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('A Life for the Tsar')
Opera by Glinka
French version by M. Souvchinsky
Produced by Mark H. Lubbock
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper )
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Trained by John Clements )
Conducted by Nicolai Malko
Cast, in order of singing:
The action takes place in February, 1613
The opera was first produced in St. Petersburg, November 27, 1836
Act 1
A street in Domnino
Act 2
BrilliantPollsh gathering in a ballroom

Contributors

Unknown:
M. Souvchinsky
Leader:
Andrew Cooper
Unknown:
John Clements
Conducted By:
Nicolai Malko
Antonida, daughter of Ivan Susanin:
Claudine Collart
Ivan Susanin, a peasant:
Louis Noguira
Sobinin, a warrior, betrothed to Antonida:
Frans Vroons
King Sigismund:
George Steam Scott
A messenger:
Paul Andrt
Vania, Ivan Susanin's adopted son:
Eliette Schenneberg

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