voices, chorus, orchestra
- Voices
- Albrecht von Brandenburg, Cardinal Archbishop of Mainz (tenor)
Mathis, a painter, in love with Ursula (baritone)
Lorenz von Pommersfelden, Catholic Dean of Mainz Cathedral (bass)
Wolfgang Capito, Albrecht's counsellor [council of cardinal] (tenor)
Riedinger, a rich protestant citizen (bass)
Hans Schwalb, leader of the peasants (tenor)
Truchsess von Waldburg, an army general (bass)
Sylvester von Schaumberg, an army officer (tenor)
Count Helfenstein (silent role)
The Piper of Earls (tenor)
Ursula, Riedinger's daughter (soprano)
Regina, Schwalb's child daughter (soprano)
Countess Helfenstein (contralto)
- Chorus (SATB)
- citizens, farmers, farm servants
- Orchestra
- 2 flutes (both also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B flat ), 2 bassoons
4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B flat ), 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion (2-3 players), strings
- triangle, bell, suspended cymbal, cymbals, tam-tam, tambourine,
field drum, woodblock, snare drum, bass drum, castanets
- Incidental Music (In the Fourth Scene)
- 3 trumpets (C)