Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 20 November 1805 (Conductor: Ignaz von Seyfried) |
Premiere cast, final version, 23 May 1814 (Conductor: Michael Umlauf) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florestan, a prisoner | tenor | Friedrich Christian Demmer | Giulio Radichi |
| Leonore, his wife | soprano | Anna Milder | Anna Milder |
| Rocco, gaoler (guard) | bass | Rothe | Carl Friedrich Weinmüller |
| Marzelline, his daughter | soprano | Louise Müller | Theresa Bondra |
| Jaquino, assistant to Rocco | tenor | Caché | Früwald |
| Don Pizarro, governor of the prison | bass-baritone | Sebastian Mayer | Johann Michael Vogl |
| Don Fernando, King's minister | bass | Weinkopf | Ignaz Saal |
| Two prisoners | tenor and bass | Unknown | Unknown |
| Soldiers, prisoners, townspeople | |||
Note: the second version of the opera premiered on 29 March 1806 with the same cast as the first premiere, except with Joseph August Röckel as Florestan. The only other performance of the second version was on 10 April 1806.
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