Robert Storch, a conductor and composer: (baritone) Christine Storch, Robert's wife: (soprano) Anna, the chambermaid of the Storches: (soprano) Baron Lummer: (tenor) Resi, a young girl: soprano The notary: (baritone) The notary's wife: (soprano) Stroh, another conductor, and skat partner of Storch: (tenor) A commercial counselor, and skat partner: (baritone) A legal counsellor, and skat partner: (baritone) A singer, and skat partner: (bass) Franzl, the Storch's son: (boy, spoken) Fanny, the Storch's cook: (spoken) Marie and Therese, maids: (spoken)
Chorus (silent)
Young girl, Chambermaid, Housemaid.
Orchestra
2 flutes (2nd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also english horn),
2 clarinets (B flat ) (2nd also bass clarinet (B flat , (A)), 2 bassoons (see note at bottom of instrumentation)
3 horns (in F, E, D, E-flat, and A), 2 trumpets (C), 2 trombones