Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, (Acts 3-5 only) 4 November 1863 (Conductors: Adolphe Deloffre and Hector Berlioz) |
Premiere Cast, (complete opera) 6–7 December 1890 (Conductor: Felix Mottl) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Énée (Aeneas), Trojan hero, son of Venus and Anchises | tenor | Jules-Sébastien Monjauze | Alfred Oberländer |
| Chorèbe (Coroebus), a young prince from Asia, betrothed to Cassandra | baritone | – | Marcel Cordes |
| Panthée (Pantheus), Trojan priest, friend of Aeneas | bass | Péront | Carl Nebe |
| Narbal, minister to Dido | bass | Jules "Giulio" Petit | Fritz Plank |
| Iopas, Tyrian poet to Dido's court | tenor | De Quercy | Hermann Rosenberg |
| Ascagne (Ascanius), Aeneas' young son (15 years) | soprano | Mme Estagel | Auguste Elise Harlacher-Rupp |
| Cassandre (Cassandra), Trojan prophetess, daughter of Priam | mezzo-soprano | – | Luise Reuss-Belce |
| Didon (Dido), Queen of Carthage, widow of Sychaeus, prince of Tyre |
mezzo-soprano | Anne-Arsène Charton-Demeur | Pauline Mailhac |
| Anna, Dido's sister | contralto | Marie Dubois | Christine Friedlein |
| Supporting roles: | |||
| Hylas, a young Phrygian sailor | tenor or contralto | Edmond Cabel | Wilhelm Guggenbühler |
| Priam, King of Troy | bass | – | |
| A Greek chieftain | bass | – | Fritz Plank |
| Ghost of Hector, Trojan hero, son of Priam | bass | ||
| Helenus, Trojan priest, son of Priam | tenor | – | Hermann Rosenberg |
| Two Trojan soldiers | basses | Guyot, Teste | |
| Mercure (Mercury), a God | baritone or bass | ||
| A Priest of Pluto | bass | ||
| Polyxène (Polyxena), sister of Cassandra | soprano | – | Annetta Heller |
| Hécube (Hecuba), Queen of Troy | soprano | – | Pauline Mailhac |
| Andromaque (Andromache), Hector's widow | silent | – | |
| Astyanax, her son (8 years) | silent | – | |
| Chorus: Trojans, Greeks, Tyrians and Carthaginians; Nymphs, Satyrs, Fauns, and Sylvans; Invisible spirits | |||
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