Edinburgh University Musical Society Concert
Venue:
Dr John Fairbairn - leader of the orchestra
Sidney Newman - conductor
Boris Godounov ... Modest Petrovitch Moussorgsky
Prologue scene 1. The courtyard of the monastery of Novodievicky
A police officer - Iain Robertson
Mitiukha (a peasant) - Robert Shand
Andrei Shchelkalof (secretary to the council) - Nicoll Easton
Prologue scene 2. The Kremlin square
Prince Vassili Ivanovitch Shuisky - Parry Jones
Boris Godounov - Marian Nowakowski
Act II. An appartment in the Tsar's palace
Xenia (daughter of Boris) - Barbara Delano Laing
Feodor (son of Boris) - Roberta McEwan
Xenia's nurse - Mona Benson
Boris Godounov - Marian Nowakowski
Shuisky - Parry Jones
INTERVAL
Act IV. Scene 1. The council chamber of the palace
Shuisky - Parry Jones
Boris Godounov - Marian Nowakowski
Pimen - Nicoll Easton
Feodor - Roberta McEwen
Act IV. Scene 2. A clearing in the forest near Kromy
The simpleton - James MIller
Varlaam - William Tiplady
Missail - Christie Duncan
Polish Jesuit - George Beagrie
Polish Jesuit - Iain Robertson
The pretender (Dimitri) - William Mitchell
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Extensive programme notes, together with an outline of the plot (unsigned).
On p.7: advert for McEwen Hall carol party on 15 December 1954, and a performance of Bach's St John Passion in the Music Hall, George Street on 3 March 1955.