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Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
- Cast
- The Emperor: (tenor)
The Empress, Keikobad's daughter, the Emperor's wife: (high dramatic soprano) The Nurse, The Empress's guardian: (dramatic mezzo-soprano) The Messenger of Keikobad: (high baritone) The Guardian of the Threshold of the temple: (soprano or countertenor) The Apparition of a Youth: (high tenor) The Voice of a Falcon: (soprano) A Voice From Above: (contralto) Barak, the Dyer: (bass-baritone) The Dyer's Wife: (high dramatic soprano) The One-eyed Man, Barak's brother: (high bass) The One-Armed Man, Barak's brother: (bass) The Hunchback, Barak's brother: (high tenor) Voices of Six Unborn Children: (3 sopranos, 3 contraltos or baritones) Voices of Three Town Watchmen: (3 baritones or basses)
- Chorus (SATB)
- Servants of the Empress, other children and beggar-children,
spirit-servants and attendant spirit-voices
- Pit-Orchestra
- 4 flutes (3rd and 4th also piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn), 2 clarinets (B♭, C),
- clarinet (E♭) (also clarinet (D)), basset-horn (also 1st clarinet (C)),
bass clarinet (B♭) (also 2nd clarinet (C)), 4 bassoons (4th also contrabassoon)
- 8 horns (F, E, E♭, D, C) (5-8 also on 2 tenor Wagner tubas (B♭, F)), 6 trumpets (B♭, C, E, E♭), 4 trombones, bass tuba
- 4 timpani, percussion:
- (Musical glasses, 5 Chinese gongs, cymbals, snare drum, rute, sleigh bells, bass drum, tenor drum, big field drum,
triangle, tambourine, 2 castanets, tamtam, whip (slapstick), xylophone, glockenspiel, bells)
- 2 celestas, 2 harps, strings (vlnI/16,vlnII/16,vlaI/6,vlaII/6,vlcI/6,vlcII/6,db/8)
On-Stage Orchestra
- 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets (C), bassoon,
- horn (F), 6 trumpets (C, 3 also in B♭, 3 also in (C)), 6 trombones,
- wind machine, thunder machine, 4 tam-tams, organ
(On-stage woodwinds and horn may play in pit if necessary; two of the on-stage trumpets move to the pit for Act III, thus a total of 10 trumpets is required.)
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