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Boris Godunov-14 December 1950 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Warwick Braithwaite
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Thomas Matthews
Cast
Police Officer Ronald Lewis
Mitiukha
a peasant 		Hubert Littlewood
Andrei Shchelkalof
Secretary of the Council 		Rhydderch Davies
Boris Godunov
Tsar of Russia 		Marian Nowakowski
Pimen
a monk and chronicler 		Kenneth Stevenson
The Pretender
named Grigory, afterwards the false Dmitri (a novice in Pimen's cave) 		Thorsteinn Hannesson
The Pretender
named Grigory, afterwards the false Dmitri (a novice in Pimen's cave) 		Edgar Evans
The Hostess of the Inn Edith Coates
Varlaam
vagabond monk 		Howell Glynne
Missail
vagabond monk 		David Tree
Nikitich
a police officer 		Ronald Lewis
Feodor
The Tsar's child 		Monica Sinclair
Xenia
The Tsar's child 		Adele Leigh
Xenia's nurse Jean Watson
The Boyar in attendance Emlyn Jones
Prince Vassili Ivanovich Shuisky
a courtier 		Parry Jones
Marina Mnishek
a Polish princess 		Constance Shacklock
The Boyar Khruschof Thomas Fletcher
Lavitsky
Jesuit 		Rhydderch Davies
Chernikofsky
Jesuit 		Ronald Lewis
The Simpleton Dennis Stephenson
Boyars, their children, Guards, Soldiers, Officers, Polish Noblemen and Ladies, Polish Girls, Wandering Mendicants, the people of Moscow The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Notes: The role of Rangoni is not listed in the programme, and therefore the singer is not known. Thorsteinn Hannesson was injured during Act I and was replaced by Edgar Evans for the remainder of the performance.
Language: English
Translator: Rosa Newmarch
Durations: Prologue: 7.03-7.25pm, Act I: 7.41-8.16pm, Act II scene 1: 8.37-9.08pm, Act II scenes 2 and 3: 9.20-9.54pm, Act III: 10.10-10.35pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 14 December 1950 (in Royal Opera House Collections)