In the premiere of The Merchant Kalashnikov, Tsar Ivan IV was played by Fyodor Stravinsky (the father of Igor Stravinsky), and Alyona Dmitriyevna, Kalashnikov's wife, was played by Wilhelmina Raab.
Tsar Ivan IV Fyodor Stravinsky He was the father of Igor Stravinsky and the grandfather of Theodore Strawinsky and Soulima Stravinsky. Alyona Dmitriyevna, Kalashnikov's wife Wilhelmina Raab [] 
