- Unknown:
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Music By:
- Richard Strauss
- Conducted By:
- Erich Kleiber
- Unknown:
- Maria Theresa.
- Princess von Werdenberg. wife of Field-Marshal Prince von Werden berg (soprano):
- Maria Reining
- Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau (bass):
- Ludwig Weber
- Octavian (called Quinquin), a young gentleman of noble family (mezzo soprano):
- Sena Jurinac
- Sophie (soprano):
- Hilde Gueden
- Herr von Faninal, her father, a rich and newly ennobled merchant (baritone):
- Alfred Poell
- Marianne Leitmetzerin Sophie's duenna (soprano):
- Judith Hellwig
- Valzacchi, an intriguer (tenor):
- Peter Klein
- Annina, his partner (contralto):
- Hilde Rossl-Majdan
- A police inspectort bass):
- Walter Berry
- Majordomo at the Princess's residence (tenor):
- Harald Proglhof
- Majordomo at Faninal's residence (tenor):
- August Jaresch
- An attorney (bass):
- Franz Bierbach
- The landlord of an inn (tenor):
- Erich Majkut
- A vendor of animals:
- Erich Majkut
- An Italian singer (tenor):
- Anton Dermota
- Three orphans of noble family:
- Wilfriede Loibner,
- Three orphans of noble family:
- Elfriede Hochstatter,
- Three orphans of noble family:
- Maria Trupp
- A milliner (soprano):
- Berta Seidl
- Footmen of the Princess:
- Alois Buchbauer,
- Footmen of the Princess:
- Ludwig Fleck
- Footmen of the Princess:
- Fritz Maier
- Footmen of the Princess:
- Otto Vajda