Overview

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.

Top Cast

Matti Salminen

Boris Godunov

Brian Asawa

Fyodor

Marie Arnet

Xenia

Stefania Toczyska

Xenia’s Nurse

Philip Langridge

Shuisky

Albert Schagidullin

Andrei Shchelkalov

Anatoli Kotscherga

Varlaam

Eric Halfvarson

Pimen

Pär Lindskog

Grigory

J

José Manuel Zapata

Missail

Itxaro Mentxaka

Landlady at the inn

Alex Grigorev

A Simpleton