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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)
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which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three
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is a voice that has the resonant low notes of the typical bass allied with the ability to sing in a baritonal tessitura. Colloquially, it refers to a voice with a
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above middle C), but only infrequently descends beyond C
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610:Der fliegende Holländer
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269:Pelléas et Mélisande
692:: Colonel Calverley
210:lyric bass-baritone
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901:. Harlequin Agency
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508:Leporello,
363:Bryn Terfel
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1180:Head voice
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992:Voice type
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835:References
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637:Amfortas,
607:Dutchman,
446:media help
369:Repertoire
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166:Hoher Bass
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689:Patience
640:Parsifal
579:Gershwin
529:Figaro,
487:Susannah
472:Golaud,
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290:Gugliemo
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759:Berlioz
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603:Puccini
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245:verismo
241:Puccini
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