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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