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Aaron

Joyce Bourne.

in A Dictionary of Opera Characters

January 2008; published online January 2008.

Reference Entry. Subjects: opera. 640 words.

(Moses und Aron—Schoenberg) by Philip Langridge

I have to confess that the first time I looked

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Aaron

Joyce Bourne.

in A Dictionary of Opera Characters

January 2008; published online January 2008.

Reference Entry. Subjects: opera. 210 words.

1 (Aron) (Schoenberg: Moses und Aron). Ten. Brother of Moses, who asks him to use

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Aase Nordmo Løvberg

Robert Baxter.

in The Opera Quarterly

January 2004; published online January 2004.

Journal Article. Subjects: opera. 0 words.

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Abaris

Overview page. Subjects: opera.

(Rameau: Les Boréades). Ten. Son of Apollo. Brought up by the High Priest Adamas, his identity has remained a secret. In love with Queen Alphise, he is only able to marry her when his royal blood is...

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Abaris

Joyce Bourne.

in A Dictionary of Opera Characters

January 2008; published online January 2008.

Reference Entry. Subjects: opera. 47 words.

(Rameau: Les Boréades). Ten. Son of Apollo. Brought up by the High Priest Adamas, his identity has

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Abbadia, Luigia (1821)

Elizabeth Forbes.

in The Grove Book of Opera Singers

January 2008; published online January 2009.

Reference Entry. Subjects: opera. 110 words.

(b Genoa, 1821; d Milan, 1896).

Italian mezzo-soprano. She studied with her father, the

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Abigaille

Overview page. Subjects: opera.

(Verdi: Nabucco). Sop. Elder but illegitimate daughter of Nabucco. She is in love with the Hebrew Ismaele who rejects her in favour of her younger sister Fenena. She attempts to replace her father as...

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Abigaille

Joyce Bourne.

in A Dictionary of Opera Characters

January 2008; published online January 2008.

Reference Entry. Subjects: opera. 71 words.

(Verdi: Nabucco). Sop. Elder but illegitimate daughter of Nabucco. She is in love with the Hebrew Ismaele

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Abimélech

Overview page. Subjects: opera.

(Saint‐Saëns: Samson et Dalila). Bass. Satrap of Gaza. He taunts the subjugated Hebrews for praying to their God who is not helping them in their distress. Their leader, Samson, slays him. Created...

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Abimélech

Joyce Bourne.

in A Dictionary of Opera Characters

January 2008; published online January 2008.

Reference Entry. Subjects: opera. 37 words.

(Saint‐Saëns: Samson et Dalila). Bass. Satrap of Gaza. He taunts the subjugated Hebrews for praying to their

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