Boris Godunov

The 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.

• Modeste MoussorgskyOriginal Music Composer
• Xavi BovéDirector
• Modeste MoussorgskyWriter

• Matti SalminenBoris Godunov
• Brian AsawaFyodor
• Marie ArnetXenia
• Stefania ToczyskaXenia’s Nurse
• Philip LangridgeShuisky
• Albert SchagidullinAndrei Shchelkalov
• Anatoli KotschergaVarlaam
• Eric HalfvarsonPimen
• Pär LindskogGrigory
• José Manuel ZapataMissail
• Itxaro MentxakaLandlady at the inn
• Alex GrigorevA Simpleton