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Opera in 4 Acts
Libretto: Modest Mussorgsky [Based: Aleksandr Pushkin: Boris Godunov and Nikolay Karamzin: History of the Russian State]
First performance: 8 Feb, 1874, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia
Boris Godunov - Yevgeny Nesterenko
The Pretender - Vladislav Piavko
Pimen - Valery Yaroslavtsev
Marina - Irina Arkhipova
Xenia - Galina Kalinina
Simpleton - Aleksei Maslennikov
Universally acknowledged as the greatest of all Russian operas, this is a faithful and often dazzling production of the standard Rimsky-Korsakov version taped "live" at the Bolshoi in 1978. As Boris, the renowned Yevgeni Neterenko is as justifiably identified with the role in his generation as Chaliapin, London and Kipness were in theirs. Nesterenko gives a remarkably vivid, human portrait of the tormented half-crazed Tsar, and is supported by a first rate ensemble in a richly designed and costumed production that represents opera at its grandest. Particularly outstanding are Vladislav Piavko as the Pretender, Valery Yaroslavtsev as Pimen, Irina Arkhipova as Marina (a role generally associated with Vishnevskaya), Galina Kalinina as Xenia, and Alexsei Maslennikov as the Simpleton.
"This rare performance of Boris Godunov captures Yevgeni Nesterenko at the high point of his brilliant career. It is a total Russian production of stunning depth and magnitude." - Richard Hornack, Opera News
St-Petersburg, 1874. Composer Modest Mussorgsky is present at the premiere of his opera Boris Godunov. The curtain opens and the performance begins. After the death of Czar Fyodor and enormous crowd has gathered before the Kremlin gate. Incited by boyars, the crowd implores Boris Godunov to accept the throne. Boris agrees though he knows that the crown is spattered with the blood of Czaravitch Dimitri, an heir to the throne, murdered earlier at Gounov's secret order.
At the same time, in a monastery, monk Pimen is about to finish his historical manuscript. Asked by the young novice Grigori about Dimitri's mysterious death, Pimen reveals to him the truth about Godunov's involvement. Deeply affected by the monk's tale, Grigori soon flees to Lithuania.
In the Kremlin, Godunov feels increasingly lonely as he is haunted by the visions of the murdered Czarevitch. Prince Shuysky informs him that someone who claims to be Czarevitch Dimitri is heading for Moscow to take over the throne. In fact, this is the escaped novice Grigori who has become an impostor in order to win the heart of the Polish beauty Marina Mniszek…. |
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