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1387:Waltraute,
1329:La Gioconda
1283:Humperdinck
1269:Die Walküre
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1228:Les Troyens
1220:Saint-Saëns
1207:Tchaikovsky
1072:Sorceress,
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2058:Head voice
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1870:Voice type
1576:References
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1480:Iolanthe,
1377:Tannhäuser
1347:Mussorgsky
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1254:Don Carlos
1190:Brangäne,
1177:Adelaide,
1081:Stephano,
1007:Orlofsky,
994:Octavian,
924:Mark Adamo
898:Mark Adamo
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672:(Rossini)*
663:(Rossini)*
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644:Griselda,
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289:Cinderella
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2063:Passaggio
2053:Extension
1979:Baritenor
1945:Sopranist
1925:Contralto
1893:Soubrette
1860:Vocal fry
1498:Melissa,
1492:Ruddigore
1355:Lohengrin
1275:Gertrud,
1168:Amneris,
1155:Azucena,
1113:(Rossini)
1078:(Purcell)
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793:Ariadne,
734:(Handel)*
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1984:Baritone
1935:Castrato
1908:Dramatic
1850:Falsetto
1829:register
1546:See also
1528:Patience
1483:Iolanthe
1447:Patience
1437:operetta
1417:(Wagner)
1408:(Mozart)
1399:(Wagner)
1358:(Wagner)
1352:Ortrud,
1339:Marina,
1304:Judith,
1272:(Wagner)
1260:Fricka,
1212:Dalila,
1180:Arabella
1174:(Verdi)*
1119:Dramatic
1094:Suzuki,
1059:Siebel,
955:Mother,
929:Mignon,
877:Hänsel,
827:Massenet
806:Carmen,
740:Tancredi
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684:Orsini,
647:Griselda
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1534:Tessa,
1471:Edith,
1427:All of
1374:Venus,
1326:Laura,
1320:Elektra
1257:(Verdi)
1251:Eboli,
1233:Berlioz
1107:Tisbe,
1102:Puccini
1046:Sesto,
976:Britten
968:Nancy,
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