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The Enchantress-31 January 1998 Evening

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Paisii
a tramp disguised as a monk 		Robin Leggate
Balakin Peter Bronder
Foka
Kuma's uncle 		Alan Ewing
Potap
a servant 		Paul Whelan
Kuma (Nastasia) Galina Gorchakova
Polia Leah-Marian Jones
Lukash
a servant 		Timothy Robinson
Kichiga Jeremy White
Prince Nikita Danilych Kurliatev
governor-general of Nizhnii Novgorod 		Nikolai Putilin
Mamyrov
his clerk 		Vladimir Matorin
Princess Evpraksia Romanovna
Prince Nikita's wife 		Larissa Diadkova
Nenila
Princess Evpraksia's lady-in-waiting 		Maria Riadtchikova
Yuri
the Prince and Princess's son 		Gegam Grigorian
Ivan Zhuran
Prince Nikita's huntsman 		Roderick Earle
Kudma
a sorcerer 		Vladimir Matorin
Girls, guests, guards, serfs, huntsmen, minstrels, peasants The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Russian
Durations: Acts I and II: 105 minutes, Interval: 20 minutes, Acts III and IV: 100 minutes
Information source: The Royal Opera programme for 31 January-2 February 1998 (in Royal Opera House Collections)