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Boris Godunov-2 November 1984 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 James Lockhart
Chorus Master Peter Burian
Leader Hugh Maguire
Cast
Nikitich
a police officer 		Paul Hudson
Mitukha
a peasant 		John Gibbs
Andrei Shchelkalov
secretary of the Council of Boyars 		David Wilson-Johnson
Prince Vassily Ivanovich Shuisky
a courtier 		Robert Tear
Boris Godunov
Tsar of Russia 		Nicola Ghiuselev
Pimen
a hermit chronicler 		Dimitri Kavrakos
Grigory Otrepiev
a young monk, later appearing as 		Mikhail Svetlev
The Pretender Dmitry Mikhail Svetlev
The Hostess of the Inn Elizabeth Bainbridge
Missail
a vagabond monk 		Francis Egerton
Varlaam
a vagabond monk 		Aage Haugland
Frontier Guard Roderick Earle
Xenia
Boris's daughter 		Joan Rodgers
Fyodor
Boris's son and heir 		Fiona Kimm
Xenia's Nurse Marta Szirmay
The Boyar in attendance Anthony Smith
Marina Mniszek
daughter of the Voyevode of Sandomir 		Eva Randová
Rangoni
a Jesuit in disguise 		Stafford Dean
The Simpleton Robin Leggate
Khrushchov
a boyar 		John Kerr
Czernikowski
a Jesuit 		John Gibbs
Lavicki
a Jesuit 		Gordon Sandison
Boyars and their children, Guards, Soldiers, Officers, Polish Nobility, Girls of Sandomir, Pilgrims, People of Moscow, Urchins, Vagabonds The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from St Clement Danes School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Russian
Durations: Prologue and Acts I and II: 6.37-8.16pm, Acts III and IV: 8.47-10.18pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 2 November 1984 (in Royal Opera House Collections)