Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	14th March 2016
To	5th April 2016
When	Mar16 14, 18, 21, 24, 26, 30, Apr16 5 at 19:30
What is currently on at Royal Opera House (V377)

Boris Godunov

T1488384111
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:T1488384111, opera or operetta:S1878, venue:V377

Production details

Sung in Russian with English surtitles.

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Royal Opera House
Producer	Deutsche Oper Berlin
Conductor	Antonio Pappano
Director	Richard Jones
Design	Miriam Buether
Costume	Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting	Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreographer	Ben Wright
Performer	Bryn Terfel (Boris Godunov)
Performer	Vlada Borovko (Xenia)
Performer	Sarah Pring (Xenia's Nurse)
Performer	John Graham-Hall (Prince Shuisky)
Performer	Kostas Smoriginas (Andrei Shchelkalov)
Performer	Ain Anger (Pimen)
Performer	David Butt Phillip (Grigory)
Performer	John Tomlinson (Varlaam)
Performer	Harry Nicoll (Missail)
Performer	Rebecca de Pont Davies (Innkeeper)
Performer	Andrew Tortise (Simpleton)
Performer	Jeremy White (Nikitich)
Performer	Adrian Clarke (Mityukha)
Performer	James Platt (Zaretsky)
Performer	Nicholas Sales (Boyar)
Company	Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Company	Royal Opera Chorus

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