Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Other spaces: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	3rd November 2014
To	3rd November 2014
When	19:00
Prices	From £15.00. To £65.00.
What is currently on at Barbican Centre (V371)

Boris Godunov

T01985576632
Based on Pushkin's The Comedy of the Distress of the Muscovite State, of Tsar Boris and of Grishka Otrepiev - there are several version developed by Mussorsky over a number of years. Set in Russia and Poland between 1598 and 1605. Boris is 'persuaded' to accept the crown after murdering the true heir. A young monk pretends to be the murdered heir in order to avenge the death and there is a swell amongst the people in his favour. In the end Boris dies.

Author

Mussorsky

Archive :: production:T01985576632, opera or operetta:S1878, venue:V371

Production details

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Company

Company	Mariinsky Opera
Conductor	Valery Gergiev
Performer	Mikhail Kazakov (Boris Godunov)
Performer	Mikhail Petrenko (Pimen)
Performer	Evgeny Akimov (Prince Shuisky)
Performer	Alexei Markov (Shchelkalov)
Performer	Andrei Popov (Simpleton)
Company	Tiffin Boys Choir

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.

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