The libretto is by Mussorgsky himself and takes the eponymous “romantic tragedy” by the celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as its starting point. Boris Godunov is Mussorgsky’s masterpiece and his only complete opera. It’s a vast sprawling tapestry of Russian life, which centres on the Russian people – represented in the opera by a large and powerful chorus – rather than on the title figure. The staging was produced at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and is based on the original version of the score.
Matti Salminen
Boris Godunov
Brian Asawa
Fyodor
Marie Arnet
Xenia
Stefania Toczyska
Xenia’s Nurse
Philip Langridge
Shuisky
Albert Schagidullin
Andrei Shchelkalov
Eric Halfvarson
Pimen
Pär Lindskog
Grigory
Anatoli Kocherga
Varlaam
Itxaro Mentxaka
Landlady at the inn
Alex Grigorev
A Simpleton
David Pittman-Jennings
Nikitich
Josep Ferrer
Mityukha
Jordi Casanova
Khrushchov
