Film
Royal Opera House: Boris Godunov
2016 · 2h 15m · Music
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Overview
Mussorgsky was inspired to compose his masterpiece Boris Godunov after reading Pushkin’s Shakespeare-inspired play of the same name. It features one of the most dramatically rewarding bass-baritone roles: a noble ruler who loves his children and his people, but whose thirst for power has led him to commit a terrible crime. Bryn Terfel is “a powerful new Boris” (The Observer) in Richard Jones’ new production of the original 1869 score. Antonio Pappano conducts an outstanding cast that also includes John Graham-Hall as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam.
Cast
Bryn Terfel
Boris Godunov
Ain Anger
Pimen
David Butt Philip
Grigory Otrepiev
John Graham-Hall
Prince Shuisky
Kostas Smoriginas
Andrei Shchelkalov
Jeremy White
Nikitich
Vlada Borovko
Xenia
Crew
- Richard JonesDirector
Details
- Release date
- March 21, 2016
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Music
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