| Mussorgsky, Modest Petrowitsch (1839-1881) | Boris Godunow (1872 version) |
| Mariinsky Opera | ||
| Pavel Smelkov | Musikalische Leitung | |
| Andrei Tarkovsky | Regie | |
| Nikolai Dvigubsky | Bühnenbild | |
| Edem Umerov | Bass | Boris Godunow |
| Vladimir Vaneyev | Bass | Boris Godunow |
| Natalia Yevstafieva | Mezzosopran | Marina Mnischek |
| Sergei Skorokhodov | Tenor | Grigorij Otrepjew / Dimitrij (The Pretender Dmitri) |
| Mikhail Kit | Bass | Pimen |
| Andrei Popov | Tenor | Schwachsinniger (Gottesnarr) (The yuródivïy or Holy Fool) |
| Roman Burdenko | Bariton | Rangoni |
| Yuri Laptev | Bariton | Andrei Schtschelkalow |
| Evgeny Akimov | Tenor | Fürst Wassilij Iwanowitsch Schujskij |
| Mikhail Kolelishvili | Bass | Warlaam |