Boris Godunov returns Richard Jones’ stark and disturbing staging of Boris Godunov returns to The Royal Opera this January, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Boris Godunov, a former confidant of Ivan the Terrible, rises to the rank of tsar ...

The Paris Opera’s new production of Mussorgsky’s tale of a ruthless leader haunted by guilt over his bloody path to power boasts a universality of Shakespearean dimensions. Almost from the beginning, ...

Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his ...

Two great artists from the same time and country always invite comparison. This is as true in music as other fields. Thus we compare (as well as pair) Bach and Handel, Mozart and Haydn, Wagner and ...

Though it was issued only recently, this DVD of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov was recorded during (only) one performance in the Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona in 2004. So watching the DVD replaces ...

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Mussorgsky's only opera is quite a rarity on the British stage and a quick look at the plot explains why. It tells the tale of the 16th century Russian tsar Boris Godunov who seized power after the ...