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from Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow


The Tsar's Bride
Opera in four acts

Libretto

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow, after the play "The Maid of Pskov" by Lev Alexandrovich Mey

Premiere

3 November 1899, Moscow (Solodovnikov Theatre)

Cast

WASSILI STEPANOWITSCH SOBAKIN (bass)
MARFA (soprano)
GRIGORI GRIGORJEWTSCH GRJASNOJ (baritone)
GRIGORI LUKJANOWITSCH MALJUTA-SKURATOW (bass)
IWAN SERGEJEWITSCH LYKOW (tenor)
LJUBASCHA (mezzo-soprano)
JELISSEI BOMELIUS (tenor)o
DOMNA IWANOWNA SABUROWA (sopran)
DUNJASCHA (contralto)
PETROWNA (mezzo-soprano)
HEIZER (bass)
DIENSTMÄDCHEN (mezzo-soprano)
EIN JUNGER BURSCHE (tenor)

CHORUS
Opritschniki, Bojaren, Bojarinnen, Sänger, Sängerinnen, Dienstmädchen, Diener, Volk

BALLETT
Tänzerinnen

Place

Moscow

Time

Autumn 1572

Composer

Rimski-Korsakow, Nikolai