voices, chorus, orchestra (both versions)
- Original Version (1926)
- Cast
- The Goldsmith Cardillac (baritone)
The Daughter (soprano)
The Officer (tenor)
The Gold Merchant (bass)
The Gentleman (tenor)
The Lady (soprano)
The Marshal of Prévôté (high bass)
The King (silent role)
Courtiers [Cavaliers] and Ladies of the Court (silent roles)
The Prévôté (silent role)
- Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Folk People
- Pit-Orchestra
- 2 flutes, (2nd also piccolo), oboe, English horn, E flat clarinet, clarinet (B flat ),
- bass clarinet (B flat ), tenor saxophone (B flat ), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- horn (F), 2 trumpets (C), 2 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion (3-4 players), piano, strings (6,0,4,4,4)
- triangle, snare drum, tambourine, field drum, 4 timbales, small cymbals, cymbals,
suspended cymbal, bass drum, small gong, large tam-tam, 2 bells, glockenspiel
- Onstage Instruments (Behind the Scenes/Bühnenmusik)
- oboe, 2 horns (F), trumpet (C), trombone, trumpet, trombone, violin, 2 basses
- Revised Version (1952)
- Cast
- Cardillac, A Famous Goldsmith (baritone)
Cardillac's Daughter (soprano)
Cardillac's Journeyman (tenor)
The First Singer of the Opera (soprano)
The Officer (bass)
The Young Cavalier (tenor)
The Rich Marquis (silent role)
- Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Folk People, Guards, Theater Staff
- In Lully's Opera: (Phaeston)
- Clymene (contralto)
Phaeton (tenor)
Apollo (bass)
Singers and Dancers
- Pit-Orchestra
- 2 flutes, (2nd also piccolo), oboe, English horn, E flat clarinet, clarinet (B flat ),
- bass clarinet (B flat ), tenor saxophone (B flat ) (or heckelphone), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- horn (F), 2 trumpets (C), 2 trombones, tuba
timpani, percussion (3-4 players), piano, strings (6,0,4,4,4)
- triangle, snare drum, tambourine, field drum, suspended cymbal, cymbals,
bass drum, small gong, large tam-tam, glockenspiel
- Onstage Instruments (Behind the Scenes/Bühnenmusik)
- flute, oboe, bassoon, harpsichord, harp, violin, viola, cello, bass