Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, March 19, 1991 (Conductor: Kent Nagano) |
Nonesuch CD recording (Nonesuch 79281) |
Revival Cast, June 15, 2011 (Conductor: Michael Christie (conductor)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Captain of the Achille Lauro | baritone | James Maddalena | James Maddalena | Christopher Magiera |
| The First Officer | bass-baritone | Thomas Hammons | Thomas Hammons | Paul La Rosa |
| 'Rambo', a terrorist | bass-baritone | Thomas Hammons | Thomas Hammons | Paul La Rosa |
| Swiss grandmother | mezzo-soprano | Janice Felty | Janice Felty | Lucy Schaufer |
| Austrian woman | mezzo-soprano | Janice Felty | Janice Felty | Lucy Schaufer |
| British dancing girl | mezzo-soprano | Janice Felty | Janice Felty | Lucy Schaufer |
| Molqi, a terrorist | tenor | Thomas Young | Thomas Young | Matthew DiBattista |
| Mamoud, a terrorist | baritone | Eugene Perry | Eugene Perry | Aubrey Allicock |
| Leon Klinghoffer | baritone | Sanford Sylvan | Sanford Sylvan | Brian Mulligan |
| Omar, a terrorist | mezzo-soprano | Stephanie Friedman | Stephanie Friedman | Laura Wilde |
| Marilyn Klinghoffer | contralto | Sheila Nadler | Sheila Nadler | Nancy Maultsby |
| Chorus of Exiled Palestinians | SATB | Chorus of La Monnaie | London Opera Chorus | St. Louis Opera Chorus |
| Chorus of Exiled Jews | SATB | Chorus of La Monnaie | London Opera Chorus | St. Louis Opera Chorus |
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