Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov

Musical drama in two parts
Music Director Dmitry Volosnikov
Conductors Dmitry Volosnikov, Valery Kritskov
Stage Director Valery Belyakovich
Set Designer Eduard Kochergin
Costume Designer Inna Gabai
Lighting Designer Gleb Filshtinsky
Chief and stage choirmaster Natalya Popovich
Choirmaster Maria Chekrkchieva
Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes with one intermission
Premiered on 19 September 1998
Recommended for 12+
Novaya Opera’s production of the original version of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, which was rejected by the Committee of the Imperial Theatres 150 years ago, came as a major revelation to the opera-goers. All authentic compositions should be returned to the public, and the Novaya Opera Theatre brings back not only the original version of the opera, composed by Mussorgsky in one go, but also the historical events surrounding the Time of Troubles, on which Aleksandr Pushkin’s drama is based. The true heroes of the opera are not the haughty Tsar and boyars, but people of tragic fate, caught in the whirlpool of history. The style of the production is austere, consistent, figurative and theatrical.
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