Event listing: Boris Godunov | Wiener Staatsoper | Event is in the past

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Wiener StaatsoperOpernring 2 / Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, Vienna, 1010, Austria

Dates/times in Vienna time zone

Programme

Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881)

Performers

Vienna State Opera
Sebastian Weigle	Conductor
Yannis Kokkos	Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus
Stephan Grögler	Director
Anne Blancard-Kokkos	Dramaturgy
Alexander Tsymbalyuk	Bass	Boris Godunov
Vitalij Kowaljow	Bass	Pimen
Dmitry Golovnin	Tenor	Grigory (The Pretender Dmitri)
Ileana Tonca	Soprano	Xenia
Margaret Plummer	Mezzo-soprano	Feodor
Thomas Ebenstein	Tenor	Prince Shuisky
Stephanie Houtzeel	Mezzo-soprano	Xenia's nurse
Sergey Kaydalov	Baritone	Shchelkalov
Ilja Kazakov	Bass	Varlaam
Daniel Jenz	Tenor	Missail
Stephanie Maitland	Contralto	The Innkeeper
Evgeny Solodovnikov	Baritone	Nikitich
Andrea Giovannini	Tenor	Simpleton (The yuródivïy or Holy Fool)
Marcus Pelz	Bass	Mityukha
Dan Paul Dumitrescu	Bass	The Boyar Khrushchov

Reviews of Boris Godunov directed by Yannis Kokkos

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Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, May 2016 (Deutsch)

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A feast for bass voices in the Staatsoper's sombre Boris Godunov

George Jahn, 15th May

That Boris was sung by a Ukrainian in times like this might or might not have been a coincidence. But that Alexander Tsymbalyuk was an excellent choice for the role is indisputable.

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