- Music By:
- Delius Libretto
- Story By:
- Gottfried Keller
- Unknown:
- Tom Hammond
- Chorus-Master:
- John Pryce-Jones
- Leader:
- David Greed
- Conducted By:
- David Lloyd-Jones
- Manz, a rich farmer:
- Patrick Wheatley (bar)
- Marti, a rich farmer:
- Thomas Lawlor (bass)
- Sali, Manz's son (as a Child):
- . Eleanor Smith (sop)
- Vrenchen, Marti's daughter (as a child):
- Joy Naylor (sop)
- SÃ li:
- Adrian Martin (ten)
- Vrenchen:
- Laureen Livingstone (sop)
- Dark fiddler:
- Stuart Harling (bar)
- First peasant:
- David Scrivens (bar)
- Second peasant:
- James Thornton (bar)
- First woman:
- Fionnuala Hough (sop)
- Second woman:
- Elizabeth Lockwood (sop)
- Third woman:
- Vivienne Bailey (mezzo-Soprano)
- Gingerbread woman:
- Alison Jack (sop)
- Wheel-of-fortune woman:
- Rosemary Ashe (sop)
- Cheap jewellery woman:
- Marian Darby (mezzo-Sop)
- Showman:
- Alfred Hallett (tenor)
- Second bargee:
- Stephen Dowson (bar)
- Slim girl:
- Hilary Jackson (sop)
- Wild girl:
- Maria Jagusz (mezzo-Sop)
- Poor horn-player:
- Brian Cookson (tenor)
- Hunchbacked bass-fidd:
- Bruce Budd (bass)
- First bargee:
- Adrian Clarke (bar)
- Third bargee:
- George Haywood (ten)