# Ivan the Terrible (Prokofiev)

Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Иван Грозный, romanized: Ivan Grozny), Op. 116, is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for Sergei Eisenstein's film Ivan the Terrible (1945) and its sequel (1958), the first two parts of an incomplete trilogy. The project was Prokofiev's second collaboration with Eisenstein, the first being the popular Alexander Nevsky (1938). The majority of the non-liturgical song texts were written by Vladimir Lugovskoy, who collaborated with Prokofiev on the texts for Alexander Nevsky.
The subject of the "First Tale" (Part 1) is the early years, 1547 to 1565, of the reign of Ivan IV of Russia: his coronation, his intent to curb the powers of the boyars, his wedding, his conquest of Kazan, his almost fatal illness, the poisoning and death of his first wife Anastasia, the formation of the oprichniki, and his abdication.
The "Second Tale" (Part 2), subtitled The Boyar Conspiracy, covers the years 1565 to 1569, and concerns the defection of Prince Kurbsky to Poland-Lithuania, Ivan's disputes with Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, the intrigues of the boyars, the excesses of the oprichniki, the attempted coup by the boyars and Ivan's aunt, Yefrosinya Staritskaya, the murder of her son Vladimir Staritsky, and Ivan's triumph over his domestic enemies.
The film scores were not published during Prokofiev's lifetime. They were arranged in 1961 as an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Levon Atovmyan, one of Prokofiev's assistants. However, before this version could be performed, the music received its concert premiere in 1961 in Moscow in the form of an oratorio for speaker, soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Abram Stasevich, who had conducted the film soundtracks for Eisenstein.
In 1973 the composer Mikhail Chulaki and choreographer Yuri Grigorovich drew on Prokofiev's film scores to create the ballet Ivan the Terrible, which was given its premiere in 1975. Later performing editions of the scores include an oratorio put together by Michael Lankester (1989), and a concert scenario by Christopher Palmer (1991). The restoration of the entire original film score has been published and recorded.

## History
### Composition history

* Sergei Eisenstein (1898–1948)

### Performance history

The film Ivan the Terrible (Part One) premiered on 30 December 1944. The sequel, The Boyar Conspiracy (Part Two), was not shown until 1958.
The concert premiere of the soundtrack film score, as restored by Frank Strobel, took place on 16 September 2016 at the Musikfest Berlin, accompanied by a showing of the film in the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus Berlin. Strobel conducted the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Rundfunkchor Berlin, with soloists Marina Prudenskaya (contralto) and Alexander Vinogradov (bass).

### Publication history

* 1958, 'Songs and Choruses from the Music for the Film Ivan the Terrible', vocal scores, published by Levon Atovmyan in the magazine Sovetskaya Muzyka; the six numbers included:
* 'The Black Cloud'
* 'Ocean-Sea'
* 'Song of Praise'
* 'The Swan'
* 'The Cannoneers'
* 'Song about the Beaver'
* 1960, 'Songs and Choruses from Cantatas, Oratorios, and Films', published by Levon Atovmyan, vocal scores, Sovetskiy Kompozitor; the numbers from Ivan the Terrible included:
* 'The Oath of the Oprichniki'
* 'Song of Fyodor Basmanov and the Oprichniki'
* 'Song of the Oprichniki'
* 1997, Ivan the Terrible, manuscript film score, full score, edition by Marina Rakhmanova and Irina Medvedeva, Musikverlage Hans Sikorski, Hamburg
* 2016, Ivan the Terrible, soundtrack film score, full score, edition by Frank Strobel, Musikverlage Hans Sikorski, Hamburg

## Scoring and instrumentation

The two film scores together require a contralto or mezzo-soprano (in 'Ocean-Sea' and 'Song about the Beaver'), a baritone or bass (in 'Song of the Oprichniki'), a bass (in 'Many Years!'), mixed (SATB) chorus, and the following instrumentation:
* Strings: violins I & II, violas, cellos, double basses
* Woodwinds: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, english horn, 3 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, 4 bassoons, contrabassoon
* Brass: 5 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas
* Percussion: timpani, bass drum, snare drum, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, tam-tam, bells, church bells, glockenspiel, xylophone, wood block, whip
* Other: piano, harp

