Boris Godunow an der Oper Frankfurt: im Panoptikum der Unterdrückung

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris Godunow)

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris Godunow) und Michael McCown (Gottesnarr)

Boris Godunow

Michael McCown (Gottesnarr)

Dmitry Golovnin (Grigori Otrepjew) und Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Pimen)

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris Godunow) und Karolina Makuła (Fjodor)

Michael McCown (Gottesnarr)

Karolina Makuła (Fjodor) und Anna Nekhames (Xenia)

By Alexandra Richter, 07 November 2025

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“ein Boris, der nicht nur gesehen, sondern durchlitten werden will”

Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 6 November 2025

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov

Oper Frankfurt

Thomas Guggeis, Conductor

Keith Warner, Director

Kaspar Glarner, Set Designer, Costume Designer

John Bishop, Lighting Designer

Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Frankfurt Opera Chorus

Jorge Cousineau, Video

Mareike Wink, Dramaturgy

Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Boris Godunov

Sofija Petrović, Marina

Dmitry Golovnin, Grigory

Andreas Bauer Kanabas, Pimen

Michael McCown, Simpleton, The Boyar-in-Attendance

Peter Marsh, Missail

Claudia Mahnke, The Innkeeper

Morgan-Andrew King, Nikitich

Frederic Jost, Mityukha

Thomas Faulkner, Rangoni

Anna Nekhames, Xenia

Mikołaj Trąbka, Shchelkalov

AJ Glueckert, Prince Shuisky, The Boyar Khrushchov

Inho Jeong, Varlaam

Judita Nagyová, Xenia's nurse

Karolina Makuła, Feodor

Álvaro Corral Matute, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.

Im Panoptikum der Unterdrückung: Boris Godunow an der Oper Frankfurt