Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Modest Mussorgsky's masterpiece live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on June 7th, 2018
There are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris has had killed in order to seize the throne appears as an impostor. Adapting Pushkin's epic poem, Mussorgsky composed a meditation on the solitude of power, a populist drama in which the real protagonist is the Russian people with its burden of eternal suffering. Ivo Van Hove is no stranger to grand political frescos. This is his first production for the Paris Opera.
Written by Modeste Moussorgsky
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Ildar Abdrazakov Boris Godunov -
Evdokiya Malevskaya Feodor - Ruzan Mantashyan Xenia
- Alexandra Durseneva Xenia's nurse
- Maxim Paster Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky
- Boris Pinkhasovich Andrey Shchelkalov
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Vladimir Jurowski Conductor
Make it a double feature
3h 52m together
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
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