Orfeo Ed Euridice - Roles

Roles

Role Voice type Italian Premiere Cast
5 October 1762
(Conductor: –)
Revised version
French Premiere Cast
2 August 1774
(Conductor: –)
Orfeo alto castrato (Italian premiere),
haute-contre (high tenor, French premiere),
or mezzo-soprano (later)
Gaetano Guadagni


Joseph Legros
Amore soprano Marianna Bianchi Sophie Arnould
Euridice soprano Lucia Clavereau Rosalie Levasseur
Chorus and dancers: shepherds, shepherdesses, nymphs, demons, Furies, happy spirits, heroes and heroines

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