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Conductor

Conductor (+4)

Vasily Petrenko

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Kirill Serebrennikov

Set designer

Choreographer

Choreographer (+1)

Evgeny Kulagin

Assistant Stage Director

Costume designer

Costume designer (+2)

Tatiana Dolmatovskaya

Lighting designer

Sergey Kucher

Video

Yurii Karikh

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Daniil Orlov

Bass-baritone (+7)

Tomasz Konieczny

Boris Godunov

Tenor (+6)

Ya-Chung Huang

Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky

Mezzo-soprano (+5)

Raehann Bryce-Davis

Marina Mniszech

Baritone (+2)

Gevorg Hakobyan

Rangoni

Bass-baritone (+3)

Shen Yang

Varlaam

Chorusmaster

Conductor (+2)

Edward Ananian-Cooper

Orchestra

Concertgebouworkest

Chorus

Koor van De Nationale Opera

Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor

Bass (+1)

Jasurbek Khaydarov

Andrey Shchelkalov

Bass (+2)

Vitalij Kowaljow

Pimen

Tenor

Dumitru Mîțu

Grigoriy

Tenor (+2)

Steven van der Linden

Misail

Bass (+5)

Roger Smeets

Police officer in the inn

Mityukha

Soprano (+1)

Inna Demenkova

Kseniya

Countertenor (+2)

David van Laar

Fyodor

Olga Pavluk

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Eva Kroon

The innkeeper

Actor (+1)

Odin Biron

Simpleton

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Polly Leech

Kseniya's nurse

Power and destruction
Boris Godunov (1552–1605) accumulates power with firm determination. But the ghosts of the past catch up with him and he ends up dying mad, abandoned and betrayed by everyone. Meanwhile, the country sinks ever deeper into a mire of corruption, intrigue and coups.

Russia today
Kirill Serebrennikov, multi-talented and equally at home in the worlds of opera, theatre and film, previously surprised Amsterdam audiences with his unconventional interpretation of Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz. Now he returns to present his take on Mussorgsky’s opera about political turmoil and its consequences. In Serebrennikov’s production, parallels with modern-day Russia, which is dominated by high-stake political schemes at the cost of the country’s people, will be clearly drawn. 

Leading the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, acclaimed conductor Vasily Petrenko will make his debut with Dutch National Opera. Also at his disposal is the Chorus of Dutch National Opera in full force and a top-flight cast of singers. Leading bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, celebrated for his ability to get into the skin of his characters both vocally and in his acting, will be singing Boris Godunov for the first time. 

In other roles, much-loved singers will be returning to Amsterdam, including mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis (previously Ježibaba in Rusalka) as Marina Mnishek, bass Dmitry Ulyanov (previously Prince Galitsky/Khan Konchak in Prince Igor) as Pimen and tenor Najmiddin Mavlyanov (previously Calaf in Turandot) as Grigory.

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