Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 2 December 1970 (Conductor: Sir Colin Davis) |
|---|---|---|
| Faber, a civil engineer | robust baritone | Raimund Herincx |
| Thea, his wife, a gardener | dramatic mezzo-soprano | Yvonne Minton |
| Flora, their ward, an adolescent girl | light high soprano | Jill Gomez |
| Denise, Thea's sister, a freedom fighter | dramatic soprano | Josephine Barstow |
| Mel, a black writer | lyric bass-baritone | Thomas Carey |
| Dov, his white lover, a musician | lyric tenor | Robert Tear |
| Mangus, a psycho-analyst | high tenor baritone | Thomas Hemsley |
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