voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Henry VIII (baritone)
Catherine d'Aragon (soprano)
Anne Boleyn (mezzo-soprano)
Lady Clarence (soprano)
Don Gomez de Feria (tenor)
Cardinal Campeggio, legatus of the pope (bass)
Le duc de Norfolk (bass)
Le comte de Surrey (tenor)
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (bass)
Garter King of Arms (tenor)
Un huissier (bass)
- Mixed Chorus
- Orchestra
- 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet in B flat
- (also opt. contrabass clarinet in E flat ), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 cornets, 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, percussion*, 2 harps, strings
*(bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam)
- Offstage Military Orchestra
- piccolo clarinet (E flat ), 5 saxophones (soprano in B flat , 2 alto in E flat , tenor in B flat , baritone in E flat )
2 cornets (B flat ), trumpet (in F), 2 saxotrombas (E flat ),
9 saxhorns (piccolo in E flat , 3 soprano in B flat , 2 baritone in B flat , bass in B flat , 2 contrabass in E flat and B flat )
3 trombones, tambour (field drum)