The Tsar’s Bride · Opera
Songs in The Tsar’s Bride
This page features the songs from The Tsar’s Bride. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
Overture
Act One - The Feast
Scene 1
Scene 2
- Scene ‘Да вот и гости’ / 'Da vot i gosti' - Gryaznoy, Malyuta, Bomelius, Lykov, Chorus
- Aria Lykov ‘иное все, н люди’ / ‘Inoe vse, n lyudi’ - Lykov, Gryaznoy, Chorus
Scene 3
- Scene ‘Хозяин! Приказал бы ты’ / 'Khozyain! Prikazal by ty' - Malyuta, Gryaznoy, Lykov, Chorus
- Подблюдная песня 'Слава' / Sublime Song ‘Glory’ - Chorus, Lykov, Bomelius, Malyuta, Gryaznoy
- Dance And Chorus ‘Как за реченькой яр хмель’ / 'Kak za rechen'koy yar khmel' - Chorus
- Recitative ‘Аль память и меня’ / ‘Al' pamyat' i menya’ - Malyuta, Gryaznoy, Bomelius
Scene Four
- Recitative ‘Здорово, крестница’ / 'Zdorovo, krestnitsa' -Malyuta, Lyubasha
- Lyubasha’s Song ‘снаряжай скорей, матушка родимая’ / ‘snaryazhay skorey, matushka rodimaya’ - Lyubasha
- Scene ‘благодарим’ / ‘blagodarim’ - Chorus, Malyuta, Gryaznoy
Scene Five
- Scene ‘Вомелий’ / 'Bomeli' - Bomelius, Gryaznoy
- Trio ‘ох, не верится’ / ‘okh, ne veritsya’ - Bomelius, Gryaznoy, Lyubasha
Scene 6
- Recitative ‘Зачем ты’ / 'Zachem ty' - Gryaznoy, Lyubasha
- Duet ‘Знать, не любишь’ / ‘Znat, ne lyubish’ - Gryaznoy, Lyubasha
Act Two - The Love Potion
Scene 1
- ‘Вот Бог привел’ / 'Vot Bog privyol' - Chorus, Young Man
Scene 2
- Recitative ‘Ишь верхер-то какой’ / 'Ish' vercher-to kakoy' - Petrovna, Dunyasha, Marfa
- Aria Marfa ‘В Новгороде’ / 'V Novgorode' - Marfa
Scene 3
- Scene ‘Ах, что со мной’ / 'Akh, chto so mnoy' - Marfa, Dunyasha, Lykov, Sobakin
- Quartet ‘Погоды, моя милая’ / 'Pogodi, moya milaya' - Sobakin, Lykov, Dunyasha, Marfa
Intermezzo
Scene 4
- ‘Разведала’ / 'Razvedala' - Lyubasha, Bomelius, Sobakin, Marfa, Dunyasha, Lykov
Scene 5
- Aria ‘Вот до чего я дожила’ / ‘Vot do chego ya dozhila' - Lyubasha
- Scene ‘Прощай, Иван Сергеич’ / ‘Proshchay, Ivan Sergeich' - Lyubasha, Marfa, Sobakin, Lykov, Bomelius
Scene Six
- ‘То не соколы’ / 'To ne sokoly' - Chorus
Act Three - The Best Man
Introduction
Scene One
- Trio ‘Что Господа гневи’ / 'Chto Gospoda gnevit' - Sobakin, Lykov, Gryaznoy
Scene Two
- Recitative ‘Скажи, боярин’ / 'Skazhi, boyarin' - Lykov
- Arietta ‘Что сделал бы’ / 'Chto sdelal by' - Gryaznoy
Scene Three
- Recitative ‘А вот и мед’ / 'A vot i myod' - Sobakin, Saburova
- Arioso Saburova ‘Вот, батюшка, впустили’ / 'Vot, batyushka, vpustili' - Saburova, Sobakin
- Recitative ‘Неужели Дуняша’ / ‘Neuzheli Dunyasha’ - Lykov
- Aria Lykov ‘Туча ненастная’ / 'Tucha nenastnaya' - Lykov
- Scene ‘Ведь я же говорил тебе’ / 'Ved' ya zhe govoril tebe' - Gryaznoy, Lykov
Scene Four
- Scene ‘Побольше жениху’ / 'Pobol'she zhenikhu' - Gryaznoy
- Sextet With Chorus ‘Дай Бог чтоб дом у вас’ / 'Day Bog chtob dom u vas' - Gryaznoy, Marfa, Lykov, Saburova, Dunyasha, Sobakin, Chorus
- Song In Honour Of The Couple ‘Повеличать бы нам’ / 'Povelichat' by nam' - Saburova, Chorus, Dunyasha
Scene Five
- Scene ‘К тебе идут бояре’ / 'K tebe idut boyare' - Petrovna, Sobakin, Malyuta,
Act Four - The Bride
Introduction and Scene One
- Recitative and Aria Sobakin ‘Забылася’ / 'Zabylasya' - Sobakin
- Scene ‘ты не грусти’ / ‘Ty ne grycty’ - Saburova, Sobakin, Country Girl, The Tsar’s Stoker
Scene Two
- Recitative and Scene ‘Большой поклон боярину’ / 'Bol'shoy poklon boyarinu' - Gryaznoy, Sobakin, Marfa, Saburova, Chorus,
- Quintet With Chorus ‘Загублена страдалица царевна’ / 'Zagublena stradalitsa tsarevna' - Gryaznoy, Marfa, Dunyasha, Saburova, Chorus
- Scene and Aria Marfa ‘Иван Сергеич, хочешь’ / 'Ivan Sergeich, khochesh' - Marfa
Scene 3
- Scene ‘Нет, нет, не стерпеть’ / 'Net, net, ne sterpet'- Gryaznoy, Lyubasha, Malyuta, Sobakin, Dunyasha, Saburova, Marfa, Chorus
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number.