Cast & Characters

The Cast

Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Filka Morozov: Stefan Margita
Skuratov: Kurt Streit
Shapkin: Peter Hoare
Shishkov: Peter Mattei
Gorianchikov: Willard White

The Characters

Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov (baritone) - Newly arrived in the prison, Goryanchikov is an educated man who tries to keep a low profile while in prison. His presence in the prison parallels the wounded eagle also present in the prison.

Skuratov (tenor) - The prisoner Skuratov becomes so homesick for Moscow that he eventually slips into insanity.

Shapkin (tenor) - A prisoner who tells a story of how a police superintendent interrogated him and almost pulled his ears off.

Aljeja (tenor) – A young Tatar, wrongfully imprisoned. Befriended by Petrovich, Aljeja becomes delirious with fever after being injured in a fight amongst the prisoners.

Filka Morozov (tenor) – Imprisoned for a minor offence, he goes by the name Luka Kuzmich.

Shishkov (baritone) - Imprisoned because he murdered his wife.