Oberon (opera) - Roles

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 12 April 1826
(Conductor: Carl Maria von Weber)
Oberon, King of the Elves tenor Charles Bland
Puck mezzo-soprano Harriet Cawse
Titania soprano Smith
Reiza, daughter of Haroun al Rachid soprano Mary Ann Paton
Fatima, Reiza's attendant mezzo-soprano Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi-Vestris
Sir Huon of Bordeaux, Duke of Guienne tenor John Braham
Sherasmin, Huon's squire baritone John Fawcett
Two mermaids mezzo-sopranos Mary Ann Goward and ?
Almanzor, Emir of Tunis bass Cooper
Roshana, wife of Almanzor contralto Lacy
Hassan bass J. Isaacs
Namouna, Fatima's grandmother spoken Davenport
Haroun al Rachid, Caliph of Baghdad spoken Chapman
Babekan, a Saracen prince spoken Baker
Abdallah, a corsair spoken Horrebow
Charlemagne spoken Austin
Hamet spoken Evans
Amrou spoken Atkins
Chorus: Fairies, ladies, knights, slaves, mermaids.

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