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Khovanshchina-19 October 1963 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Kouzka
a musketeer (Streltsy) 		Kenneth Collins
1st Strelyets Ronald Lewis
2nd Strelyets Eric Garrett
A Scribe Kenneth MacDonald
The Boyar Shaklovity Forbes Robinson
Prince Ivan Khovansky
leader of the Streltsy (Musketeers) 		David Ward
Emma
a young girl from the German quarter of the city 		Elizabeth Vaughan
Prince Andrei Khovansky
Ivan Khovansky's son 		John Dobson
Marfa
a young widow, an Old Believer 		Monica Sinclair
Dosifei
leader of the Old Believers 		Joseph Rouleau
Prince Vassily Galitsin Charles Craig
Varsonofiev
attendant upon Galitsin 		Clifford Starr
Streshnev Edgar Evans
Principal Dancer Diana Vere
Musketeers, Old Believers, Boyars, Peasants, Persian Slaves, Guards, Trumpeters, Populace The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
Students of Acton County Grammar School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Edward Downes
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 19 October 1963 (in Royal Opera House Collections)