Voices: vocal soloists, mixed chorus
Orchestra: 4 flutes (3 and 4 also piccolo), 3 oboes (3 also English horn),
2 clarinets, 2 bass clarinets (B flat /A; 2nd also Contrabass Clarinet in B flat ),
4 bassoons, 4 offstage saxophones (soprano, 2 altos, tenor), 4 horns (F),
4 trumpets in C (3 and 4 offstage in Scene III of Act 2),
8 bugles and saxhorns (2 small bugles (E flat ), 2 bugles (B flat ), 2 alto saxhorns (E flat ),
2 baritone saxhorns (B flat )), 4 tenor trombones, tuba, cornetto (C), timpani,
percussion (bass drum, triangle, cymbals, gong, 2 pitched tam-tams),
harps (in 2 parts), strings