C (C3) to the C an octave above middle C (C5) Description: A tenor with a dramatic extended upper range with the necessary brightness to come through the orchestra's texture. Roles: Calaf, Turandot (Giacomo Puccini) Canio, Pagliacci (Ruggero Leoncavallo) Cavaradossi, Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) Dick Johnson, La fanciulla del West (Giacomo Puccini) Don Alvaro, La forza del destino (Giuseppe Verdi) Don José, Carmen (Georges Bizet) Florestan, Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven) Idomeneo, Idomeneo (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Lohengrin, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner) Manrico, Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi) Max, Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber) Radamès, Aida (Giuseppe Verdi) Siegmund, Die Walküre (Richard Wagner) English equivalent: heroic tenor or dramatic tenor Range: From about the B below low C (B2) to the C above middle C (C5) Description: A full dramatic tenor with baritonal facility in the middle range and the brightness necessary to pierce a thick orchestral texture. Roles: Otello, Otello (Giuseppe Verdi) Siegfried, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner) Tristan, Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner) Tannhäuser, Tannhäuser (Richard Wagner) Walther von Stolzing, Die Meistersinger (Richard Wagner) Baritone / Italian: baritono leggero English equivalent: light baritone Range: From the low C (C3) to the B above middle C (B4) Description: The Baryton-Martin, named after Jean-Blaise Martin (sometimes referred to as Light Baritone) lacks the lower G2–B2 range a heavier baritone is capable of, and has a lighter, almost tenor-like quality. Italian: baritono lirico English equivalent: lyric baritone Range: From about the B below low C (B2) to the A above middle C (A4) Description: A sweet, mild sounding baritone voice, lacking harshness. Many lyric baritone roles call for some fioritura and coloratura, a beautiful line, as well as a charismatic presence. Roles: Albert, Werther (Jules Massenet) Belcore, L'elisir d'amore (Gaetano Donizetti) Billy Budd, Billy Budd (Benjamin Britten) Dottore Malatesta, Don Pasquale (Gaetano Donizetti) Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioachino Rossini) Guglielmo, Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Papageno, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Italian: baritono cantabile English equivalent: cavalier baritone Range: From about the A below low C (A2) to the G above middle C (G4) Description: A metallic voice, that can sing both lyric and dramatic phrases, a manly noble baritonal color; most on-stage roles in this Fach call for good looks. Not quite as vocally powerful as the Verdi baritone or , who is expected to have a powerful, perhaps muscular or physically large, appearance on stage and has a harsher, more