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* The pagan sorceress Ortrud in [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Lohengrin'' has a short aria, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtRUyJiH3E "Entweihte Götter"], in which she calls upon the gods to help her deceive and avenge herself upon her Christian enemies.

* In Amilcaire Ponchielli's opera ''La Gioconda'', the villainous Alvise Bodero plots to murder his unfaithful wife via poison and put her corpse on display during a ball to show his guests what happens to those who betray him: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEHIrX0txxE Si, morir ella de!]''.

* Lord Ruthven's aria "Ha! Welche Lust!" ("Ha! What Pleasure!") from Marschner's ''[[~~Der Vampyr (Theatre)|~~Der Vampyr]]'' is all about the joys of [[Hemo-Erotic|sucking the blood]] of innocent, terrified maidens.

* Lord Ruthven's aria "Ha! Welche Lust!" ("Ha! What Pleasure!") from Marschner's ''[[Der Vampyr]]'' is all about the joys of [[Hemo-Erotic|sucking the blood]] of innocent, terrified maidens.

* [[The Magic Flute ~~(Theatre)~~|The Queen of the Night]]'s ear-splittingly infamous aria ''Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen''. She forces her daughter Pamina to assassinate Sarastro upon pain of disowning and cursing her. [[Evil Matriarch|Damn, that's cold.]]

* [[The Magic Flute|The Queen of the Night]]'s ear-splittingly infamous aria ''Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen''. She forces her daughter Pamina to assassinate Sarastro upon pain of disowning and cursing her. [[Evil Matriarch|Damn, that's cold.]]

* ''Susannah'' has Olin Blitch with a villain ''sermon.''

* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzvdAvd3tqk Ha! welch' ein Augenblick!]'' from Beethoven's ''Fidelio'' (in which the evil prison governor Pizarro rejoices in the fact that the forthcoming "surprise" inspection by the Minister of Justice will require him (Pizarro) to do what he could have done at any time he wanted, ie. kill his unlawfully imprisoned rival Florestan).