La Juive - Roles

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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