The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting point. Boris Godunov is Mussorgsky’s masterpiece and his only complete opera. It’s a vast sprawling tapestry of Russian life, which centres on the Russian people – represented in the opera by a large and powerful chorus – rather than on the title figure. The staging was produced at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and is based on the original version of the score.
as Boris Godunov
as Fyodor
as Xenia
as Xenia’s Nurse
as Shuisky
as Andrei Shchelkalov
as Varlaam
as Pimen
as Grigory
as Missail
as Landlady at the inn
as A Simpleton
as Nikitich
as Mityukha
as Boyar-in-attendance
as Khrushchov
as Dmitri
