Name: Boris Godunov
Start: 2022-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Baritone

Сергей Севастьянов

Boris Godunov

Bass

Sergei Pleshivtsev

Pimen

Tenor

Alexei Kostyuk

Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky

Anatoly Badayev

Varlaam

Ildar Abdrazakov

Stanislav Trofimov

Singer

Sergei Semishkur

The pretender

Yevgeny Akimov

Andrei Serov

Waleriy Trubin-Leonoff

Yevgeny Plekhanov

Mergen Sandanov

Alexei Smirnov

Musical director

Stage director

Sergei Bogoslavskiy

Video designer

Pyotr Okunev

Chorus master

Larisa Shveikovskaya

Pianist

Irina Soboleva

Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Roman Krukovich

Russian

Vladivostok

Russia

Public

English

Approved

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Mezzo-soprano

Countertenor

Soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

To enjoy Boris Godunov by one’s own eyes is a dream of any opera lover. The pangs of conscience and mental turmoil of the sinful tsar hallucinating with “blooded boys”, in the brilliant musical incarnation by Modest Musorgsky, can excite the audience much deeper than any Hollywood thriller. Along with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Boris Godunov has become the most performed Russian opera in the world.

This masterpiece comes in a dozen various versions. On the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, the opera is presented in its first version (1869), which reflects the composer’s initial conception most closely. It is devoid of the love line with Marina Mniszech, the Polish act with dances and the Kromy civilian revolt scene. In this version, the focus is placed on the main character: the opera begins with the decision to crown Boris Godunov and ends with his death.

The stage version of the opera is based on Andrei Tarkovsky’s legendary 1983 London production, his only opera directing experience. Since 1990, upon initiative of Valery Gergiev, it has been staged at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The opera was transferred and adapted to the Primorsky Stage by Sergei Bogoslavsky, who has supplemented the production with video projections by Pyotr Okunev. This version was first performed in the summer of 2022 at the VII International Mariinsky Far East Festival; maestro Gergiev took the conductor’s stand, and Ildar Abdrazakov, the top Russian bass among the whole generation, performed the part of Boris Godunov. Now the opera is successfully presented by the Primorsky Stage soloists.

Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky, Thu 04 Aug 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Sergei Bogoslavskiy,, Conductor Valery Gergiev, Waleriy Trubin-Leonoff, Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, Vladivostok, Russia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues