The Bassarids - Roles

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 6 August 1966
(Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi)
Dionysus, voice and stranger tenor Loren Driscoll
Tiresias, an old blind prophet tenor Helmuth Melchert
Cadmus, founder and former king of Thebes bass Peter Lagger
Agave, his daughter, mother of Pentheus mezzo-soprano Kerstin Meyer
Beroe, an old slave, once nurse to Semele and Pentheus contralto Vera Little
Captain of the Royal Guard baritone William Dooley
Pentheus, king of Thebes baritone Kostas Paskalis
Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus soprano Ingeborg Hallstein
A female slave in Agave's household silent
Her daughter silent
Chorus of bassarids, citizens of Thebes, guards, servants

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