Les Huguenots

Grand Opera in 5 acts
Music by
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Libretto by
Émile Deschamps
Eugène Scribe
Language
French
Premiere
1836
Roles
  • Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre
    Soprano
    • Dramatischer Koloratursopran
  • Valentine, daughter of Count de Saint-Bris
    Soprano
    • Jugendlich-Dramatischer Sopran
    • Dramatischer Sopran
  • Urbain, the Queen's page
    Soprano
    • Soubrette
    • Lyrischer Koloratursopran
  • Raoul de Nangis, a Protestant gentleman
    Tenor
    • Jugendlicher Heldentenor
  • Marcel, a Huguenot soldier, Raoul's servant
    Bass
    • Bass Buffo
    • Seriöser Bass
  • Le Comte de Nevers, a Catholic gentleman
    Baritone
    • Lyrischer Bariton
    • Kavalierbariton
  • Le Comte de Saint-Bris, a Catholic gentleman
    Baritone
    • Lyrischer Bariton
    • Charakterbariton
  • Bois-Rosé, a Huguenot soldier
    Tenor
    • Maurevert, a Catholic gentleman
      Baritone
      • Tavannes, a Catholic gentleman
        Tenor
        • Lyrischer Tenor
      • Cossé, a Catholic gentleman
        Tenor
        • Tenorbuffo
      • Thoré, a Catholic gentleman
        Bass
        • Bass Buffo
      • De Retz, a Catholic gentleman
        Baritone
        • Méru, a Catholic gentleman
          Baritone
          • Léonard, valet of the Comte de Nevers
            Tenor
            • Town crier
              Bass
              • Two Maids-of-Honor
                Soprano