| Semperoper Dresden | | |
| Christian Thielemann | Conductor | |
| David Bösch | Director | |
| Patrick Bannwart | Set Designer, Video design | |
| Falko Herold | Costume Designer, Video design | |
| Fabio Antoci | Lighting Designer | |
| Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden | | |
| Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden | | |
| Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden | | |
| Eric Cutler | Tenor | Emperor |
| Camilla Nylund | Soprano | Empress |
| Evelyn Herlitzius | Soprano | Nurse |
| Oleksandr Pushniak | Bass-baritone | Barak, the Dyer |
| Miina-Liisa Värelä | Soprano | Barak the Dyer's Wife |
| Nikola Hillebrand | Soprano | The Guardian of the Threshold |
| Lea-ann Dunbar | Soprano | The Voice of a Falcon |
| Christa Mayer | Mezzo-soprano | A Voice From Above |
| Rafael Fingerlos | Baritone | The One-Eyed Man, Barak’s Brother |
| Tansel Akzeybek | Tenor | The Hunchback, Barak's Brother |
| Tilmann Rönnebeck | Bass | The One-Armed Man, Barak’s Brother |
| Andreas Bauer Kanabas | Bass | The Messenger of Keikobad |