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Boris Godunov-14 July 1988 Evening 6.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor James Conlon
Chorus Director Robin Stapleton
Leader John Brown
Cast
Nikitich
a police officer 		Geoffrey Moses
Mitukha
a peasant 		William Mackie
Andrei Shchelkalov
secretary of the Council of Boyars 		Anthony Michaels-Moore
Prince Vassily Ivanovich Shuisky
a courtier 		Robert Tear
Boris Godunov
Tsar of Russia 		Robert Lloyd
Pimen
a hermit chronicler 		Gwynne Howell
Grigory Otrepiev
a young monk, later appearing as 		Vladimir Popov
The Pretender Dmitry Vladimir Popov
The Hostess of the Inn Elizabeth Bainbridge
Missail
a vagabond monk 		Francis Egerton
Varlaam
a vagabond monk 		Günter Missenhardt
Frontier Guard Eric Garrett
Xenia
Boris's daughter 		Linda Kitchen
Fyodor
Boris's son and heir 		Fiona Kimm
Xenia's Nurse Anne-Marie Owens
The Boyar in attendance Anthony Smith
Marina Mniszek
daughter of the Voyevode of Sandomir 		Eva Randová
Rangoni
a Jesuit in disguise 		Stafford Dean
The Simpleton Robin Leggate
Khrushchov
a boyar 		John Kerr
Czernikowski
a Jesuit 		William Mackie
Lavicki
a Jesuit 		Bryan Secombe
Boyars, Guards, Soldiers, Officers, Polish Nobility, Girls of Sandomir, Pilgrims, People of Moscow, Urchins, Vagabonds The Royal Opera Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-86)
Language: Russian
Durations: Part I: 6.36-8.21pm, Part II: 8.54-10.30pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 14 July 1988 (in Royal Opera House Collections)