Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, January 15, 1958 (Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos) |
|---|---|---|
| Vanessa | soprano | Eleanor Steber |
| Erika, her niece | mezzo-soprano | Rosalind Elias |
| The Old Baroness, Vanessa's mother | contralto | Regina Resnik |
| Anatol, the son of Vanessa's original lover, also named Anatol | tenor | Nicolai Gedda |
| The Old Doctor | baritone | Giorgio Tozzi |
| Nicholas, the major-domo | bass | George Cehanovsky |
| The Footman | bass | Robert Nagy |
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