Sofya: Galina Vishnevskaya Lyubka: Nina Lebedeva Frosya: Elena Obraztsova Khivrya: Veronika Borisenko Semyon's mother: Nina Novosyolova First woman: Nina Fomina Second woman: Galina Borisova Third woman: Nina Grigoryeva Semyon: Vladimir Atlantov Mikola: Aleksandr Arkhipov Tsaryov: Yuri Mazurok Von Vichrov: Vladimir Valaitis Tkachenko: Artur Eizen Ivasenko: Stanislav Frolov A worker: Aleksey Maslennikov A translator: Vitali Vlasov Old men: Boris Morozov and Yuri Korolyov First Gaydamak: Vladimir Filippov Second Gaydamak: Anatolit Mishutin
Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Bolshoi Opera visiting La Scala 6 November 1973
In-house recording