<page_title> Farinelli (opera) </page_title> <section_title> Roles </section_title> <table> <cell> Farinelli <col_header> Role </col_header> </cell> <cell> tenor <col_header> Voice type </col_header> </cell> <cell> Michael William Balfe <col_header> Premiere Cast, February 2, 1839 (Conductor: William Hawes) </col_header> </cell> </table>
For the opera Farinelli becomes a tenor; at the premiere by Michael William Balfe.