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Boris Godunov-25 February 1974 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 Meyer Stolow
Cast
Nikitích
a police officer 		Eric Garrett
Mitiukha
a peasant 		Duncan Reece
Shchelkálov
Secretary of the Council of Boyars 		Robert Bickerstaff
Prince Vasili Ivánovich Shuiski
a courtier 		John Lanigan
Borís Feódorovich Godunóv
Tsar of Russia 		Nicolai Ghiaurov
Pímyen
a hermit chronicler 		Gwynne Howell
The Pretender
appearing first as Grigóri Otryépev, a young monk in Pímyen's charge, later as the false Dmitri 		William McAlpine
The Hostess of the Inn Elizabeth Bainbridge
Varláam
vagabond monk 		Michael Langdon
Misaíl
vagabond monk 		Frank Egerton
Frontier Guard Eric Garrett
Feódor
Boris's son and heir 		Anne Pashley
Xénia
Boris's daughter 		Teresa Cahill
Xénia's Nurse Noreen Berry
The Boyar in Attendance William Elvin
Marina Mníszech
daughter of the Voyevode of Sandomierz 		Heather Begg
Rangoni
a Jesuit in disguise 		Michael Rippon
A Holy Simpleton Alexander Oliver
Khrushchóv
a boyar 		Handel Owen
Czernikowski
Jesuit 		Paul Hudson
Lawicki
Jesuit 		William Elvin
Boyars, their children, Guards, Soldiers, Officers, Polish Noblemen and Ladies, Girls of Sandomierz, Pilgrims, people of Moscow. The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Finchley Catholic High School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Russian
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 25 February 1974 (in Royal Opera House Collections)