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Boris Godunov-30 October 1974 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Yuri Ahronovitch
Chorus Master Robin Stapleton
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Nikitích
a police officer 		Richard Van Allan
Mitiúkha
a peasant 		Duncan Reece
Shchelkálov
Secretary of the Council of Boyars 		Robert Lloyd
Prince Vasíli Ivánovich Shúiski
a courtier 		John Lanigan
Borís Feódorovich Godunóv
Tsar of Russia 		Boris Christoff
Pímyen
a hermit chronicler 		Gwynne Howell
The Pretender
appearing first as Grigóri Otryépev, a young monk in Pímyen's charge, later as the false Dmítri 		Jon Andrew
The Hostess of the Inn Elizabeth Bainbridge
Varlaám
vagabond monk 		Michael Langdon
Misaíl
vagabond monk 		Alexander Oliver
Frontier Guard Eric Garrett
Feódor
Boris's son and heir 		Anne Pashley
Xénia
Boris's daughter 		Elizabeth Gale
Xénia's Nurse Johanna Peters
The Boyar in Attendance William Elvin
Marina Mníszech
daughter of the Voyevode of Sandomierz 		Josephine Veasey
Rangoni
a Jesuit in disguise 		Raimund Herincx
A Holy Simpleton Robert Tear
Khrushchóv
a boyar 		Handel Owen
Czernikowski
Jesuit 		Robert Lloyd
Lawicki
Jesuit 		William Elvin
Boyars, their children, Guards, Soldiers, Officers, Polish Noblemen and Ladies, Girls of Sandomierz, Pilgrims, people of Moscow. The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Finchley Catholic High School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Russian
Durations: Prologue and Act I scene 1: 7.03-7.52pm, Act I scene 2 and Act II: 8.12-9.10pm, Act III: 9.27-10.05pm, Act IV: 10.24-11.20pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 30 October 1974 (in Royal Opera House Collections)