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Libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ilya Tyumenev after the drama of the same name by Lev Mei.
| Conductor | |
| Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin, Novgorod merchant | |
| Martha | |
| Grigoriy Grigorievich Gryaznoy, the oprichnik | |
| Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov (Malyuta), the oprichnik | |
| Ivan Sergeevich Lykov, boyar | |
| Lyubasha, the mistress of Gryaznoy | |
| Elisey Bomelius, royal doctor | |
| Domna Ivanovna Saburova, merchant wife | |
| Dunyasha | |
| Petrovna, Sabnurov's housekeeper | |
| Executioner | |
| Young guy | |
| A face similar to Ivan the Terrible | |