Sopran

[Hochdramatischer Sopran]

- Leonie Rysanek, Jessie Norman, Richard Wagner: Die Valkure: Sieglinde - Kirsten Flastad Richard Wagner: Die Valkure - Brunnhilde Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Isolde - Birgit Nilsson, Gwyneth Jones - Titelpartie in Strauss’ Elektra - Brünnhilde in Wagners Die Walküre - Isolde, Tristan und Isolde (Richard Wagner)[15] - Brünnhilde, Der Ring des Nibelungen (Richard Wagner)[15] - Turandot, Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)[15] - Senta, Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner)[15] - Elektra, Elektra (Richard Strauss)[16]

Dramatischer Sopran (g–c’’’)

Dramatischer Koloratursopran (c’–f’’’, selten auch tiefer)

-   Königin der Nacht in Mozarts *[Die Zauberflöte](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te "Die Zauberflöte")*
-   Titelpartie in Verdis *[La traviata](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_traviata "La traviata")*
-   Elvira, *[I puritani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_puritani "I puritani")* ([Vincenzo Bellini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini "Vincenzo Bellini"))<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Leonora, *[Il trovatore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_trovatore "Il trovatore")* (Giuseppe Verdi)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Norma, *[Norma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_(opera) "Norma (opera)")* (Vincenzo Bellini)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Odabella, *[Attila](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_(opera) "Attila (opera)")* (Giuseppe Verdi)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   The Queen of the Night, *[Die Zauberflöte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te "Die Zauberflöte")* (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Violetta, *[La traviata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_traviata "La traviata")* (Giuseppe Verdi)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Gilda, *[Rigoletto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigoletto "Rigoletto")* (Giuseppe Verdi)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900_4-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002900-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup>

Charaktersopran / Soubrette (h–c’’’)

- Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland - Mélisande in Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande - Barbarina, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[3] - Zerlina, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[7] - Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) - Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[7] - Papagena, Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[3]

Jugendlich-dramatischer Sopran / Spinto (c’–c’’’) (auch: Spinto-Sopran)

- Elsa in Wagners Lohengrin - Leonora in Verdis Il trovatore - Agathe in Webers Der Freischütz - Agathe, Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber)[citation needed] - Amelia, Un ballo in maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)[9] - Chrysothemis, Elektra (Richard Strauss)[9] - Cio-Cio San, Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)[6] - Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - Elisabeth, Tannhäuser (Richard Wagner)[9] - Elsa, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)[9] - Maddalena, Andrea Chénier (Umberto Giordano)[7] - Magda Sorel, The Consul (Gian Carlo Menotti)[9] - Marie, Wozzeck (Alban Berg)[7] - Marie/Marietta, Die tote Stadt (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)[9] - Suor Angelica, Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini)[9] - Eva, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Richard Wagner)[10] - Liza, The Queen of Spades (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)[11] - Marschallin, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)[12] - Desdemona, Otello (Giuseppe Verdi)[6] - Giulietta, Les contes d’Hoffman (Jacques Offenbach)[13] - Salome,Salome (Richard Strauss)[14]

Lyrischer Sopran (c’–c’’’)

- Montserrat Caballe, Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, Renata Tebaldi - Marzelline in Beethovens Fidelio - Susanna in Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro - Rusalka, Rusalka (Antonín Dvořák) - Sophie, Werther (Jules Massenet)[7] - Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[7] - Mimi, La bohème (Giacomo Puccini)[8] - Liù, Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)[7] - Micaëla, Carmen (Georges Bizet)[7]

Lyrischer Koloratursopran (c’–f’’’)

- Kathleen Battle, Barbara Bonney Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Presentation of the Rose - Lily Pons, Maria Aleida-Rodrigues - Norina in Donizettis Don Pasquale - Zerbinetta in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos - The woodbird, Siegfried (Richard Wagner)[5]

Soubrette (c’–c’’’)

-   Erna Berger, Norma Burrows
-   Despina in Mozarts *[Così fan tutte](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte "Così fan tutte")*
-   Gretchen in Lortzings *[Der Wildschütz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Wildsch%C3%BCtz "Der Wildschütz")*

Knabensopran

-   Erster und Zweiter Knabe in Mozarts *[Die Zauberflöte](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te "Die Zauberflöte")*
-   Hirtenknabe in Wagners *[Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user_und_der_S%C3%A4ngerkrieg_auf_Wartburg "Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg")*

Mezzosopran

Dramatischer Mezzosopran (g–b’’)

