An opera in three acts
Text based on Pushkin's dramatic chronicle and Karamzin's
History of the Russian Empire
Words and music by Mussorgsky
English translation by DAVID LLOYD-JONES orchestrated by the composer Edited by Paul Lamm
A Scottish Opera production from the King's Theatre, Edinburgh
For cast list see page 37
ACT 1
Scene 1 The courtyard of the Notodievichy Monastery In Moscow
Scene 2 A square in the Kremlin
Scene 3 A cell In the Chudov
Monastery