Universally acknowledged as the greatest of all Russian operas, this is a faithful and often dazzling production of the standard Rimsky-Korsakov version taped live at the Bolshoi in 1978. As Boris, the renowned Yevgeni Neterenko is as justifiably identified with the role in his generation as Chaliapin, London and Kipness were in theirs. Nesterenko gives a remarkably vivid, human portrait of the tormented half-crazed Tsar, and is supported by a first rate ensemble in a richly designed and costumed production that represents opera at its grandest. Particularly outstanding are Vladislav Piavko as the Pretender, Valery Yaroslavtsev as Pimen, Irina Arkhipova as Marina (a role generally associated with Vishnevskaya), Galina Kalinina as Xenia, and Alexsei Maslennikov as the Simpleton.
Modeste Moussorgsky
Writer
Elena Macheret
Director
Evgeny Nesterenko
Boris Godunov
Irina Arkhipova
Marina Mnichek
Galiana Kalinina
Xenia
Glafira Korolyova
Fyodor
Aleksey Maslennikov
Simpleton
Vladislav Piavko
The pretender
Valery Yaroslavtsev
Pimen
Nina Grigorieva
Xenia's mother
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