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Boris Godunov-22 September 2003 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 Semyon Bychkov
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Peter Manning
Cast
Nikitich
a police officer 		Brindley Sherratt
Mityukha
a peasant 		Adrian Clarke
Andrei Shchelkalov
secretary of the Council of Boyars 		Andrey Breus
Prince Vassily Ivanovich Shuisky
a courtier 		Hubert Delamboye
Boris Godunov
Tsar of Russia 		John Tomlinson
Pimen
a hermit chronicler 		Vladimir Vaneev
Grigory Otrepiev
a young monk, who later appears as The Pretender Dmitry 		Vladimir Galouzine
Grigory Otrepiev
a young monk, who later appears as The Pretender Dmitry 		Sergei Larin
Hostess of the Inn Ekaterina Gubanova
Missail
a vagabond monk 		Viacheslav Voynarovskiy
Varlaam
a vagabond monk 		Vladimir Matorin
Frontier guard Brindley Sherratt
Xenia
Boris's daughter 		Ailish Tynan
Fyodor
Boris's son and heir 		Tove Dahlberg
Xenia's nurse Frances McCafferty
Boyar in attendance John Bernays
Marina Mniszek
daughter of the Voyevoda of Sandomir 		Olga Borodina
Rangoni
a Jesuit in disguise 		Sergei Leiferkus
Simpleton Toby Spence
Krushchov
a boyar 		John Kerr
Chernikovsky
a Jesuit 		John Bernays
Lavitsky
a Jesuit 		Christopher Lackner
Boyars, guards, soldiers, officers, Polish nobility, girls of Sandomir, pilgrims, people of Moscow, urchins, vagabonds The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Dancers
Boys from Trinity Boys' Choir (Croydon)
Children from St Clement Danes School (Drury Lane)
Children from The Place (Euston)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Sergei Larin was unable to sing because of a sore throat. He walked the role of Grigory Otrepiev on stage while Vladimir Galouzine sang from the pit.
Language: Russian
Surtitled by: Peter Kreiss
Durations: Prologue and Acts I and II: 6.35-8.20pm, Acts III and IV: 8.47-10.31pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 22 September 2003 (in Royal Opera House Collections)