- Fedora Barbieri - Eboli in Verdis Don Carlos - Brangäne in Wagners Tristan und Isolde - Amneris, Aida (Giuseppe Verdi) - Carmen, Carmen (Bizet) - Dido, Les Troyens (Hector Berlioz)[17] - The Composer, Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)[17] - Dalila, Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns)[17] - Eboli, Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi)[17] - Fricka, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre (Richard Wagner)[17] - Gertrud, Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)[17] - Klytaemnestra, Elektra (Richard Strauss)[17] - Octavian, Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss)[17] - Ortrud, Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)[17]

Koloratur-Mezzosopran (g–b’’)

- Joyce DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli, Teresa Berganza - Rosina in Rossinis Il barbiere di Siviglia - Angelina, La Cenerentola (Gioachino Rossini)[17] - Griselda, Griselda (Vivaldi) - Isabella, L’italiana in Algeri (Gioachino Rossini)[17] - Isolier, Le comte Ory (Rossini) - Julius Caesar, Giulio Cesare (Handel) - Orsini, Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) - Romeo, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini) - Ruggiero, Alcina (Handel) - Rosina, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioachino Rossini)[17] - Tancredi, Tancredi (Gioacchino Rossini)[17]

Lyrischer Mezzosopran (g–b’’)

- Elina Garanca

George Bizet: Carmen - Cherubino in Mozarts Le nozze di Figaro - Oktavian in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier Elina Garanca - Charlotte, Werther (Massenet) - Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[17] - Dorabella, Così fan tutte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[17] - Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)[17] - Marguerite, La damnation de Faust (Berlioz) - Meg, Little Women (Mark Adamo) - Mignon, Mignon (Ambroise Thomas) - Nicklausse, Les contes d’Hoffman (Offenbach) - Mother, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti) - Suzuki, Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)[17]

Alt

Dramatischer Alt (g–b’’)

200pxl - Clara Butt - Ježibaba in Dvořáks Rusalka - Azucena, Il trovatore (Verdi) - La Cieca, La Gioconda (Ponchielli) - Dryade, Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)[17] - Erda, Das Rheingold, Siegfried (Wagner) - Maddalena, Rigoletto (Verdi) - A norn, Götterdämmerung (Wagner) - Polina, The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) - Schwertleite, Die Walküre (Wagner) - Ulrica, Un ballo in maschera (Verdi)

Koloraturalt

-   Marie-Nicole Lemieux
-   Angelina in Rossinis *[La Cenerentola](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cenerentola_(Oper) "La Cenerentola (Oper)")*

Spielalt (g–b’’)

-   Kathleen Ferrier 
-   Ewa Podles
-   Irmentraut in Lortzings *[Der Waffenschmied](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Waffenschmied "Der Waffenschmied")*

Tiefer Alt (f–a’’)

-   Geneviève in Debussys *[Pelléas et Mélisande](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(Oper) "Pelléas et Mélisande (Oper)")*
-   Gaea in Strauss’ *[Daphne](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_(Strauss) "Daphne (Strauss)")* (tiefster Ton: es)
-   Annina in Strauss’ *[Der Rosenkavalier](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Rosenkavalier "Der Rosenkavalier")*
-   Eine Kranke in Schönbergs *[Moses und Aron](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_und_Aron "Moses und Aron")*
-   Anna, *[Les Troyens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Troyens "Les Troyens")* ([Hector Berlioz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Berlioz "Hector Berlioz"))
-   Annina, *[Der Rosenkavalier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Rosenkavalier "Der Rosenkavalier")* ([Richard Strauss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Strauss "Richard Strauss"))
-   Antonia's mother, *[Tales of Hoffmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann "The Tales of Hoffmann")* (Jacques Offenbach)
-   Bradamante, *[Alcina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcina "Alcina")* ([Handel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel "George Frideric Handel"))
-   Didone, *[Egisto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egisto_(opera) "Egisto (opera)")* ([Cavalli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Cavalli "Francesco Cavalli"))
-   Gaea, *[Daphne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_(opera) "Daphne (opera)")* ([Richard Strauss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Strauss "Richard Strauss"))<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002905_18-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002905-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Geneviève, *[Pelléas et Mélisande](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(opera) "Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)")* ([Claude Debussy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy "Claude Debussy"))<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002905_18-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fach#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKloiber2002905-18"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup>
-   Hippolyta, *[A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream_(opera) "A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)")* ([Britten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Britten "Benjamin Britten"))
-   Marthe, *[Faust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_(opera) "Faust (opera)")* ([Charles Gounod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gounod "Charles Gounod"))
-   Zita, *[Gianni Schicchi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianni_Schicchi "Gianni Schicchi")* ([Giacomo Puccini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini "Giacomo Puccini"))

Countertenor (f–f’’) (Altus)

-   Oberon in Brittens *[A Midsummer Night’s Dream](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Sommernachtstraum_(Britten) "Ein Sommernachtstraum (Britten)")*