Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
- Cast
- Helena, wife of Menelaus: (soprano)
Menelaus: (tenor)
Hermione, daughter of Helena and Menelaus: (soprano)
Aithra, the daughter of an Egyptian King, a sorceress: (soprano)
Altair: (baritone)
Da-Ud, Altair's son: (tenor)
Two Servants of Aithra: (soprano, mezzo-soprano)
Four elves: (2 sopranos, 2 contraltos)
The omniscient sea-shell: (contralto)
- Chorus (SATB)
- Elves, male and female warriors, slaves, eunuchs
- Pit-Orchestra
- 4 flutes (3rd and 4th also piccolo), 2 oboes, english horn,
- clarinet (C), 2 clarinets (B flat , A), bass clarinet (B flat , A) (also clarinet (D)), 3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon)
- 6 horns (F, E, D), 6 trumpets (C, B flat , D), 3 trombones, bass tuba
- Timpani, Percussion:
- (bass drum, tam-tam, snare drum, cymbals, glockenspiel)
- celesta, organ, 2 harps, strings (16,14,10,10,8)
- On-Stage Band (Act 2)
- 6 oboes, 6 clarinets (C), 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (C), 4 trombone
timpani, 4 triangle, 2 tambourines, wind machine