| Zurich Opera | ||
| Kirill Karabits | Conductor | |
| Barrie Kosky | Director | |
| Rufus Didwiszus | Set Designer | |
| Klaus Bruns | Costume Designer | |
| Franck Evin | Lighting Designer | |
| Kathrin Brunner | Dramaturgy | |
| Ernst Raffelsberger | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Zurich Opera Chorus | ||
| Chorzuzüger | ||
| Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich | ||
| Kinderchor der Oper Zürich | ||
| SoprAlti | ||
| Philharmonia Zürich | ||
| Michael Volle | Baritone | Boris Godunov |
| Oksana Volkova | Mezzo-soprano | Marina |
| Edgaras Montvidas | Tenor | Grigory (The Pretender Dmitri) |
| Brindley Sherratt | Bass | Pimen |
| Spencer Lang | Tenor | Simpleton (The yuródivïy or Holy Fool) |
| Iain Milne | Tenor | Missail |
| Jane Henschel | Mezzo-soprano | The Innkeeper |
| Valeriy Murga | Baritone | Nikitich |
| Savelii Andreev | Tenor | The Boyar-in-Attendance |
| Johannes Martin Kränzle | Baritone | Rangoni |
| Lina Dambrauskaite | Soprano | Xenia |
| Konstantin Shushakov | Baritone | Shchelkalov |
| John Daszak | Tenor | Prince Shuisky |
| Zhang Wen Wei | Bass | Varlaam |
| Irène Friedli | Soprano | Xenia's nurse |
| Soloists of the Tölzer Boys Choir | Feodor | |
| Andrei Skliarenko | Tenor | The Boyar Khrushchov |