Prince Igor: Encyclopedia II - Prince Igor - Characters and Setting

Prince Igor - Characters and Setting

• Igor Svyatoslavich, prince of Seversk: baritone
• Yaroslavna, his wife by second marriage: soprano
• Vladimir Igorevich, his son from the first marriage: tenor
• Vladimir Yaroslavich, Prince of Galich, brother of Princess Yaroslavna: bass
• Konchak, a Polovetsian khan: bass
• Gzak, a Polovestian khan
• Konchakovna, daughter of Khan Konchak: alto
• Ovlur, a Christian Polovetian: tenor
• Skula, a gudok-player: bass
• Yeroshka, a gudok-player: tenor
• Yaroslavna's nurse: soprano
• A Polovetsian maiden: soprano

(Note: By a common misconception, Prince Galitsky in the opera is thought to be a prince by the name of Galitsky. In fact, he was a son of Prince of Galich Yaroslav Osmomysl, and a brother of Prince Igor's second wife Yaroslavna. Prince Galitsky is a title meaning Prince of Galich.)

• Russian princes and princesses, boyars and boyarynas, elders, Russian warriors, maidens, people.

• Polovetsian khans, Konchakovna's girlfriends, slaves (chagi) of Khan Konchak, Russian prisoners, Polovetsian sentries

The action takes place as follows: in the Prologue, Acts I and IV -- in the city of Putivl; in Acts II and III -- in the Polovetsian camp.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Characters and Setting", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki