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The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting point. Boris Godunov is Mussorgsky’s masterpiece and his only complete opera. It’s a vast sprawling tapestry of Russian life, which centres on the Russian people – represented in the opera by a large and powerful chorus – rather than on the title figure. The staging was produced at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and is based on the original version of the score.Read moreLess
The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting point. Boris Godunov is Mussorgsky’s masterpiece and his only complete opera. It’s a vast sprawling tapestry of Russian life, which centres on the Russian people – represented in the opera by a large and powerful chorus – rather than on the title figure. The staging was produced at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and is based on the original version of the score.
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The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting point. Boris Godunov is Mussorgsky’s masterpiece and his only complete opera. It’s a vast sprawling tapestry of Russian life, which centres on the Russian people – represented in the opera by a large and powerful chorus – rather than on the title figure. The staging was produced at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and is based on the original version of the score.
Cast & crew
Matti SalminenBoris Godunov
Brian AsawaFyodor
Marie ArnetXenia
Stefania ToczyskaXenia’s Nurse
Philip LangridgeShuisky
Albert SchagidullinAndrei Shchelkalov
Anatoli KotschergaVarlaam
Eric HalfvarsonPimen
Pär LindskogGrigory
Itxaro MentxakaLandlady at the inn
Alex GrigorevA SimpletonExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Modeste Moussorgsky
- Writer
- Modeste Moussorgsky
- Director
- Xavi Bové