Ferrucio Furlanetto (bass, Boris Godunov); Robert Holl (bass, Pimen); Marian Talaba (tenor, Grigory); Nadia Krasteva (mezzo-soprano, Marina Mniszek); Falk Struckmann ...
Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between ambition and paranoia. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s Russian masterwork in its ...
An aged woodcut map showing the boundaries of 16th-century Russia will be featured alongside innovative stage models and lavish costume designs in a special exhibition opening Sunday, April 1, to ...
For opera fans, Boris Godunov means a single thing: one of the juiciest roles basses have to sing. The legendary Russian Fyodor Chaliapin set the standard in 1908 when heintroduced Modest Mussorgsky's ...
The Metropolitan Opera's strong new production of Modest Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" underscores the violence and anxieties during the first years of the "Time of Troubles" in Russian history (1598 ...
A screening of the San Francisco Opera 2008 performance of “Boris Godunov,” filmed in HD, will be held 2 p.m. today at the Zingg Recital Hall on the Chico State University campus. Modest Mussorgsky’s ...
Beginning in 1598, Russia came upon a "Time of Troubles" that lasted well into the next century. After the death of Ivan the Terrible's only heir, the boyar nobles chose Boris Godunov to be the next ...
SAN DIEGO — Ferruccio Furlanetto sang his first U.S. Boris Godunov to open the San Diego Opera season Saturday at the downtown Civic Theatre. It was a resounding success. The first Italian to sing the ...
Adapted from a play by Alexander Pushkin about the extraordinary reign of the 16th-century tsar, Boris Godunov is regarded as one of the masterpieces of the Russian operatic repertoire. The ...