Casting

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Cast Size: Flexible Cast Size
Cast Type: Ensemble Cast
Dance Requirements: None

Character Breakdown

Fredrika Armfeldt
Desiree's witty daughter who is very self-contained and formal with the precise diction of the convent-trained.
Gender: female
Age: 12 to 15
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Madame Armfeldt
Desiree's elderly mother; brutally honest and a veteran of discreet encounters with the crowned heads of Europe.
Gender: female
Age: 70 to 85
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Henrik Egerman
Fredrick's gloomy son. He is serious but confused, as he studies for the Lutheran priesthood.
Gender: male
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: G3
Anne Egerman
Giddy and virginal; naive at times. A breathtakingly gorgeous child bride and Fredrick's new wife.
Gender: female
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: Ab5
Vocal range bottom: G#3
Fredrick Egerman
Middle-aged lawyer who is married to his second wife, Anne, and has a son, Henrik, from his first marriage.
Gender: male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Petra
Anne's earthy maid and closest confidante. She seizes every moment to rustle in the hay.
Gender: female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Desiree Armfeldt
A self-absorbed, once-successful actress now touring the country-side. She becomes entangled in a love triangle with the Count and Fredrick.
Gender: female
Age: 40 to 50
Vocal range top: Ab5
Vocal range bottom: F#3
Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm

Vain, arrogant, and splendidly proportioned but ferociously jealous. He is Desiree's newest lover.

Gender: male
Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: G3
Countess Charlotte Malcolm
The Count's manic depressive, mistreated and downtrodden wife.
Gender: female
Age: 30 to 40
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Ensemble
The Liebeslieder Singers, Servants, Helpers