| Roles | Voice type | Performance cast Zimin Opera 24 September 1909 (Conductor: Emil Cooper) |
Performance cast Bolshoy Theatre 6 November 1909 (Conductor: Vyacheslav Suk) |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Dodon (Царь Додон) | bass | Nikolay Speransky | Vasily Osipov |
| Prince Gvidon (Царевич Гвидон) | tenor | Fyodor Ernst | Semyon Gardenin |
| Prince Afron (Царевич Афрон) | baritone | Andrey Dikov | Nikolay Chistyakov |
| General Polkan | bass | Kapiton Zaporozhets | |
| Amelfa, a housekeeper | contralto | Aleksandra Rostovtseva | Serafima Sinitsina |
| Astrologer | tenor altino | Vladimir Pikok | Anton Bonachich |
| Queen of Shemakha (Шемаханская царица) | soprano | Avreliya-Tsetsiliya Dobrovolskaya | Antonina Nezhdanova |
| Golden Cockerel (Золотой петушок) | soprano | Vera Klopotovskaya | Yevgeniya Popello-Davydova |
| chorus, silent roles | |||
Note on names:
- Pushkin spelled Dodon's name as Dadon. The association of the revised spelling Dodon in the libretto with the bird the Dodo is likely intentional.
- Shemakha is a noun, denoting a place. Shemakhan is an adjectival usage.
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