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"
Sung in Russian
Revival
Co-production with the Salzburg Easter Festival
PREMIERE
- 09 August 1997, 18:30
- 12 August 1997, 18:30
- 21 August 1997, 18:30
- 25 August 1997, 18:30
- 30 August 1997, 18:30
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Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Herbert Wernicke, Stage director
Herbert Wernicke, Stage sets
Herbert Wernicke, Costumes
Winfried Maczewski, Jan Rozehnal, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Chorus masters
Albrecht Puhlmann, Dramaturgy
Vladimir Vaneev, Boris Godunow
Liliana Nichiteanu, Fjodor
Iride Martinez, Xenia
Eugenia Gorochowskaja, Xenia´s nurse
Philip Langridge, Wassili Schuiski
Nikolai Putilin, Schtschelkalow
Alexander Morosow, Pimen
Sergej Larin, Dimitri
Olga Borodina, Marina
Monte Pederson, Rangoni
Fjodor Kusnetzow, Warlaam
Wilfried Gahmlich, Missail
Irina Tchistjakowa, Inn hostess
Goran Simic, Captain
Alexander Fedin, Fool
Goran Simic, Nikititsch
Jewgenij Nikitin, Mitjucha
Alexander Fedin, Body Bojar
Alexander Fedin, Chruschtschow
Jewgenij Nikitin, Lowitzki
Tigran Martirossian, Tschernjakowski
Thomas Stache, Fool (Double)
Tölzer Knabenchor
Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Slovakian Philharmonic Choir Bratislava
Vienna Philharmonic