Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 29 February 1836 (Conductor: François Habeneck) |
|---|---|---|
| Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre | soprano | Julie Dorus-Gras |
| Valentine, daughter of Count de Saint-Bris | soprano | Cornélie Falcon |
| Urbain, the Queen's page | soprano | Maria Flécheux |
| Raoul de Nangis, a Protestant gentleman | tenor | Adolphe Nourrit |
| Marcel, a Huguenot soldier, Raoul's servant | bass | Nicolas Levasseur |
| Le Comte de Nevers, a Catholic gentleman | baritone | Prosper Dérivis |
| Le Comte de Saint-Bris, a Catholic gentleman | baritone | Jean-Jacques-Émile Serda |
| Bois-Rosé, a Huguenot soldier | tenor | François Wartel |
| Maurevert, a Catholic gentleman | baritone | Bernadet |
| Tavannes, a Catholic gentleman | tenor | Alexis Dupont |
| Cossé, a Catholic gentleman | tenor | Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol |
| Thoré, a Catholic gentleman | tenor | François Wartel |
| De Retz, a Catholic gentleman | baritone | Alexandre Prévost |
| Méru, a Catholic gentleman | baritone | Ferdinand Prévôt |
| Two Maids-of-Honor | soprano | Gosselin and Laurent |
| Chorus: Catholic and Huguenot ladies and gentlemen of the court, soldiers, pages, citizens, and populace; night watch, monks, students | ||
(Julie Dorus-Gras)
(Adolphe Nourrit)
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