Fiery Angel, The (L'Ange de Feu)
Classification added December 1, 2015Premiered November 25, 1954 (Concert Version), September 14, 1955 (Staged Version)
Paris. Théâre des Champs Elysées, Venice (Staged Version)
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Original Language:
Russian (French Translation by André Michel)
Librettist:
Sergei Prokofiev
Description:
Opera in V Acts and Seven Tableau
Notes:
Libretto from a novel by Valery Bryusov (published in Russia in 1907)
Time Period:
17th Century
Place:
Germany
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Ruprecht, a knight | Baritone | L |
| Renata | Soprano | L |
| Agrippa Von Nettelsheim, a philosopher | Tenor | F |
| Mephistopheles | Tenor | F |
| The Mother Superior (Abbess) | Mezzo-Soprano | F |
| The Inquisitor | Bass | F |
| The Hostess of the Inn | Contralto | S |
| A Fortune-Teller (Sorceress) | Mezzo-Soprano | S |
| Faust | Baritone | S |
| Two Young Nuns | Sopranos | S |
| Jakob Glock | Tenor | B |
| The Servant at the Inn (Laborer) | Baritone | B |
| A Kitchen Boy | Mute | B |
| 6 Nuns | 3 Sopranos & 3 Altos | B |
| Mathias (Matthew) friend of Ruprecht | Baritone | B |
| The Doctor | Tenor | B |
| The Innkeeper (at Cologne) | Baritone | B |
| A Pot-Boy | Treble | B |
| Three Men of Cologne | Basses | CB each |
| Count Heinrich (Dancer) |
Minimum Chorus: 36
Divisi: SATB