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voices, chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Ivan Susanin, a peasant of the village of Domnino (bass)
Antonida, his daughter (soprano)
Vanya, Susanin's adopted son (alto)
Bogdan Sobinin, a militiaman, Antonida's fiance (tenor)
Commander of the Polish Detachment (bass)
A Polish courier (tenor)
Commander of the Russian Detachment (bass)
- Mixed Chorus
- Peasant men and women, militiamen, Polish nobles and ladies, knights
- Orchestra
- 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets (B♭/A), 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide
timpani, bells, harp, strings
- Offstage instruments
- 2 wind bands, clarinet in A, trumpet, drum, bells
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