Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 30 December 1905 (Conductor: Franz Lehár) |
|---|---|---|
| Hanna Glawari, a wealthy widow (title role) | soprano | Mizzi Günther |
| Count Danilo Danilovitsch, First Secretary of the embassy and Hanna's former lover |
tenor or lyric baritone | Louis Treumann |
| Baron Mirko Zeta, the Ambassador | baritone | Siegmund Natzler |
| Valencienne, Baron Zeta's wife | soprano | Annie Wünsch |
| Camille, Count de Rosillon, French attaché to the embassy, the Baroness's admirer |
tenor | Karl Meister |
| Njegus, the Embassy Secretary | spoken | Oskar Sachs |
| Kromow, Pontevedrian military councillor | baritone | Heinrich Pirl |
| Bogdanovitch, Pontevedrian military attaché | baritone | Fritz Albin |
| Sylviane, Bogdanovitch's wife | soprano | Bertha Ziegler |
| Raoul de St Brioche, French diplomat | tenor | Carlo Böhm |
| Vicomte Cascada, Latin diplomat | baritone | Leo von Keller |
| Olga, Kromow's wife | mezzo-soprano | |
| Pritschitsch, Embassy consul | baritone | |
| Praskowia, Pritschitsch's wife | mezzo-soprano | |
| Parisians and Pontevedrins, musicians and servants | ||
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