Roles
| Role (en=Name used in productions in English, fr=Name in original French production) |
Voice type | Premiere cast, 30 December 1921 (Conductor: Sergei Prokofiev) |
|---|---|---|
| King of Clubs (en) / Le Roi de Trèfle (fr), ruler of an imaginary kingdom | bass | James Francis |
| The Prince (en) / Le Prince (fr), his son | tenor | José Mojica |
| Princess (en) / Princesse (fr) Clarice, the king's niece | alto | Irène Pavlovska |
| Leandro (en) / Léandre (fr), the prime minister | baritone | William Beck |
| Truffaldino (en) / Trouffaldino (fr), the court jester | tenor | Octave Dua |
| Pantalone (en) / Pantalon (fr), the king's advisor | baritone | Désiré Defrère |
| Tchelio (en) / Tchélio (fr), a magician | bass | Hector Dufranne |
| Fata Morgana, a witch | soprano | Nina Koshetz |
| Princess (en) / Princesse (fr) Ninette, Orange No. 3 | soprano | Jeanne Dusseau |
| Princess (en) / Princesse (fr) Linette, Orange No. 1 | alto | Philine Falco |
| Princess (en) / Princesse (fr) Nicolette, Orange No. 2 | mezzo-soprano | Frances Paperte |
| Smeraldina (en) / Sméraldina (fr), Fata Morgana's servant | mezzo-soprano | Jeanne Schneider |
| Farfarello, a demon | bass | James Wolf |
| Cook (en) / La Cuisinière (fr), giant custodian of the three oranges | bass | Constantin Nikolay |
| Master of Ceremonies (en) / Le Maître de Cérémonies (fr) | tenor | Lodovico Oliviero |
| Herald (en) / Héraut (fr) | bass | Jerome Uhl |
| Advocates of Tragedy, Comedy, Lyric Drama, and Farce; Ten "Ridicules" (Cranks); little demons; courtiers, monsters, drunkards, gluttons, guards, servants, soldiers | ||
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