Many people dream of seeing their name in lights, so how about a name that has already lit up the stage? Opera provides a host of name inspiration, from the commonplace to the extravagant. Mythological and literary characters are a heavy draw, and, of course, Italian variations are hugely prevalent, but we also find some interesting coinages.
Many operas derive their names directly from principle characters and, interestingly, many of these are feminine: Aida, Carmen, Genoveva, Iolanta, Martha, Mireille, Norma, Semiramide and Thaïs to name just a few.
This week's list contains a selction of names from the roles of many operas from the 17th century to the 20th.
| Achille Acis Adario Admeto Adolar Aeneas Agamemnon Agenore Alessandro Alessio Alfonso Alfred Ali Alidoro Amida Aminta Amonasro Amore Andrès Andronico Angelo Annio Antonio Apollo Arcas Argirio Armidoro Aronte Artémidor Arturo Assur Athamas Augustin Bajazet Balthasar Bartolo Basilio Bastien Bayan Bertarido Bertram Besso Boris Buonafede Cadmus Caronte Caspar Castor Claudio Claudius Colas Conrad / Konrad Creon Crespel Cuno Damon David Dormont Dorvil Douglas Drago Eco Egeo |
Enzo Ercole Ernesto Eustazio Evandro Ezio Faust Fernando Ferrando Figaro Finn Flavio Florestan Foresto Frank Friedrich Fyodor Gabriel Germano Geronimo Giasone Giovanni Giove Goffredo Grimoaldo Guglielmo Haly Hans Hariadeno Hermann Huascar Idamante Idomeneo Jaquino Jarno Jason Jonas Jupiter Kilian Lensky Leone Leopold Lindoro Lothario Louis Lucio Luther Luzio Lyonel Malcolm Manrico Marcello Mars Masetto Mathéo Mathisen Max Miguel Mustafà Nathanaël Nerillo Nero Nerone |
Nettuno Oberto Orbazzano Orfeo Orlando Ormindo Oronte Ory Oscar Osman Otho Ottavio Ottone Ottokar Pallas Paolino Pedro Pisandro Pizarro Pollux Radames Raffaele Ramfis Ramiro Ramon Raoul Renato Renaud Rinaldo Rocco Rodolfo Rodrigo Rudolf Ruggiero Ruiz Ruslan Samiel Selim Sesto Siegfried Somnus Tacmas Taddeo Tamerlano Telemaco Thaddeus Thespis Thoas Tito Tonio Tristan Ulisse Unulfo Urbain Valentin Valere Vasco Veit Vincent Wilhelm Wolfram Yevgeny Zacharie |
Adalgisa Adele Adina Agathe Agnes Agrippina Aida Alaide Albina Alceste Alcina Alice Alinda Alisa Almirena Amelia Amenaide Amina Amneris Anna Angelica Angelina Antonia Armida Asteria Azema Azucena Barbarina Bastienne Beatrice Belinda Berginella Bradamante Brambilla Carolina Cecchina Celia Clarice Clarine Clémence Clitemnestre Clorinda Clotilde Cuniza Dalinda Damigella Delfa Despina Diane Dido Dircé Dorabella Dorella Dorinda Drusilla Eduige Eglantine Elena Elettra Elisa Elisetta Elvira Elsa |
Emilie Erice Ericlea Erisbe Eudoxie Euridice Euryanthe Eva Fatima Federica Fidalma Fiordiligi Flaminia Flora Fortuna Galatea Genoveva Ginevra Gioconda Giulia / Julia Giulietta / Julietta Guadalena Harriet Hébé Hélène Ida Ilia Imelda Imogene Ines / Inez Ino Iolanta Iphigénie Irene Iris Isabella Isaura Isifile Ismene Isoletta Juno Konstanze Kseniya Larina Laura Leonora Leonore Lisa Lisetta Lucia Lucilla Lucinda Luisa Lyudmila Magdalena Manuelita Marcellina Margaretha Marguerite Mariana Maria / Marie Martha Marzelline
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Mastrilla Medea / Médée Melanto Melide Micaëla Mignon Mimi Minerva Mireille Mirinda Morgana Musetta Naina Nancy Néris Ninetta Norma Odabella Olympia Ottavia Rachel Rodelinda Rosalinde Rosina Rosmina Paoluccia Pallade Pamela Penelope Phani Phébé Phénice Philine Poppea Proserpina Sandrina Sélika Semele Semiramide Servilia Sicle Sidonie Speranza Stella Susanna Tamiri Tatyana Télaïre Teresa Thaïs Thalie Tisbe Valentine Venus Vincenette Violetta Virtu Vitellia Zaida Zara Zerlina Zima Zulma |
