King Priam - Roles

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, 29 May 1962
(Conductor: John Pritchard)
Priam, King of Troy bass-baritone Forbes Robinson
Hecuba, his wife dramatic soprano Marie Collier
Hector, their eldest son baritone Victor Godfrey
Andromache, Hector's wife lyric dramatic mezzo-soprano Josephine Veasey
Paris, Priam's second son tenor John Dobson
Paris as a boy treble Philip Doghan
Helen, Paris' lover lyric mezzo-soprano Margreta Elkins
Achilles, a Greek hero heroic tenor Richard Lewis
Patroclus, his friend light baritone Joseph Ward
Nurse mezzo-soprano Noreen Berry
Old Man bass David Kelly
Young Guard lyric tenor Robert Bowman
Hermes, messenger of the gods high light tenor John Lanigan
Chorus: Hunters, Wedding Guests, Serving-women

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