Modest Mussorgsky
Libretto by the composer after Alexander Pushkin

Opera in four parts
Child murder, scheming monks and a tsar lapsing into madness – Modest Mussorgsky spread the thematic arc wide in his choral opera, which he began to work on from 1868, and with which he attempted to awaken an awareness of his own time through the indirect route of a historic story. As an artist of the 19th century, he was driven by the psychology of the masses. Thus, in Boris Godunov, alongside the hero of the title, the main role is actually taken primarily by the Russian people, rejoicing, starving, demanding and questioning. "Uncovering the fine features of human nature and the mass of humanity, stubbornly drilling in these unexplored regions and conquering them – this is the mission of the true artist. Onward to new shores!“

In Russian with German surtitles

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  Cast

Conductor Kent Nagano
Production Calixto Bieito
Set Rebecca Ringst
Costumes Ingo Krügler
Lighting Michael Bauer
Dramaturgy Andrea Schönhofer
Chöre Sören Eckhoff

Boris Godunow Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Fjodor Yulia Sokolik
Xenia Eri Nakamura
Xenias Amme Heike Grötzinger
Fürst Schuiskij Gerhard Siegel
Andrej Schtschelkalow Markus Eiche
Pimen Anatoli Kotscherga
Grigorij Otrepjew Sergey Skorokhodov
Warlaam Vladimir Matorin
Missail Ulrich Reß
Schenkwirtin Okka von der Damerau
Gottesnarr Kevin Conners
Nikititsch Goran Jurić
Leibbojar Dean Power
Mitjucha Tareq Nazmi
Hauptmann der Streifenwache Christian Rieger

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera

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