Roles
- (Vladimir) Krasnoye Solnyshko, prince of the capital Kiev: baritone
- Rogneda, one of his wives: mezzo-soprano
- Izyaslav, her 13-year-old son: contralto
- Dobrynya Nikitich, the prince's uncle: bass
- Rual'd, a young Varangian, a Christian: tenor
- Ingerd: tenor
- Drulav: bass
- Old Man Wanderer: bass
- Supreme Priest of Perun: bass
- The Prince's Jester, a merry skomorokh: tenor
- Skul'da, a Varangian witch: mezzo-soprano
- Mal'frida, one of Rogneda's slaves: soprano
- Izyaslav's Nurse: soprano
- Master of Hounds: baritone
- 1st Hunter: tenor
- 2nd Hunter: bass
- Bogatyrs; members of the prince's armed forces; city elders; guests at table; cupbearers; huntsmen; falconers; huntsmen in charge of hounds; hunters on horse and on foot; priests of Perun and immolators of sacrifices; wanderer-pilgrims; women at the feast; female slaves of Rogneda; skomorokhi; male and female dancers; warriors; captive Pechenegs, Varangians; people.
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