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Khovanshchina-7 November 1972 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Kouzka
a musketeer (Strelyets) 		Adrian de Peyer
1st Strelyets Thomas Allen
2nd Strelyets Robert Lloyd
A Scribe Francis Egerton
The Boyar Shaklovity Donald McIntyre
Prince Ivan Khovansky
leader of the Strelyets (Musketeers) 		David Ward
Emma
a young girl from the German quarter of the city 		Anne Pashley
Prince Andrei Khovansky
Ivan Khovansky's son 		John Dobson
Marfa
an Old Believer 		Yvonne Minton
Dosifei
leader of the Old Believers 		Martti Talvela
Prince Vassily Galitsin Robert Tear
Varsonofiev
attendant upon Galitsin 		William Elvin
Pastor Otakar Kraus
Susannah Janice Chapman
Principal Dancer Ria Peri
A Lackey Clifford Starr
Streshnev Robert Thomas
Musketeers, Old Believers, Boyars, Peasants, Persian slaves, Guards, Trumpeters, Populace The Royal Opera Chorus
Artists of The Royal Ballet
Children from St Clement Danes Grammar School for Boys
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Russian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 7 November 1972 (in Royal Opera House Collections)