Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 27 April 1720 |
Revised version Premiere Cast, 28 December 1720 |
Revised version Premiere Cast, 1728 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radamisto, son of Farasmane |
soprano / alto castrato |
Margherita Durastanti |
Senesino | Senesino |
| Zenobia, his wife |
contralto / soprano / soprano |
Anastasia Robinson |
Margherita Durastanti |
Faustina Bordoni |
| Tiridate, King of Armenia |
tenor / bass | Alexander Gordon |
Giuseppe Maria Boschi |
Giuseppe Maria Boschi |
| Polissena, his wife, daughter of Farasmane |
soprano | Ann Turner Robinson |
Maddalena Salvai | Francesca Cuzzoni |
| Farasmane, King of Thrace |
bass | Lagarde | Lagarde | Giovanni Battista Palmerini |
| Tigrane, Prince of Pontus |
soprano / soprano castrato / alto castrato |
Caterina Galerati |
Matteo Berselli | Antonio Baldi |
| Fraarte, brother of Tiridate |
soprano castrato / soprano |
Benedetto Baldassari |
Caterina Galerati |
(role cut) |
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