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 | ||
Read more about this topic: The Bassarids
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