Boris Godunov
2004The 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.
Acted in
Matti Salminen
as Boris Godunov
Brian Asawa
as Fyodor
Marie Arnet
as Xenia
Stefania Toczyska
as Xenia’s Nurse
Philip Langridge
as Shuisky
Albert Schagidullin
as Andrei Shchelkalov
Eric Halfvarson
as Pimen
Pär Lindskog
as Grigory
Anatoli Kocherga
as Varlaam
José Manuel Zapata
as Missail
Itxaro Mentxaka
as Landlady at the inn
Alex Grigorev
as A Simpleton
David Pittman-Jennings
as Nikitich
Josep Ferrer
as Mityukha
Javier Roldán
as Boyar-in-attendance
Jordi Casanova
as Khrushchov
Ferran Ilari
as Dmitri