Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, June 19, 1825 (Conductor: Gioacchino Rossini) |
|---|---|---|
| Madame Cortese, Tyrolean hostess of the spa hotel |
soprano | Ester Mombelli |
| Contessa di Folleville, a fashionable young widow |
soprano | Laure Cinti-Damoreau |
| Corinna, a famous Roman poetess | soprano | Giuditta Pasta |
| Marchesa Melibea, the Polish widow of an Italian general killed on their wedding night |
contralto | Adelaide Schiassetti |
| Conte di Libenskof, Russian general in love with Marchesa Melibea |
tenor | Marco Bordogni |
| Chevalier Belfiore, handsome young French officer and spare-time painter |
tenor | Domenico Donzelli |
| Lord Sidney, English colonel secretly in love with Corinna |
bass | Carlo Zucchelli |
| Don Alvaro, Spanish admiral in love with Marchesa Melibea |
bass | Nicolas Levasseur |
| Barone di Trombonok, German major and music lover |
bass | Vincenzo Graziani |
| Don Profondo, scholar and lover of antiquities, friend of Corinna |
bass | Felice Pellegrini |
| Don Prudenzio, doctor at the spa | bass | Luigi Profeti |
| Modestina, the Contessa di Folleville's chamber maid | mezzo-soprano | Marietta Dotti |
| Don Luigino, cousin of the Contessa di Folleville | tenor | Piero Scudo |
| Maddalena, hotel housekeeper from Normandy | mezzo-soprano | Caterina Rossi |
| Antonio, maître d'hotel | baritone | Auletta |
| Zefirino, courier | tenor | Giovanola |
| Gelsomino, valet | tenor | Trévaux |
| Delia, young Greek girl who is Corinna's travelling companion |
soprano | Maria Amigo |
| Four strolling players, chorus of countrymen and women, gardeners, hotel staff, dancers, servants | ||
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