Un Ballo in Maschera - Roles

Roles

Role
BO: Original Boston setting and characters
SW: Swedish setting and characters
Voice type Premiere Cast (Boston setting),
17 February 1859
(Conductor: - )
BO: Riccardo, Earl of Warwick and governor of Boston
SW: Gustavo, King of Sweden
tenor Gaetano Fraschini
BO: Amelia, wife of Renato, in love with Riccardo
SW: Amelia, wife of Anckarström, in love with Gustavo
dramatic soprano Eugenia Julienne-Dejean
BO: Renato, husband of Amelia and Riccardo's secretary, best friend and confidant
SW: Count Anckarström, husband of Amelia and Gustavo's secretary, best friend and confidant
baritone Leone Giraldoni
BO: Oscar, Riccardo's page
SW: Oscar, Gustavo's page
coloratura soprano Pamela Scotti
BO: Ulrica
SW: Madame Arvidson, a fortune-teller
contralto Zelina Sbriscia
A judge tenor Giuseppe Bazzoli
BO: Silvano
SW: Cristiano
bass Stefano Santucci
Amelia's servant tenor Luigi Fossi
BO: Samuel
SW: Count Ribbing
bass Cesare Rossi
BO: Tom
SW: Count Horn
bass Giovanni Bernardoni

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