Name: Boris Godunov
Start: 2010-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2011-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Marina Mniszech

Tenor

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Grigoriy

Oleg Balashov

Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky

Bass

Yevgeny Nikitin

Rangoni

Baritone

René Pape

Boris Godunov

Mikhail Petrenko

Pimen

Vladimir Ognovenko

Varlaam

Soprano

Jennifer Zetlan

Kseniya

Olga Savova

The innkeeper

Larissa Shevchenko

Kseniya's nurse

Nikolai Gassiev

Misail

Valerian Ruminski

Police officer in the inn

Mikhail Svetlov

Mityukha

Alexey Markov

Andrey Shchelkalov

Gennady Bezzubenkov

Border guard

Andrei Popov

Simpleton

Dennis Petersen

Andrew Oakden

Lavitsky

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Pavel Smelkov

Stage director

Peter Stein

Costume designer

Moidele Bickel

Set designer

Ferdinand Wögerbauer

The Metropolitan Opera

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical time in their nation’s history. René Pape is riveting as the Tsar of the title, giving a commanding and charismatic performance of one of the greatest bass roles in the repertoire—his Boris is dominating, tortured, flawed and utterly unforgettable. The extraordinary cast and the Met Orchestra and Chorus are led by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, the foremost Mussorgsky interpreter of our time.

Boris Godunov Musorgsky

Private

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading