IOLANTA

Opera in one act
P. Tchaikovsky
Libretto by M. Tchaikovsky based on the drama «King Rene's Daughter» by H. Hertz
Characters:
Rene, King of Naples, Count of Provence
Iolanta, blind daughter of King Rene
Robert, Duke of Burgundy
Count Vaudemont, a Burgundian knight
Ibn-Hakia, a Moorish physician
Almeric, armour-bearer to the King
Bertrand, doorkeeper of the castle
Marta, Bertrand’s wife, Iolanta’s nursemaid
Brigitta and Laura, Iolanta’s friends
Iolanta’s servant-girls and friends, the king’s retinue, the Duke’s regiment, men-at-arms.
The events take place in in the mountains of southern France in the 15th century.