- Unknown:
- Richard Strauss
- Unknown:
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- Unknown:
- Richard Pasco
- Translated By:
- Mary Whittal.
- Unknown:
- Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Nurse:
- Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-Soprano)
- Spirit messenger:
- Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
- Emperor:
- René Kollo (tenor)
- Empress:
- Cheryl Studer(soprano)
- Voice of the falcon:
- Juue Kaufmann (soprano)
- The one-eyed:
- Jan Hendrik Rootering (bass)
- The hunchback:
- Kenneth Garrison (tenor)
- The one-armed:
- Kurt Rydl (bass)
- Barak's wife:
- Ute Vinzing (soprano)
- Barak, a dyer:
- Alfred Muff (bass-Baritone)
- Slave-girls:
- Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
- Slave-girls:
- Juue Kaufmann (soprano)
- Slave-girls:
- Birgit Calm (mezzo-Soprano)
- Apparition of a youth:
- Paul Frey (tenor)
- Voices of night watchmen:
- Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
- Voices of night watchmen:
- Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
- Voices of night watchmen:
- Kurt Rydl (bass)
- Voice from above:
- Marjana Lipovsek
- Guardian of the threshold of the temple:
- Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
