Les Troyens

from Hector Berlioz


Libretto

Hector Berlioz

Premiere

Les troyens à Carthague (Acts III - V) 4 November 1863, Paris (Théâtre Lyrique, La prise de Troie (Acts I and II) 6 Decemberr 1890, Karlsruhe
(Grossherzogliches Hoftheater)

Cast

CASSANDRE (mezzo-soprano)
CHOREBE (baritone)
ENEE (tenor)
ASCAGNE (soprano)
PANTHEE (bass)
PRIAM (bass)
GHOST OF HECTOR (bass)
HECUBE (soprano)
HELENUS (tenor)
POLYXENE (soprano)
ANDROMACHE (silent)
ASTYANAX (silent)
GREEK CAPTAIN (bass)
DIDON (mezzo-soprano)
ANNA (contralto)
IOPAS (tenor)
NARBAL (bass)
HYLAS (tenor)
MERCURE (baritone or bass)
2 TROJAN SOLDIERS (basses)
PRIEST OF PLUTO (bass)

CHORUS
Trojans, Greeks, Tyrians, Carthaginians, nymphs, satyrs, fauns, sylvans, invisible spirits

Place

Time

Composer

Berlioz, Hector