Roles
Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 12 April 1826 (Conductor: Carl Maria von Weber) |
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Oberon, King of the Elves | tenor | Charles Bland |
Puck | mezzo-soprano | Harriet Cawse |
Titania | soprano | Smith |
Reiza, daughter of Haroun al Rachid | soprano | Mary Ann Paton |
Fatima, Reiza's attendant | mezzo-soprano | Lucia Elizabeth Bartolozzi-Vestris |
Sir Huon of Bordeaux, Duke of Guienne | tenor | John Braham |
Sherasmin, Huon's squire | baritone | John Fawcett |
Two mermaids | mezzo-sopranos | Mary Ann Goward and ? |
Almanzor, Emir of Tunis | bass | Cooper |
Roshana, wife of Almanzor | contralto | Lacy |
Hassan | bass | J. Isaacs |
Namouna, Fatima's grandmother | spoken | Davenport |
Haroun al Rachid, Caliph of Baghdad | spoken | Chapman |
Babekan, a Saracen prince | spoken | Baker |
Abdallah, a corsair | spoken | Horrebow |
Charlemagne | spoken | Austin |
Hamet | spoken | Evans |
Amrou | spoken | Atkins |
Chorus: Fairies, ladies, knights, slaves, mermaids. |
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