Boris Godunov (original 1869 version)

Composer: Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

Librettist/Text Author: Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

Conductor: Nagano, Kent

Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra

Chorus: Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Eckhoff, Soren

Andrey Chelkalov: Eiche, Markus

Boris Godunov: Tsymbalyuk, Alexander

Captain: Rieger, Christian

Fyodor: Sokolik, Yulia

Grigory Otropyev: Skorokhodov, Sergei

Hostess: Damerau, Okka von der

Missail: Ress, Ulrich

Mityucha: Nazmi, Tareq

Nikititch: Juric, Goran

Pimen: Kotscherga, Anatoli

Schuisky: Siegel, Gerhard

Simpleton: Conners, Kevin

The Boyar: Power, Dean

Varlaam: Matorin, Vladimir

Xenia: Nakamura, Eri

Xenia's nurse: Grotzinger, Heike

Set Designer: Ringst, Rebecca

Costume Designer: Krugler, Ingo

Lighting Designer: Bauer, Michael

Stage Director: Bieito, Calixto

Television Director: Sommer, Andy

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Date of Production: 02-2013

Venue: National Theater, Munich

Playing Time: 02:22:28

Catalogue Number: BAC102

UPC: 3760115301023

Synopsis

Boris Godunov (original 1869 version)

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Child murder, scheming monks and a tsar lapsing into madness - Modest Mussorgsky spread the thematic arc wide in his choral opera, which he began to work on from 1868, and with which he attempted to awaken an awareness of his own time through the indirect route of a historic story.

As an artist of the 19th century, he was driven by the psychology of the masses. Thus, in Boris Godunov, alongside the hero of the title, the main role is actually taken primarily by the Russian people, rejoicing, starving, demanding and questioning.

With the participation of conductor Kent Nagano, catalan stage director Calixto Bieito proposes an original reading of this brilliant work. The cast leaded by Alexander Tsymbaliuk (Boris) associates Gerhard Siegel (Schuisky), Markus Eiche (Chelkalov) and Anatoli Kotscherga (Pimen).