Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov / Modest Mussorgsky.

Stephen Wadsworth's production of Mussorgsky's epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical time in their nation's history. René Pape is riveting as the Tsar of the title, giving a commanding and charismatic performance of one o...

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Main Author: Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881 (Composer)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Other Authors: Semenchuk, Ekaterina, 1976- (Performer), Anton̦enko, Aleksandrs, 1975- (Performer), Balashov, Oleg, 1968- (Performer), Nikitin, Evgeniĭ, 1973- (Performer), Pape, René (Performer), Petrenko, Mikhail, 1976- (Performer), Ognovenko, Vladimir (Performer), Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- (Conductor), Wadsworth, Stephen (Director)
Format: Video
Language:Russian
English
French
German
Portuguese
Spanish
Published: [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2010]
Subjects:
Operas.
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov)
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Summary:Stephen Wadsworth's production of Mussorgsky's epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical time in their nation's history. René Pape is riveting as the Tsar of the title, giving a commanding and charismatic performance of one of the greatest bass roles in the repertoire--his Boris is dominating, tortured, flawed and utterly unforgettable. The extraordinary cast and the Met Orchestra and Chorus are led by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, the foremost Mussorgsky interpreter of our time.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (3 hr., 23 min., 8 sec.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:03:23:08
Production Credits:Director, Stephen Wadsworth.
Participant or Performer:Ekaterina Semenchuk ; Aleksandrs Antonenko ; Oleg Balashov ; Evgeny Nikitin ; René Pape ; Mikhail Petrenko ; Vladimir Ognovenko ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.
Language:Sung in Russian; English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Vendor-supplied metadata.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.

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