Contralto pieces by required pitch

This is a list of pieces which feature a contralto part, by the highest and lowest required (or optional) pitch.

## High

### B5

* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Eccomi è ognor lo stesso" (Edoardo)
* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Nò Matilde non morrai" (Edoardo)

### B♭5

* Richard Strauss' Elektra, "Ich habe ihm das Beil nicht geben können!" (first maid)

### A5

* Richard Strauss' Guntram, "Verdammtes Volk, hab ich euch gefasst?" (an old woman)

### G♯5

* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Ella è innocente" (Edoardo)
* Richard Strauss' Guntram, "Hier, ihr Guten rastet, erholt euch" (an old woman)
* Richard Strauss' Salome, "Wie schönist die Prinzessin Salome" (the page of Herodias)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Wie pocht mein Herz so ungestüm" (Peronella)

### G5

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Deh! non voler costringere" (Smeton)
* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Ah! parea che per incanto" (Smeton)
* Albert Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied, "Welt, du kannst mir nicht gefallen" (Irmentraut)
* Jean Nouguès' Quo vadis?, "Malgré tous, par mes charmes" (Poppea Sabina)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Höllenspuk! Satanstrug!" (Ursula)
* Richard Strauss' Salome, "Ich will nicht bleiben" (the page of Herodias)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Benutzen wir den Augenblick" (Peronella)

### F♯5

* Albert Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied, "Bei nacht gem Dunkel" (Irmentraut)
* Richard Strauss' Elektra, "Wo bleibt Elektra?" (first maid)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Eia, Kind'ln grüss Euch Gott!" (Wigelis)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Herr Kunrad, dass mich der Deixel hol!" (Wigelis)

### F5

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Tutto è deserto" (Smeton)
* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Qual mesto suon?" (Smeton)
* Jean Nouguès' Quo vadis?, "Eh bien! parle" (Poppea Sabina)
* Jean Nouguès' Quo vadis?, "Monte, monte, flamme ardente" (Poppea Sabina)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Habt Ihr's gehört?" (Wigelis)

### E5

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Tace ognuno, è ognun tremante!" (Smeton)
* Albert Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied, "Geru geber Glanz und Reichtum hin" (Irmentraut)
* Jean Nouguès' La danseuse de Pompéi, "Ludius, déjà levé à cette heure matinale?" (Plancine)
* Jean Nouguès' La danseuse de Pompéi, "Ces chants et les doux sons de la lyre" (Plancine)
* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Padre! Figlio! Voi ma come?" (Edoardo)

### E♭5

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "In separato carcere tutti costor sian tratti" (Smeton)
* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Coppia iniqua, l'estrema vendetta" (Smeton)
* Charles Lecocq's Le barbier de Trouville, "Joyeuse ville" (Anna)
* Charles Lecocq's Le barbier de Trouville, "O jeune fille toi dont l'œil noir" (Anna)
* Albert Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied, "Zu Hülfe! zu Hülfe" (Irmentraut)
* Jean Nouguès' La danseuse de Pompéi, "Have Vénus" (Plancine)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Habt Ihr's gehört?" (Ursula)

### D5

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Alcun potria ascoltarti in queste mura" (Smeton)
* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Ah! segnata è la mia sorte" (Smeton)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "Hail! men o' war's men" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "Things are seldom what they seem" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Albert Lortzing's Der Waffenschmied, "Gut, dass ich euch noch treffe" (Irmentraut)
* Jean Nouguès' La danseuse de Pompéi, "Toi, la plus inconstante" (Plancine)
* Jean Nouguès' La danseuse de Pompéi, "Comme il fait  doux de vivre" (Plancine)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Der Herr ist wohl ein rarer Christ" (Wigelis)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Die Gloken läuten hell und rein" (Peronella)

## Lowest

### B3

* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Eccomi è ognor lo stesso" (Edoardo)
* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Ella è innocente" (Edoardo)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Heia! Gutgesell, sauber und jung!" (Wigelis)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Bist net recht gscheit!" (Wigelis)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Wie pocht mein Herz so ungestüm" (Peronella)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Benutzen wir den Augenblick" (Peronella)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Ihr Thoren, ihr wollt hassen mich" (Peronella)

### B♭3

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "In separato carcere tutti costor sian tratti" (Smeton)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "But tell me who's the youth" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Richard Strauss' Guntram, "Hier, ihr Guten rastet, erholt euch" (an old woman)
* Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio, "Die Gloken läuten hell und rein" (Peronella)

### A3

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Tace ognuno, è ognun tremante!" (Smeton)
* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "In quegli sguardi impresso" (Smeton)
* Gioachino Rossini's Matilde di Shabran, "Nò Matilde non morrai" (Edoardo)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "Things are seldom what they seem" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "A many years ago" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Richard Strauss' Elektra, "Wo bleibt Elektra?" (first maid)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Habt Ihr's gehört?" (Wigelis)
* Richard Strauss' Salome, "Wie schönist die Prinzessin Salome" (the page of Herodias)

### G♯3

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Ah! parea che per incanto" (Smeton)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "Can I survive the overbearing" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Heissa! Heller lichten loht das Feuerlein!" (Wigelis)

### G3

* Gaetano Donizetti's Anna Bolena, "Deh! non voler costringere" (Smeton)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "Hail! men o' war's men" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, "Farewell, my own" (Mrs. Cripps)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Ombra felice, K.255"

### F♯3

* Richard Strauss' Feuersnot, "Leise, leise lasst uns schauen" (Wigelis)