Mozart Figaro, The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Voice of the Oracle, Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Silva, Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Philip II, Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi Count Walter, Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi Ferrando, Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi Daland, Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner Hoher Bass/dramatic high bass/dramatic bass-baritone or "high bass" or often a dramatic bass-baritone. Igor, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin Boris, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky Klingsor, Parsifal by Richard Wagner Wotan, Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner Caspar, Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber Banquo, Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi Zaccaria, Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi Fiesco, Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi Jugendlicher Bass (juvenile bass) denotes the role of a young man sung by a bass, regardless of the age of the singer. Masetto, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Colline, La bohème by Giacomo Puccini Basso buffo/lyric buffo Buffo, literally "funny", basses are lyrical roles that demand from their practitioners a solid coloratura technique, a capacity for patter singing and ripe tonal qualities if they are to be brought off to maximum effect. They are usually the blustering antagonist of the hero/heroine or the comic-relief fool in bel canto operas. Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti Dottor Dulcamara, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti Doctor Bartolo, The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leporello, Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Doctor, Wozzeck by Alban Berg /dramatic buffo English equivalent: dramatic bass Khan Konchak, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin Baculus, Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing Ferrando, Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi Daland, Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner Varlaam, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky Lyric basso profondo Basso profondo (lyric low bass) is the lowest bass voice type. According to J. B. Steane in Voices, Singers & Critics, the basso profondo voice "derives from a method of tone-production that eliminates the more Italian quick vibrato. In its place is a kind of tonal solidity, a wall-like front, which may nevertheless prove susceptible to the other kind of vibrato, the slow beat or dreaded wobble." Rocco, Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven Osmin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Pimen, Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky Baron Ochs, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss