«The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and Maiden Fevronia»

2001, the Mariinsky Theatre’s performance, St.-Petersburg

The characters:

Knyaz (Prince) Yuri Vsevolodovich -	bass
Knyazhych Vsevolod Yurievich (junior prince - his son) –	tenor
Fevronia -	soprano
Grishka Kuterma -	tenor
Fyodor Poyarok -	baritone
A youth –	mezzo-soprano
Two best men -	tenor, bass
Psaltery player -	bass
A trained bear owner -	tenor
Beggar- the first singer -	baritone
Bedyay and Burunday, tatar knights -	basses
Syrin and Alkhonost, paradise birds -	soprano, contralto
Streletses of the Prince, travellers, domra players, best men, beggars, people, tatars.

The year of 6751 from the creation of the world

Photo by Natasha Razina

I act:

in the Kerzhensky woods;

II act:

in the city of Maly Kitezh on the Volga;

III act:

first scene -	in Great Kitezh;
second scene -	at the lake “Svetly Yar»;

IV act:

first scene -	in the Kerzhensky woods;
second scene -	in the Invisible City.

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