Wellington-Wells (The Sorcerer)
- Ko-Ko (The Mikado)
- Lord Mountararat (Iolanthe)
- Ludwig (The Grand Duke)
- Major-General Stanley (The Pirates of Penzance)
- Notary Tannhauser (The Grand Duke)
- Reginald Bunthorne (Patience)
- Rudolph (The Grand Duke)
- Sir Despard Murgatroyd (Ruddygore)
- Sir Joseph Porter (HMS Pinafore)
- Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (as Robin Oakapple) (Ruddygore)
- Strephon (Iolanthe)
- The Lord Chancellor (Iolanthe)