## Manuscript numbers

The numbers in Prokofiev's manuscript scores are listed in the table below. The table can be sorted by clicking on the buttons in the title bar. The default sequence can be restored by refreshing the browser (press F5).
Note: The column marked 'S' shows the numbering of the musical numbers by Musikverlage Hans Sikorski, the publisher of the restored manuscript film score (zeros have been inserted before single digit numbers for sorting purposes). 'A' stands for Anhang (the appendix), which includes the liturgical numbers used in the film that were either arranged by Prokofiev or were not written into his score of Ivan the Terrible.
Key :
| Pink | Used only in Part 1 of the film |
| Blue | Used only in Part 2 of the film |
| Purple | Used both in Part 1 and in Part 2 |
| Gray | Used neither in Part 1 nor in Part 2 |
| No. | S | Title | English | Source | Scoring |
| 01 | 01 | Увертюра | Overture | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 02 | 02 | Смерть Глинской | Death of Glinskaya | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 03 | 03 | Марш молодого Ивана | March of the Young Ivan | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 04 | 04a | Океан-море | Ocean-Sea | Prokofiev | Soloist, chorus, orchestra |
| 05 | 04b | Океан-море | Ocean-Sea | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 06 | 05 | Шуйский и псари | Shuyskiy and the Huntsmen | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 07 | A01 | Кирие элейсон | Kyrie eleison | Liturgy | Chorus |
| 08 | A02 | Софрониевская херувимская песнь | Sofroniy's Cherubic Song | Monastic song, transcribed by Kastalsky | Chorus |
| 09a | 06 | Многая лета! | Many Years! | Traditional, arranged by Prokofiev | Chorus, bells |
| 09b | A03 | Многая лета! | Many Years! | Traditional | Chorus |
| 10 | 07 | Величание | Praise Song | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 11 | 08 | Лебедь | The Swan | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 12 | 09 | Юродивый | The Holy Fool | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 13 | 10 | Бунт | The Riot | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 14 | 11 | Выход татар | Entrance of the Tatars | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 15 | 12 | Пушки движутся на Казань | The Cannons Move to Kazan | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 16 | 13 | Палатка Ивана | Ivan's Tent | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 17 | 14 | Степь татарская | Tatar Steppe | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 18 | 15 | Пушкари | The Cannoneers | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 19 | 16 | Татары | The Tatars | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 20 | 17 | Трубы Курбского | Kurbskiy's Trumpets | Prokofiev | Brass |
| 21 | 18 | Атака | Attack | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 22 | 19 | Зависть Малюты | Malyuta's Jealousy | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 23 | 20 | Казань взята | Kazan is Taken | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 24 | A04 | Душе моя | My Soul | Obikhod | Chorus |
| 25 | A05 | Многомилостиве Господи | Most Merciful Lord | Obikhod | Chorus |
| 26 | 21 | Иван умоляет бояр | Ivan Implores the Boyars | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 27 | 22 | Болезнь Анастасии | Anastasiya's Illness | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 28 | 23 | Отравление Анастасии | The Poisoning of Anastasiya | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 29 | A06 | Вечная память | Eternal Remembrance | Obikhod | Chorus |
| 30 | A07 | Со святыми упокой | Rest with the Saints | Obikhod | Chorus |
| 31 | A08 | Сам един еси | Thou Alone | Obikhod, transcribed by Vinogradov | Chorus |
| 32 | 24 | Иван у гроба Анастасии | Ivan at Anastasiya's Coffin | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 33a | 25 | Клятва опричников | Oath of the Oprichniki | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 33b | 25 | Клятва опричников | Oath of the Oprichniki | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 34 | 26 | Вернись! | Come Back! | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 35 | 27 | Фанфары | Fanfares | Prokofiev | Brass |
| 36 | 27a | Полонез | Polonaise | Prokofiev, from Boris Godunov (incidental music, Op. 70a: No. 10) | Orchestra |
| 37 | A09 | Не рыдай мене, мати | Do not Sob for Me, Mother | Ivanov | Chorus |
| 38 | A10 | Уне тебе бяше, Иудо | It Were Better for You, Judas | Liturgy | Chorus |
| 39a | 28a | Дивен Бог | Wondrous is God | Bortnyansky | Chorus, bells |
| 39b | A11 | Дивен Бог | Wondrous is God | Bortnyansky | Chorus |
| 40a | 28b | Пение отроков | Singing of the Boys | Prokofiev | 3 Boys |
| 40b | A12 | ? | We Are Innocent and at Their Mercy | ? | 3 Boys |
| 41 | 29 | Песня про бобра | Song about the Beaver | Prokofiev | Soloist, orchestra |
| 42 | 30a | Пляски опричников: Хаотическая пляска | Dances of the Oprichniki: Chaotic Dance | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 43 | 30b | Пляски опричников: Организованная пляска | Dances of the Oprichniki: Orderly Dance | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 44 | 31 | Куплеты опричников | Song of the Oprichniki | Prokofiev | Soloist, chorus, orchestra |
| 45 | 31a | Куплеты опричников | Song of the Oprichniki | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 46 | 32a 32b | Хор опричников | Chorus of the Oprichniki | Prokofiev | Chorus, orchestra |
| 47 | 32c | Убийство Владимира | Vladimir's Murder | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
| 48 | 33 | Выход Ивана | Entrance of Ivan | Prokofiev | Orchestra |
The performance duration is about 100 minutes.
Several numbers can be divided into two parts, which are sometimes quoted in the film separately:
* The first half of the 'Overture' is the orchestral 'A Storm Approaches' (the Ivan theme), which is used very liberally in both films as a leitmotiv; the second half is the chorus 'The Black Cloud', which is used only at the beginning of each film as part of the overture.
* The first part of 'The Death of Glinskaya' accompanies, in the second film, the flashback of the poisoning of the 8-year-old-Ivan's mother; the second part is the chorus 'On the Bones of our Enemies' (the sung portion of which was used in neither film).
* The first half of 'Come Back!' depicts the people's chorus of supplication after Ivan's abdication; the second half is the 'Finale' (a variation of 'A Storm Approaches'), which concludes both films.

