Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	1st August 2005
To	6th August 2005
When	Aug 1, 2, 6 at 19:30
Prices	From £10.00. To £165.00.
What is currently on at Royal Opera House (V377)

Boris Godunov

T879949021
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:T879949021, opera or operetta:S1878, venue:V377

Reviews

User Review: 06Jul05: You will not see this Russian opera performed better by any other company. Gavin Roebuck-Audience Today magazine

User Reviews

Audience Today (06Jul05): You will not see this Russian opera performed better by any other company. Gavin Roebuck-Audience Today magazine

Company

Company	Kirov Opera
Conductor	Valery Gergiev

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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