C. Thomas Howell as Arturo Toscanini

Elizabeth Taylor as Nadina Bulichoff

Sophie Ward as Schwester Margherita

Pat Heywood as Madre Allegri

Jean-Pierre Cassel as Maestro Miguez

Nicolas Chagrin as M° Miguez

Philippe Noiret as Dom Pedro II.

John Rhys-Davies as Rossi

Leon Lissek as M° Superti

Carlo Bergonzi as Bertini

Eva Griffith as

Simon Gregor as

Franco Nero as Claudio Toscanini

Leonie Mellinger as

Gordon Warnecke as

Arturo Venegas as

Jenny Lipman as

Martin Benson as

Clive Swift as

Victor Baring as

Andrea Aureli as

Leslie French as

Irma Capece Minutolo as Signora Mantelli

Peter Rutherford as

Harriet Thorpe as

Margarida Marinho as

Adelaide João as Comparsa (uncredited)

Julie Sergeant as (uncredited)

Patrícia Tavares as (uncredited)

Márcia Breia as Comparsa (uncredited)

Lucinda Loureiro as (Uncredited)

Teresa Côrte-Real as (Uncredited)

Johnny Dennis as Comparsa

Albert Evansky as Comparsa (uncredited)