Roles
| Role | Voice type | Full version Premiere, 20 April 1994 (Sian Edwards) |
Pocket Version Premiere, 14 June 2006 (Patrick Bailey} |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blond Eckbert | baritone | Nicholas Folwell | Owen Gilhooly |
| Berthe, his wife | mezzo-soprano | Anne-Marie Owens | Heather Shipp |
| Walther, his friend Hugo, his friend An old woman |
tenor | Christopher Ventris | Mark Wilde |
| A bird | soprano | Nerys Jones | Claire Wild |
| A dog | non-singing part | Thor | |
| Chorus | SATB | English National Opera Chorus | None |
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