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Boris Godunov-2 August 2005 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Kirov Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Visiting company
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Chorus Master Andrei Petrenko
Cast
Boris Godunov Yevgeny Nikitin
Pimen
monk and chronicler 		Mikhail Kit
Prince Vasily Shuisky
a Boyar 		Nikolai Gassiev
Grigory Otrepiev
a novice monk, later the Pretender Dmitri 		Oleg Balashov
Andrey Shchelkalov
the Duma secretary 		Viktor Chernomortsev
The Simpleton Evgeny Akimov
Varlaam
a wandering monk 		Alexei Tanovitsky
Missail
a wandering monk 		Viktor Vikhrov
Xenia
his daughter 		Tatiana Borodina
Fyodor
his son 		Maria Matveeva
Hostess of the Inn Olga Savova
The Old Nurse Nadezhda Vasilieva
Nikitich
a police officer 		Grigory Karasev
Boyar in Attendance Yuri Laptev
Mitukha Edem Umerov
Pristav Grigory Karasev
Boys Choir
Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Language: Russian
Surtitled by: Peter Kreiss
Durations: Entire work: 140 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for (in Royal Opera House Collections)