Organization

Singer

Bass

Clive Bayley

Tsar Ivan Vasilevich the Terrible

David Shipley

Prince Yuriy Ivanovich Tokmakov

Tenor

Carl Tanner

Mikhail Andreyevich Tucha

Soprano

Evelina Dobračeva

Princess Olga Yuryevna Tokmakova

Adrian Thompson

Boyar Nikita Matuta

Mezzo-soprano

Liubov Sokolova

Vlasyevna

Amy Kerenza Sedgwick

Perfilyevna

Phil Wilcox

Prince Afanasy Vyazemsky

Rosie Rowell

Stepanida

John Ieuan Jones

Bomelius

Colin Murray

Yushko Velebin

Mark Bonney

A Sentry

Vera Sheloga

Ivan Sheloga

Stage director

David Pountney

Conductor

Mikahail Tatarnikov

Nadezhda

Set designer

Francis O'Connor

Lighting designer

Malcolm Rippeth

Grange Park Opera

Orchestra

The Gascoigne Orchestra

Russian

Ivan The Terrible

Surrey

United Kingdom

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

The 2021 season’s most spectacular opera is not a blood and guts depiction of Tsarist terror but, at its heart is a tender story of the all-powerful ruler re-discovering his long-lost illegitimate daughter. What we see on-stage is Ivan described in the most tender terms as a passionate lover in the Prologue, and then in its final scene as an emotional father with his daughter.

Opera giant David Pountney directs a truly international cast including Mariinsky conductor Tatarnikov.

Ivan the Terrible is a spectacle, a hidden gem, with expansive music, passionate plot and vivid crowd scenes.

Production booklet

Further reading