Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 19 March 1859 (Conductor: Adolphe Deloffre) |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Faust | tenor | Joseph-Théodore-Désiré Barbot |
| Méphistophélès | bass-baritone | Émile Balanqué |
| Marguerite | soprano | Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho |
| Valentin, a soldier, Marguerite's brother | baritone | Osmond Raynal |
| Wagner, friend of Faust | baritone | M. Cibot |
| Siébel, Faust's student | mezzo-soprano or soprano (breeches role) |
Amélie Faivre |
| Marthe Schwerlein, Marguerite's guardian | mezzo-soprano or contralto | Duclos |
| Young girls, labourers, students, soldiers, burghers, matrons, invisible demons, church choir, witches, queens and courtesans of antiquity, celestial voices |
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