stole the idea from another thread :tongue:
imo
1) Attila (Verdi). Attila is probably the most underrated of all of Verdi's works
2) Assur (Rossini's Semiramide)
3) Wotan (The Ring Cycle)
4) Bluebeard (Bluebeard's Castle)
5) Maometto (Rossini's Maometto Secondo). like Attila, it is hugely underrated, but more understandably because finding someone who can actually sing it is so difficult
Certainly Figaro in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. (And yes, I do think that should be sung by a bass-baritone, rather than a baritone.) Also, Fiesco in SIMON BOCCANEGRA. I'd love to be a bass for an evening just so I could sing "Piango, perche me parla."
Certainly Figaro in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. (And yes, I do think that should be sung by a bass-baritone, rather than a baritone.) Also, Fiesco in SIMON BOCCANEGRA. I'd love to be a bass for an evening just so I could sing "Piango, perche me parla."
Gurnemanz in Parsifal may be the longest of all bass roles, on stage for all of act 1 (almost 2 hours in itself) and most of act 3. He does almost nothing in the opera except talk, but a fine singing actor, one who knows how to act with the voice, can reveal him to be a lovable and commanding character. I would love to have seen Hans Hotter in the part, but fortunately we have recordings of his noble interpretation at Bayreuth in the '60s.
I know I'm not as advanced in opera as some of you are, but the Baritone roles I like are Porgy [Porgy & Bess] and Sweeney Todd. (I consider it an opera, and I love every single note of it.)
Of course Assur, Philip II, Maometto II, Figaro (Nozze) and I'll add Boris Godunov, Don Pasquale, Bertram, Mose.
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