## Film score cues
### Ivan the Terrible (Part 1, 1944)

| Scene | Cue | Numbers | Scoring |
| Overture | 1 | A Storm Approaches | Orchestra |
| Overture | 1 | The Black Cloud | Chorus, orchestra |
| Overture | 1 | A Storm Approaches (2 times) | Orchestra |
| Coronation | 2 | Bells | Bells |
| Coronation | 2 | Kyrie Eleison | Chorus |
| Coronation | 3 | Sofroniy's Cherubic Song | Chorus |
| Coronation | 4 | To Tsar Ivan, Crowned by God | Bass soloist |
| Coronation | 4 | Many Years! | Chorus |
| Coronation | 5 | Sofroniy's Cherubic Song | Chorus |
| Coronation | 6 | Alliluyya | Chorus |
| The Wedding | 7 | Praise Song | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Wedding | 7 | Bells | Bells |
| The Wedding | 8 | Ivan's Tent | Orchestra |
| The Wedding | 8 | The Riot | Orchestra |
| The Wedding | 8 | The Swan | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Wedding | 9 | The Death of Glinskaya | Orchestra |
| The Wedding | 9 | The Riot | Orchestra |
| The Wedding | 10 | Entrance of the Tatars | Orchestra |
| The Wedding | 10 | A Storm Approaches | Orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 11 | The Cannons Move to Kazan | Orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 11 | Ivan's Tent | Orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 11 | The Tatar Steppe | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 12 | The Cannoneers | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 12 | The Tatars | Orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 12 | The Cannoneers | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 13 | Ivan's Tent | Orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 14 | Kurbskiy's Trumpets | Brass |
| The Taking of Kazan | 14 | Attack | Orchestra |
| The Taking of Kazan | 14 | Kazan is Taken | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Illness | 15 | My Soul | Chorus |
| Ivan's Illness | 15 | Most Merciful Lord | Chorus |
| Ivan's Illness | 16 | Ivan Pleads with the Boyars | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Illness | 17 | The Tatar Steppe | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Death of Anastasiya | 18 | The Poisoning of Anastasiya | Orchestra |
| The Death of Anastasiya | 18 | Anastasiya's Illness | Orchestra |
| The Death of Anastasiya | 19 | Eternal Remembrance | Chorus |
| The Death of Anastasiya | 19 | Rest with the Saints | Chorus |
| The Death of Anastasiya | 20 | The Poisoning of Anastasiya | Orchestra |
| The Death of Anastasiya | 20 | Ivan at Anastasiya's Coffin | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Abdication | 21 | Chorus of the Oprichniki | Chorus, orchestra |
| Ivan's Abdication | 21 | Come back! | Chorus, orchestra |
| Ivan's Abdication | 21 | Finale | Orchestra |

