The Woman Without a Shadow
Opera in three acts
Libretto
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Premiere
10 October 1919, Vienna (Staatsoper)
Cast
EMPEROR (tenor)
EMPRESS (soprano)
NURSE (mezzo-soprano)
SPIRIT MESSENGER (baritone)
GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE (soprano/countertenor)
APPARITION OF A YOUTH (tenor)
VOICE OF THE FALCON (soprano)
VOICE FROM ABOVE (contralto)
BARAK THE DYER (baritone)
DYER'S WIFE (soprano)
ONE-EYED (bass)
ONE-ARMED (bass)
HUNCHBACK (tenor)
CHILDREN'S VOICES (3 soprano, 3 contralto)
VOICES OF THE NIGHTWATCHMEN (bass)
CHORUS
Imperial servants, children, attendant spirits, spirit voices
Place
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