Organization

Conductor

Sebastian Weigle

Stage director

Stephen Wadsworth

Singer

Baritone

René Pape

Boris Godunov

Tenor

Maxim Paster

Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky

Aleksey Bogdanov

Andrey Shchelkalov

Bass

Ain Anger

Pimen

David Butt Philip

Grigoriy

Ryan Speedo Green

Varlaam

Lighting designer

Duane Schuler

Costume designer

Moidele Bickel

Set designer

Ferdinand Wögerbauer

Production

Lincoln Center

Russian

New York City

United States

Boris Godunov Musorgsky

Public

Private

English

German

Spanish

Approved

A pinnacle of the Russian operatic canon, Boris Godunov operates on both the most epic and the most intimate levels, with huge crowd scenes and monumental monologues juxtaposed with snippets of smaller (but crucial) folk-based melodies. At the drama’s core stands the titular tsar—a complex, nuanced figure who is both a hero and a villain, a summit of the bass repertory, and an utterly engrossing character. This season, the Met presents Mussorgsky’s original one-act version from 1869.

Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky, From (2021/2021), Directed by Stephen Wadsworth, Sebastian Weigle,, Conductor Sebastian Weigle

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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Venues