### Ivan the Terrible: The Boyar Conspiracy (Part 2, 1946)

| Scene | Cue | Numbers | Scoring |
| Overture | 1 | A Storm Approaches | Orchestra |
| Overture | 1 | The Black Cloud | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Polish Court | 2 | Fanfares | Brass |
| The Polish Court | 2 | Polonaise | Orchestra |
| The Polish Court | 2 | Fanfares (fragment) | Brass |
| The Polish Court | 2 | Polonaise (fragment) | Orchestra |
| The Polish Court | 2 | A Storm Approaches | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Return | 3 | Orderly Dance | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Childhood | 4 | The Death of Glinskaya | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Childhood | 5 | Ivan's Tent | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Childhood | 5 | A Storm Approaches | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Childhood | 6 | Shuysky and the Huntsmen | Orchestra |
| Ivan's Childhood | 6 | The Death of Glinskaya | Orchestra |
| Ivan and Fyodor | 7 | The Poisoning of Anastasiya | Orchestra |
| Execution of the Boyars | 8 | The Death of Glinskaya | Orchestra |
| Execution of the Boyars | 9 | Do not Sob for Me, Mother | Chorus |
| Execution of the Boyars | 10 | It Were Better for You, Judas | Chorus |
| The Furnace Play | 11 | Wondrous is God | Chorus |
| The Furnace Play | 11 | We are Innocent and at their Mercy | 3 boys |
| The Furnace Play | 12 | A Storm Approaches | Orchestra |
| The Furnace Play | 13 | We are Innocent and at their Mercy | 3 boys |
| The Furnace Play | 14 | The Death of Glinskaya | Orchestra |
| The Boyar Conspiracy | 15 | Song about the Beaver | Soloist, chorus, orchestra |
| The Boyar Conspiracy | 16 | Shuysky and the Huntsmen | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 17 | Chaotic Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 17 | Orderly Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 17 | Chaotic Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 18 | Orderly Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 18 | Chaotic Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 18 | Song of the Oprichniki | Soloist, chorus, orchestra |
| The Banquet | 18 | Orderly Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 18 | Shuysky and the Huntsmen | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 19 | Orderly Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 20 | Orderly Dance | Orchestra |
| The Banquet | 20 | Song of the Oprichniki | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Banquet | 21 | My Soul | Chorus |
| The Murder | 22 | Chorus of the Oprichniki | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Murder | 22 | Song of the Oprichniki | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Murder | 22 | Chorus of the Oprichniki | Chorus, orchestra |
| The Murder | 22 | Song of the Oprichniki (fragment) | Orchestra |
| The Murder | 22 | Vladimir's Murder | Orchestra |
| The Murder | 23 | The Entrance of Ivan | Orchestra |
| The Murder | 24 | Song about the Beaver (fragment) | Soloist |
| The Murder | 25 | The Oath of the Oprichniki | Chorus, Orchestra |
| Finale | 26 | Finale | Orchestra |

