The Prophet

Characters of the Opera

Count Oberthal, Lord of the manor.
John of Leyden, an innkeeper and then a revolutionist (the Prophet).

Jonas } Anabaptists.
Mathison
Zacharia

Bertha, affianced to John of Leyden.
Faith, John’s mother.

Choir: Peasants, soldiers, people, officers.

Story laid in Holland, near Dordrecht, about the fifteenth century.

Composer: Meyerbeer.
Author: Scribe.