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 is the quintessential Russian opera, and stands as the greatest operatic product of the Russian school. This classic Bolshoi production, recorded in 1987, live from the magnificent Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, is a chance to see Mussorgsky's opera in a traditional Russian production. The original staging is by Leonid Baratov, with designs by Fyodor Fedorovsky. After Mussorgsky's death, the work was revised by Rimsky-Korsakov, and this is the version sung in this performance. The title role is taken by the great Russian bass Evgeny Nesterenko, at the peak of his career, and the conductor is Alexander Lazarev.
Boris Godunov - Evgeny Nesterenko
Xenia - Nelya Lebedeva
Fyodor - Tatiana Yerastova
Xenia's Nurse - Raisa Kotova
Prince Shuisky - Vladimir Kudryashov
Andrei Tchelkalov - Yuri Mazurok
Pimen - Alexander Vedernikov
Grigory - Vladislav Piavko
Marina Mnishek - Tamara Sinyavshaya
Varlaam - Arthur Eizen
Misail - Alexander Arkhipov
Tavern Hostess - Larissa Nikitina
The Idiot - Alexander Fedin
ACT I:
01 Prelude... What's The Matter With You?
02 Long Live The Tsar Boris Fyodorovich
03 Just One More Story
04 I Caught A Darling Little Duck
ACT II:
05 Where Are You, My Dearest?
06 What's The Matter?
07 You Highness, Prince Shuisky Requests An Audience
ACT III:
08 At Midnight, In The Garden
09 Tsarevich! Dimitry!
10 Has The Service Finished?
11 The Moon Is Shining
ACT IV:
12 Bring Him Here
13 Lord, Save King Dimitry Of Muscovy
14 Let's Vote Now, Boyars
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