## Themes

The Ivan theme appears in:
* 'Overture' (A Storm Approaches)
* 'Ivan's Tent'
* 'Ivan at Anastasiya's Coffin'
* 'Come Back!' (Finale)

## Versions by other hands
### Oratorio by Levon Atovmyan (1961)
#### Performance history

Atovmyan's oratorio finally received its public premiere on 28 January 2012 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Vladimir Jurowski conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. The soloists were Ewa Podleś and Andrey Breus.
The Russian premiere took place on 2 April 2012 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Vladimir Jurowski conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir and the Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory. The soloists were Elena Zaremba and Andrey Breus.
The North American premiere took place on 18 October 2012 at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. Vladimir Jurowski conducted the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus. The soloists were Elena Zaremba and Andrey Breus.

#### Numbers

Atovmyan's oratorio is in 8 sections, some consisting of several numbers (or parts of numbers) from the film score—refer to 'Sequence' below:
| No. | Original | English | Sequence |
| 1 | Иван и бояре | Ivan and the Boyars | • A Storm Approaches • The Black Cloud • The Riot • Ivan Implores the Boyars • Come back! • On the Bones of Our Enemies • A Storm Approaches |
| 2 | Песня про бобра | Song about the Beaver | Song about the Beaver |
| 3 | Опричнина | The Oprichnina | • Chaotic Dance of the Oprichniki • Chorus of the Oprichniki • Orderly Dance of the Oprichniki • Song of the Oprichniki • Oath of the Oprichniki • Orderly Dance of the Oprichniki |
| 4 | Лебедь | The Swan | The Swan |
| 5 | Анастасия | Anastasiya | • Anastasiya's Illness • The Poisoning of Anastasiya • Anastasiya's Illness |
| 6 | Океан-море | Ocean-Sea | • The Entrance of Ivan • Ocean-Sea |
| 7 | Взятие Казани | The Taking of Kazan | • Ivan's Tent • The Tatars • Entrance of the Tatars • The Tatars • The Cannoneers • The Cannons Move to Kazan • Kurbskiy's Trumpets • Attack • Kazan is Taken • Ivan's Tent |
| 8 | Величание | Praise Song | • March of the Young Ivan • Praise Song • The Death of Glinskaya • On the Bones of our Enemies • A Storm Approaches |
The performance duration is about 45 minutes.

#### Scoring and instrumentation

Atovmyan's oratorio is scored for contralto or mezzo-soprano (in 'Ocean-Sea' and 'Song about the Beaver') and baritone (in 'Song of the Oprichniki'), mixed (SATB) chorus, and the following instrumentation:
* Strings: violins I & II, violas, cellos, double basses
* Woodwinds: 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
* Brass: 4 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
* Percussion: timpani, piccolo timpani, bass drum, snare drum, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, tam-tam, bells, xylophone, wood block, whip
* Other: piano, celesta, 2 harps

### Oratorio by Abram Stasevich (1961)

The following commentary, by composer and musicologist Thomas Korganov (1925-2015), was printed in the preface to Stasevich's vocal score in 1961:
   "Without adding material of his own or making changes to the composer's manuscript, A. Stasevich approached the music for the film in a creative manner turning it into an oratorio consisting of 20 numbers. By repeating certain episodes and sections, and by linking them in a variety of ways, Stasevich was able to turn the various parts of this substantial work into self-contained numbers. In order to comply with the dictates of musical logic, he did not always adhere strictly to the order of the musical episodes prescribed by the plot. Thus certain episodes were transformed into tripartite structures, and others expanded to become rather large movements. Certain changes were also made to the orchestration, and certain instrumental lines were reinforced ... Stasevich also added another formal determinant in the shape of a speaker."

#### Performance history

The premiere took place on 23 April 1961 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Abram Stasevich conducted the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra.

