Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast St. Petersburg 6 December 1876 (Conductor: Eduard Nápravník |
|---|---|---|
| Vakula, a smith | tenor | Fyodor Komissarzhevsky |
| Solokha, Vakula's mother, a witch | mezzo-soprano | Anna Bichurina |
| A devil from Hell, a fantastic character | bass | Ivan Melnikov |
| Chub, an elderly Cossack | bass | I. Matchinsky |
| Oksana, Chub's daughter | soprano | Wilhelmina Raab |
| Pan Golova | bass | Osip Petrov |
| Panas, Chub's crony | tenor | V. Vasiliev |
| Schoolmaster | tenor | N. von Derviz |
| His Highness | bass | Fyodor Stravinsky |
| Master of Ceremonies | bass | |
| Attendant | tenor | Pavel Dyuzhikov |
| Old Cossack | bass | |
| Wood Goblin | bass | |
| Chorus, silent roles: Lads, lasses, elders, gusli-players, rusalki, wood-sprites, echo, spirits, court ladies and gentlemen, Zaporozhtsï | ||
The stage history of the opera was short. The opera was given 18 times over several seasons at the Mariinsky Theatre, but Tchaikovsky did not permit it to be performed at other theatres. Dissatisfied with the opera, Tchaikovsky revised it in 1885 as Cherevichki (The Slippers).
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