Roles
| Role (roles in Les martyrs in brackets) | Voice type | Premiere Cast (Les martyrs), 10 April 1840 (Conductor: - ) |
Premiere Cast (Poliuto), 30 November 1848 (Conductor: Antonio Farelli) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poliuto (Polyeucte), Roman convert to Christianity | tenor | Gilbert Duprez | Carlo Baucardé |
| Paolina (Pauline) | soprano | Julie Dorus-Gras | Eugenia Tadolini |
| Severo (Sévère), Roman proconsul | baritone | Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol | Filippo Colini |
| Felice (Félix), Paolina's father, governor of Armenia | tenor (Les martyrs: bass) |
Prosper Dérivis | Anafesto Rossi |
| Callistene (Callisthènes), high priest of Jupiter | bass | Jacques-Émil Serda | Marco Arati |
| Nearco (Néarque), a Christian, Poliuto's friend | tenor | Pierre François Wartel | Domenico Ceci |
| A Christian | tenor (Les martyrs: bass) |
Molinier | |
| Second Christian (in Les martyrs only) | baritone | Wideman |
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