#### Publication history

* 1962, Ivan the Terrible, oratorio by Abram Stasevich, vocal score, Sovetskiy Kompozitor, Moscow
* 1972, Ivan the Terrible, oratorio by Stasevich, full score, Sovetskiy Kompozitor, Moscow

#### Numbers

Stasevich's oratorio is in 20 movements, some consisting of several numbers (or parts of numbers) from the film score—refer to 'Sequence' below:
| No. | Original | English | Sequence |
| 1 | Увертюра | Overture | • A Storm Approaches • The Black Cloud • The Death of Glinskaya • Shuyskiy and the Huntsmen • The Death of Glinskaya • The Black Cloud • A Storm Approaches |
| 2 | Марш молодого Ивана | March of the Young Ivan | March of the Young Ivan |
| 3 | Океан-море | Ocean-Sea | Ocean-Sea |
| 4 | Царём буду! | I Shall Be Tsar! | A Storm Approaches |
| 5 | Дивен Бог | Wondrous is God | Wondrous is God |
| 6 | Многая лета! | Many Years! | • Many Years • Ocean-Sea • Many Years! |
| 7 | Юродивый | The Holy Fool | • The Holy Fool • The Riot • The Holy Fool |
| 8 | Лебедь | The Swan | • The Swan • Praise Song • The Swan |
| 9 | На костях врагов | On the Bones of Our Enemies | On the Bones of Our Enemies |
| 10 | Татары | The Tatars | • Entrance of the Tatars (2 times) • The Tatars • Entrance of the Tatars |
| 11 | Пушкари | The Cannoneers | • The Cannoneers • Ivan's Tent • The Cannoneers |
| 12 | На Казань! | To Kazan! | • The Cannons Move to Kazan • Entrance of Ivan • The Tatar Steppe • Entrance of Ivan • Ivan's Tent • The Tatar Steppe • Ivan theme • Kurbskiy's Trumpets • Attack • Malyuta's Jealousy • Attack • The Tatars • The Cannoneers • Kazan is Taken |
| 13 | Иван умоляет бояр | Ivan Implores the Boyars | • Ivan Implores the Boyars • The Tatar Steppe |
| 14 | Ефросинья и Анастасия | Yefrosinya and Anastasiya | • The Poisoning of Anastasiya • Anastasiya's Illness • The Poisoning of Anastasiya |
| 15 | Песня про бобра (колыбельная Ефросиньи) | Song about the Beaver (Yefrosinya's Lullaby) | Song about the Beaver |
| 16 | Иван у гроба Анастасии | Ivan at the Coffin of Anastasiya | Singing of the Boys |
| 17 | Клятва Опричников | Oath of the Oprichniki | • Chorus of the Oprichniki • Oath of the Oprichniki |
| 18 | Песня Фёдора Басманова с опричниками | Song of Fyodor Basmanov with the Oprichniki | Song of the Oprichniki |
| 19 | Пляска Опричников | Dance of the Oprichniki | • Chaotic Dance of the Oprichniki • Orderly Dance of the Oprichniki |
| 20 | Финал | Finale | • Ivan at the Coffin of Anastasiya • Come Back! • Finale • On the Bones of Our Enemies • Ivan Theme |
Performance duration is about 75 minutes.

#### Scoring and instrumentation

Stasevich's oratorio is scored for contralto (in 'Ocean-Sea' and 'Song about the Beaver') and baritone (in 'Song of the Oprichniki'), mixed (SATB) chorus, and the following instrumentation:
* Strings: violins I & II, violas, cellos, double basses
* Woodwinds: 3 flutes (including 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (including english horn), 5 clarinets (including E-flat clarinet & bass clarinet), alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 4 bassoons (including contrabassoon)
* Brass: 4 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas
* Percussion: timpani, bass drum, snare drum, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, tam-tam, church bells, glockenspiel, xylophone, wood block, metal bar, whip
* Other: piano, 2 gusli, 2 harps

### Ballet by Mikhail Chulaki (1975)

The ballet Ivan the Terrible, arranged by Mikhail Chulaki and choreographed by Yuriy Grigorovich, debuted in February 1975 at the Bolshoy Theatre with Yuri Vladimirov in the title role. The two act (7 scenes) work consists of selections from Prokofiev's film score for Ivan the Terrible supplemented with excerpts from his Symphony No. 3 (1928), Russian Overture (1936), and 'The Field of the Dead' from the film score for Aleksandr Nevskiy (1938).

