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Boris Godunov-1 August 2005 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Kirov Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Visiting company
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Chorus Master Andrei Petrenko
Cast
Boris Godunov Vladimir Vaneev
Pimen
monk and chronicler 		Sergej Aleksashkin
Prince Vasily Shuisky
a Boyar 		Alexei Steblianko
Grigory Otrepiev
a novice monk, later the Pretender Dmitri 		Oleg Balashov
Andrey Shchelkalov
the Duma secretary 		Vasily Gerello
The Simpleton Evgeny Akimov
Varlaam
a wandering monk 		Gennady Bezzubenkov
Missail
a wandering monk 		Viktor Vikhrov
Xenia
his daughter 		Tatiana Borodina
Fyodor
his son 		Francis Bull
Fyodor
his son 		Benjamin Westerman
Hostess of the Inn Olga Savova
The Old Nurse Nadezhda Vasilieva
Nikitich
a police officer 		Alexei Tanovitsky
Boyar in Attendance Yuri Laptev
Mitukha Edem Umerov
Pristav Alexei Tanovitsky
Boys Choir
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Notes: The programme lists both Francis Bull and Benjamin Westerman in the role of Boris Godunov's son. It is not known which of them appeared on the night.
Language: Russian
Surtitled by: Peter Kreiss
Durations: Entire work: 140 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for (in Royal Opera House Collections)