Roles
| Role | Voice type | Version in Italian Première cast January 26, 1957 (Milan) (conductor: Nino Sanzogno) |
Original French version Première cast June 21, 1957 (Paris) (conductor: Pierre Dervaux) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquis de la Force | baritone | Scipio Colombo | Xavier Depraz |
| Chevalier de la Force, his son | tenor | Nicola Filacuridi | Jean Giraudeau |
| Blanche de la Force/Sister Blanche of the Agony of Christ, his daughter | soprano | Virginia Zeani | Denise Duval |
| Thierry, a footman | baritone | Armando Manelli | Forel |
| Madame de Croissy, the prioress of the monastery | contralto | Gianna Pederzini | Denise Scharley |
| Sister Constance of St. Denis, a young novice | soprano | Eugenia Ratti | Liliane Berton |
| Mother Marie of the Incarnation, sub-prioress | mezzo-soprano | Gigliola Frazzoni | Rita Gorr |
| M. Javelinot, a doctor | baritone | Carlo Gasperini | Max Conti |
| Madame Lidoine/Mother Marie of St. Augustine, the new prioress | soprano | Leyla Gencer | Régine Crespin |
| Mother Jeanne of the Holy Child Jesus, the oldest nun | contralto | Vittoria Palombini | Fourrier |
| Sister Mathilde | mezzo-soprano | Fiorenza Cossotto | Desmoutiers |
| Chaplain of the monastery | tenor | Alvino Manelli | Forel |
| First commissioner | tenor | Antonio Pirino | Romagnoni |
| Second commissioner | baritone | ||
| Officer | baritone | ||
| Jailer | baritone | ||
| Carmelites, officers, prisoners, townspeople | |||
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