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
Recorded: 7-13 October 2010, Teatro Regio, Turin
Production based on the original 1869 version, with final scene of revised 1872 version
Boris - Orlin Anastassov
Xenia - Alessandra Marianelli
Fyodor - Pavel Zubov
Grigory - Ian Storey
Pimen - Vladimir Vaneev
Prince Shuisky - Peter Bronder
Andrey Shchelkalov - Vasily Ladyuk
Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin
Missail - Luca Casalin
Innkeeper - Nadezhda Serdyuk
Holy Fool - Evgeny Akimov
Nurse - Elena Sommer
Nikitich - John Paul Huckle
Mityukha - Oliviero Giorgiutti
Boyar-in-attendance - Matthias Stier
Khrushchyov - Andrei Konchalovsky
Bonus:
- Cast Gallery
- Interviews with Andrei Konchalovsky and Gianandrea Noseda
Boris Godunov is the story not only of a troubled leader but of an entire nation, and its history is as eventful as that of Mother Russia herself. In this new production, the legendary director Andrei Konchalovsky presents a personal vision of the opera that takes Mussorgsky's bare and monumental first version as its basis, while adding the final scene from the composer’s revision, in which not only the Tsar but the people themselves reveal their fatal flaws.
Orlin Anastassov stars in the title role, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
"Orchestrally and vocally outstanding" -- The Opera Critic |
[ NTSC ] (1080i)