An opera by Mussorgsky after PUSHKIN
Revised and orchestrated by RimsKY-KORSAKOV
Sung in Russian
Cast in order of singing: Continued in next column
Townsfolk, boyars, soldiers, Polish nobility, monks, etc.
CHORUS OF THE VIENNA STATE OPERA
CHORUS OF THE
CROAT NATIONAL OPERA, ZAGREB
CHAMBER CHORUS OF THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL
Chorus-Master,
Walter Hagen-Groll VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
The action takes place between 1598 and 1605 Scene 1
The courtyard of a monastery near
Moscow scene 2
A cell fn the Chudov monastery
Scene 3
The Square In front of the Uspensky Cathedral in Moscow
Scene 4
An inn near the Lithuanian border
Scene 5
A room In the Imperial Palace
Scene 6
Marina's boudoir
Scene 7
The castle gardens at Sandomlr
Scene 8
A clearing in the forest near Kromy
Scene 9
The great hall in the Kremlin
Recording from the Salzburg Festival. made available by courtesy of the Austrian Radio, and broadcast In the series ' Radio in Europe '