Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin, a merchant from Novgorod: bass

Marfa, his daughter: soprano

Grigory Gryaznoy, an oprichnik: baritone

Malyuta Skuratov, an oprichnik: bass

Boyar Ivan Sergeevich Lykov: tenor

Lyubasha: mezzo-soprano

Yelisey Bomelius, the Tsar's physician: tenor

Domna Ivanovna Saburova, a merchant woman: soprano

Dunyasha, her daughter, Marfa's girlfriend: mezzo-soprano

Petrovna, the Sobakins' housekeeper: mezzo-soprano

The Tsar's Stoker: bass

A Maiden: mezzo-soprano

A Young Lad: tenor