Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 26 January 1911 (Conductor: Ernst von Schuch) |
|---|---|---|
| The Marschallin, Princess Marie Thérèse von Werdenberg | soprano | Margarethe Siems |
| Octavian, Count Rofrano, her young lover | mezzo-soprano | Eva von der Osten |
| Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, the Marschallin's cousin | bass | Karl Perron |
| Sophie von Faninal | soprano | Minnie Nast |
| Herr von Faninal, Sophie's rich parvenu father | baritone | Karl Scheidemantel |
| Marianne, her duenna | soprano | Riza Eibenschütz |
| Valzacchi, an intriguer | tenor | Hans Rüdiger |
| Annina, his niece and partner | contralto | Erna Freund |
| A notary | bass | Ludwig Ermold |
| An Italian singer | tenor | Fritz Soot |
| Three noble orphans | soprano, mezzo- soprano, contralto |
Marie Keldorfer, Gertrude Sachse, Paula Seiring |
| A milliner | soprano | Elisa Stünzner |
| A vendor of pets | tenor | Josef Pauli |
| Faninal's Major-Domo | tenor | Fritz Soot |
| A police inspector | bass | Julius Puttlitz |
| The Marschallin's Major-Domo | tenor | Anton Erl |
| An innkeeper | tenor | Josef Pauli |
| Four lackeys | tenors, basses | Josef Pauli, Wilhelm Quidde, Rudolf Schmalnauer, Robert Büssel |
| Four waiters | tenor, basses | Wilhelm Quidde, Rudolf Schmalnauer, Robert Büssel, Franz Nebuschka |
| Mohammed, the Marschallin's black page | silent | |
| A flautist, a cook, a hairdresser and his assistant, a scholar, a noble widow |
all silent | |
| Servants, hired deceivers, children, constables | ||
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