Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Boris Godunow
Opera in four acts with Prologue
Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky based on the play by Alexander Puschkin, Nikolai Karamsin´s "History of the Russian State" and Nikolai Kostomarows "The Time of the Misery of the Russian State"
In the version by Nikolai A. Rimski Korsakow
Sung in Russian
PREMIERE
- 30 July 1965, 18:30
- 13 August 1965, 18:30
- 16 August 1965, 18:30
- 25 August 1965, 18:30
- 28 August 1965, 18:30
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Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Herbert von Karajan, Stage director
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, Stage sets
Ronny Reiter, Costumes
Wazlaw Orlikowsky, Choreography
Walter Hagen-Groll, Chorus masters
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Boris Godunow
Olivera Miljakovic, Fjodor
Nadejda Dobrianowa, Xenia
Marianne Radev, Xenia´s nurse
Gerhard Stolze, Wassili Schuiski
Eberhard Waechter, Schtschelkalow
Nikolai Gjuselev, Pimen
Dimiter Usunow, Dimitri
Sena Jurinac, Marina
Nicolae Herlea, Rangoni
Anton Diakov, Warlaam
Milen Paunov, Missail
Margarita Lilowa, Inn hostess
Gregor Radev, Captain
Aleksej Maslennikow, Fool
Tugomir Franc, Nikitisch
Zvonimir Prelcec, Body Bojar
Miljenko Grozdanic, Chruschtschow
Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Lowitzki
Paul Karolidis, Tschernjakowski
Ballett der Salzburger Festspiele
Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele
Chor der Kroatischen Nationaloper Zagreb
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic