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Cast
- Wesener, a fancy goods dealer in Lille (bass)
- Marie, his daughter (very dramatic coloratura soprano)
- Charlotte, his daughter (mezzo soprano)
- Wesener's old mother (low alto)
- Stolzius, draper in Armentières (youthful high baritone)
- Stolzius's mother (very dramatic alto)
- Obrist, Count of Spannnheim (bass)
- Desportes, a nobleman from French Hennegau in the French army (very high tenor)
- A young rifleman, employed by Desportes (actor)
- Pirzel, a captain (high tenor)
- Eisenhardt, an army chaplain (Heldenbaritone)
- Haudy, a captain (Heldenbaritone)
- Mary, captain (baritone)
- Three young officers (very high tenors)
- Countess de la Roche (mezzo soprano)
- The young count, her son (very high lyrical tenor)
- Andalusian girl, waitress (dancer)
- Three cadets (dancers)
- Madame Roux, proprietress of the coffee house (mute)
- Countess de la Roche's footman (actor)
- Young cadet (actor)
- Drunken officer (actor)
- Three captains (actors)
- 18 officers and cadets (actors and percussion)
Orchestra
- 4 flutes (all also piccolos; 3rd also alto flute)
- 3 oboes (all also oboes d'amore; 3rd also English horn)
- 4 clarinets (3rd also bass clarinet; 4th also E♭ clarinet)
- alto saxophone
- 3 bassoons (2nd and 3rd also contrabassoons)
- 5 horns (all also tenor tubas; 5th also bass tuba)
- 4 trumpets (3rd and 4th also bass trumpets)
- 4 trombones (4th also bass trombone)
- tuba (also contrabass tuba)
- timpani
- percussion (8-9 players)
- cymbals, 3 suspended cymbals, hi-hat
- 4 gongs, 4 tam-tams
- tambourine, 3 bongos, 5 tom-toms, tumba
- military drum, 4 snare drums, 3 tenor drums, rumble pot (friction drum), 2 bass drums
- 5 triangles, cowbell (handheld), 4 mounted cowbells, steel sticks
- 2 tubular bells, 3 suspended iron bars
- whip, castanets, claves, 2 wooden lids, 3 wooden drums
- guiro, maracas, shaker
- 3 crotales (E♭7, F7, G7), 3 crotales (unspecified high, medium, low)
- glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone
guitar, 2 harps, celesta, harpsichord, piano, organ (2 players)
strings (14/12/10/10/8)
On-stage Instruments
- Percussion 1
- 3 triangles (high), 2 crotales (high), 2 cymbals (high), gong (small), tam-tam (small), snare drum, military drum, 2 bongos, tenor drum, bass drum (with cymbal), 3 timpani, cowbell (high), 2 tubular bells, maracas, temple block (high).
- Percussion 2
- 3 triangles (medium), crotale (medium), 2 cymbals (medium), 2 gongs (medium/large), snare drum, 2 tom-toms, tenor drum, 3 timpani, cowbell (medium), 6 tubular bells, maracas, temple block (medium).
- Percussion 3
- 3 triangles (low), crotale (low), 2 cymbals (deep), gong (large), 2 tamtams (small/large), snare drum, tom-tom (low), tenor drum, 3 timpani, cowbell (low), 4 tubular bells, maracas, 3 temple blocks (low)
- Jazz Combo (Act II, Scene 1)
- clarinet, trumpet, guitar, double bass (amplified)
Electronics
- 3 screens and projectors, loudspeakers on stage and in hall
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