Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 23 February 1835 (conductor: François Antoine Habeneck) |
|---|---|---|
| Eléazar, a Jewish goldsmith | tenor | Adolphe Nourrit |
| Rachel, his supposed daughter, the "Jewess" of the title | soprano | Cornélie Falcon |
| Prince Léopold | tenor | Marcelin Lafont |
| Princess Eudoxie, niece of the emperor | soprano | Julie Dorus-Gras |
| Gian Francesco, Cardinal of Brogni, President of the Council | bass | Nicolas Levasseur |
| Ruggiero, city provost | baritone | Henri-Bernard Dabadie |
| Albert, ‘’a sergeant’’ | bass | Ferdinand Prévost |
| A herald | baritone | Nicolas-Prosper Dérivis |
| First drinker | tenor | Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol |
| Second drinker | bass | |
| Officer | tenor | Trévaux |
| Majordomo | baritone | Hens |
| Executioner | baritone | |
| Emperor Sigismund | Silent | |
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