THE TSAR’S BRIDE

Opera in three acts
N. Rimsky-Korsakov
Libretto by N. Rimsky-Korsakov and N. Tyumenev based on the drama by L. Mey
Characters:
Vasily Vasilevich Sobakin, Novgorodian merchant
Marfa, his daughter
Grigory Grigorevich Gryaznoy, an oprichnik
Grigory Lukiyanovich Malyuta Skuratov, an oprichnik
Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov, boyar
Lyubasha
Yelisey Bomeliy, the Tsar’s physician
Domna Ivanovna Saburova, merchant’s wife
Dunyasha, her daughter, Marfa’s friend
Petrovna, the Sobakins’ housekeeper
The Tsar’s stoker
A maiden
A young man
The events take place in Aleksandrovsky settlement in autumn of 1572.