baritone. The bass-baritone's required range can vary tremendously based on the role, with some less demanding than others. Many bass-baritones have ventured into the baritone repertoire, including (among others) Leopold Demuth, Georges Baklanoff, Rudolf Bockelmann, George London, Thomas Stewart, James Morris, and Bryn Terfel. Repertoire The following operatic parts are performed by bass-baritones but sometimes by high basses: Don Pizarro, Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven Golaud, Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy Olin Blitch, Susannah by Carlisle Floyd Méphistophélès, Faust by Charles Gounod Leporello, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Core bass-baritone operatic parts: Escamillo, Carmen by Georges Bizet Igor, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin (also sung by 'standard' baritones) Porgy, Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin The 4 Villains, Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach Scarpia, Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (also sung by 'standard' baritones) Dutchman The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner Hans Sachs Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner Wotan Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Amfortas Parsifal by Richard 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 Iolanthe : Lord Mountararat Princess Ida: King Hildebrand 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 Hector Berlioz Symphony No.15 by Rued Langgaard Cantabile, symphonic suite by Frederik Magle Gurre-Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg See also Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone Bass References Voice types Opera terminology Pitch (music)