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| Composer | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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LyonBoris GodounovNew production
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Vitali Alekseenok; Vasily Barkhatov; Opéra de Lyon; Zinovy Margolin; Olga Shaishmelashvili; Alexander Sivaev; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
LondonBoris Godunov
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Mark Wigglesworth; Richard Jones; The Royal Opera; Miriam Buether; Nicky Gillibrand; Mimi Jordan Sherin; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Epic swing and miss: Boris Godunov opens at Hungarian State Opera
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András Almási-Toth production of the original version of Mussorgsky's historical epic underwhelms in Budapest.
Staatsoper Hamburg's new Boris Godunov traverses Russian history
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Opening the new opera season, Kent Nagano powerfully directs Mussorgsky's great psychodrama about a famous tsar, marred only by Frank Castorf's visually confusing and symbolically overweighted production.
A tale of two basses: Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov at La Scala
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Ildar Abdrazakov and Ain Anger excel in the confrontation of tsar and historian; Kaspar Holten's safe but effective staging focuses on the relentless march of history.
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AmsterdamBoris GodunovNew production
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Vasily Petrenko; Kirill Serebrennikov; Dutch National Opera; Nadia Kucher; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Budapest pulls out all the stops: the new Hungarian State Opera season
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The vast 2023–24 season at Budapest boast 41 different operas and 19 ballets – with new productions of Boris Godunov, Rusalka, ballets by Bartók, and a world premiere from Peter Eötvös.
Russian Composers and History
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In attempting to cement a sense of Russian identity through music, the nation's composers looked to history for inspiration.