Pelléas and Mélisande
In addition to covering a wide range of the bass-baritone roles in the standard repertoire by Mozart, Handel, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner, White has also explored less traditional territory by appearing as Bluebeard in Bartók's "Bluebeard's Castle", Golaud in Debussy's "Pelléas and Mélisande", Tchélio in Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges", the title role in Messiaen's "Saint François d'Assise", Nekrotzar in Ligeti's "Le Grand Macabre", Claggart in Britten's" Billy Budd", John Adams' "El Niño", Nick Shadow in Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress", Creon in Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex", the title role in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" and Ivan in "Khovanshchina".