Cast & Characters

The Cast

Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Eleanor Steber
Anatol: Nicolai Gedda
Erika: Rosalind Elias
Baroness: Regina Resnik
Doctor: Giorgio Tozzi
Nicholas: George Cehanovsky

The Characters

Vanessa (soprano) – A lady of great beauty, in her late thirties.

Anatol (tenor) – A handsome young man in his early twenties.

Erika (mezzo-soprano) – Vanessa's niece, a young girl of twenty.

Baroness (contralto) – Vanessa's mother and Erika’s grandmother.

Doctor (baritone) – A doctor.

Nicholas (bass) – The Major-Domo.

Footman (bass) – A Footman.