#### Performance history

The world premiere performance took place on 20 February 1975 at the Bolshoy Theatre. Algis Zhuraitis conducted. The cast included Yuriy Vladimirov (Ivan), Natalya Bessmertnova (Anastasiya), and Boris Akimov (Kurbskiy).

### Oratorio by Michael Lankester (1988)
#### Performance history

The premiere took place on 4 May 1988. Michael Lankester conducted the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

#### Numbers

This version of Ivan the Terrible consists of 29 numbers.
The performance duration is about 95 minutes.

### Concert Scenario by Christopher Palmer (1991)

Christopher Palmer discusses his Ivan the Terrible concert scenario in the notes to a Chandos CD recording made a few days after the work's premiere:
   "...in 1962 Abram Stasevich (1906-1971), who had conducted Ivan for the film soundtrack, published his Ivan the Terrible 'oratorio' for speaker, soloists, chorus and orchestra which incorporated all the major musical sequences in the film plus a few that had been left out (notably 'Russian Sea'). It is in this form that the Ivan music has been known outside the film ever since, and in this form that critics have tended to find it long and diffuse. The main problem is the speaker, introduced by Stasevich primarily because he had been unwise enough to try and incorporate a large number of short fragmentary episodes, and had to find a way of stitching them together. Unfortunately once the speaker was in, he seemed to take over the entire work—much to its detriment in terms of narrative intelligibility and tightness of structure. My new 'performing version' eliminates the speaker and shorter sections (most of which are pastiche Russian-liturgical music of minimal Prokofievian interest). It also restores a number of episodes to their original format, most importantly the assassination of the Pretender in Part II—the climax of the film and one of the most electrifying moments in film music. While retaining Stasevich's make-up of most of the larger movements, I have reverted largely to the film's original sequence of musical events."

#### Performance history

The concert scenario received its premiere on 28 February 1991 at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Neeme Järvi conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus.

#### Numbers

The 'new' work is in 13 movements, some consisting of several numbers (or parts of numbers) from the film score—refer to 'Sequence' below:
| No. | Title | Sequence |
| 1 | Overture | • A Storm Approaches • The Black Cloud • The Death of Glinskaya • Shuyskiy and the Huntsmen • The Death of Glinskaya • The Black Cloud • A Storm Approaches |
| 2 | Russian Sea | Ocean-Sea |
| 3 | Wedding | • The Swan • Praise Song • The Swan |
| 4 | Fire | • The Holy Fool • The Riot • The Holy Fool |
| 5 | Tartars and Cannoneers | • Entrance of the Tatars (2 times) • The Tatars • Entrance of the Tatars • The Cannoneers • Ivan's Tent • The Cannoneers |
| 6 | The Storming of Kazan | • The Cannons Move to Kazan • Entrance of Ivan • The Tatar Steppe • Entrance of Ivan • Ivan's Tent • The Tatar Steppe • Ivan theme • Kurbskiy's Trumpets • Attack • Malyuta's Jealousy • Attack • The Tatars • The Cannoneers • Kazan is Taken |
| 7 | Ivan's Sickness | Ivan Implores the Boyars |
| 8 | At the Polish Court | • Fanfares • Polonaise |
| 9 | Anastasia | • The Poisoning of Anastasiya • Anastasiya's Illness • The Poisoning of Anastasiya |
| 10 | Song of the Beaver (Ephrosynia's Lullaby) | Song about the Beaver |
| 11 | The Banquet | • Chaotic Dance of the Oprichniki • Orderly Dance of the Oprichniki • Song of the Oprichniki • Chaotic Dance of the Oprichniki • Orderly Dance of the Oprichniki |
| 12 | Murder in the Cathedral | • Chorus of the Oprichniki • Vladimir's Murder |
| 13 | Finale (Coda) | Finale (Ivan theme) |
The performance duration is about 60 minutes.

## Recordings
### Audio

| Year | Conductor | Orchestra and choir | Soloists | Version |
| 1965? | Abram Stasevich | Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow State Choir | Valentina Levko (mezzo-soprano), Anatoliy Mokrenko (baritone), Aleksandr Estrin (speaker) | Stasevich |
| 1972 | Maksim Shostakovich | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yurlov Choral Kapella | | Stasevich |
| 1978 | Riccardo Muti | Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Chorus | Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano), Anatoliy Mokrenko (baritone), Boris Morgunov (speaker) | Stasevich |
| 1979 | Leonard Slatkin | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Claudine Carlson (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Timberlake (bass), Without speaker | Stasevich |
| 1984 | Alipi Naydenov | Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Danube Sounds Choir | Vessela Zorova (mezzo-soprano), Dimiter Stanchev (bass), Boris Morgunov (speaker) | Stasevich |
| 1991 | Neeme Järvi | The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus | Linda Finnie (contralto), Nikita Storojev (bass-baritone) | Palmer |
| 1993 | Mstislav Rostropovich | London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, The New London Children's Choir | Tamara Sinyavskaya (mezzo-soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Christopher Plummer (narrator) | Lankester |
| 1993 | Vladimir Fedoseyev | Ostankino Television-Radio Symphony Orchestra, Yurlov Choral Kapella | Nina Romanova (mezzo-soprano), Grigory Gritsuk (bass), Boris Morgunov (speaker) | Stasevich |
| 1995 | Dmitriy Kitayenko | Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Danish National Radio Choir, Kinderchor Frankfurt | Tamara Sinyavskaya (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Brendel (baritone), Sergey Yursky (speaker) | Stasevich |
| 1997 | Valeriy Gergiev | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Kirov Orchestra | Lyubov Sokolova (mezzo-soprano), Nikolay Putilin (baritone), Without speaker | Stasevich |
| 2000 | Vladimir Fedoseyev | Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Yurlov Choral Kapella, Children's Choir of Studio Vesna | Irina Chistyakova (contralto), Dmitry Stepanovich (bass) | Film score (manuscript) |
| 2003 | Valeriy Polyansky | State Symphonic Kapella of Russia, Russian State Symphonic Kapella | Lyudmila Kuznetsova (mezzo-soprano), Sergey Toptygin (baritone) | Film score (manuscript) |
| 2004 | Leonard Slatkin | BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | Irina Chistyakova (mezzo-soprano), James Rutherford (bass-baritone), Simon Russell Beale (speaker) | Stasevich |
| 2013 | Tugan Sokhiev | Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Staats- und Domchor Berlin | Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) | Stasevich |
| 2018 | Frank Strobel | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor, Berlin | Marina Prudenskaya (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Vinogradov (bass) | Film score (soundtrack) |
| 2019 | Heinrich Hänsler | Kammerorchester des Rheins & Chor | Gustavo Monastra (speaker) | free selection of different versions. |

### Video

| Year | Conductor | Orchestra | Roles | Version |
| 1976 | Algis Zhuraitis | Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra | Yuri Vladimirov (Ivan), Natalia Bessmertnova (Anastasia), Boris Akimov (Kurbsky), Bolshoi Ballet | Chulaki |
| 1990 | Algis Zhuraitis | Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra | Irek Mukhamedov (Ivan), Natalya Bessmertnova (Anastasia), Gediminas Taranda (Kurbsky), Bolshoi Ballet | Chulaki |
| 2003 | Vello Pähn | Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris | Nicolas Le Riche (Ivan), Eleonora Abbagnato (Anastasia), Karl Paquette (Kurbsky), Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris | Chulaki |