Boris Godunov News

 
Lyric Opera of Chicago: Mussorgsky's BORIS GODUNOV on May 26th
WRTI
Listen to BORIS GODUNOV on Saturday, May 26th from 1 to 4 pm on WRTI. The magnificent Ferruccio Furlanetto is Boris, who's haunted by the specter of the child he murdered to become Czar, surrounded by whispers and enemies, and threatened by a pretender ...


 
Furlanetto sings in Verdi's 'Atilla.'
St.Petersburg Times.ru
Three hundred years later Karamzin was to write his History of the Russian State, from which Pushkin borrowed the plot for his play in the Shakespearean spirit, Boris Godunov. And yet again dim and distant history was re-evaluated as a universal drama.


 
New York Times (blog)
It's Usually Woeful to Be the King
New York Times (blog)
How about Mussorgsky's “Boris Godunov,” the czar of Russia? Or Hermann the crowned landgrave of Thuringia in Wagner's “Tannhauser” — technically a count rather than a king, but no more modest in the imperial headgear? Of course, Boris, like Lear, ...


 
Reading Pushkin in Brussels
New York Times
The drama and musical flow of his writing has led to operatic and ballet interpretations, including “Boris Godunov,” “Eugene Onegin,” “Queen of Spades,” “Ruslan and Ludmilla” and “The Captain's Daughter.” Experts and literary adventurers have often ...


 
Sir Andrew Davis Extends Contract as Lyric Opera of Chicago's Music Director ...
Broadway World
Lyric's 2011/12 season featured The Tales of Hoffmann, Lucia di Lammermoor, Boris Godunov, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Magic Flute, Aida, Show Boat, and Rinaldo; plus two student matinees of The Magic Flute and a subscriber-appreciation concert starring ...

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Concert explores Shostakovich's dilemma
Houston Chronicle
In the triumphant finale of his Fifth Symphony, there is a reference to "Boris Godunov" - a 'rejoice' motif, but when you know it's a policeman with a whip in his hand ordering the rejoicing, you understand what it cost Shostakovich and that he's using ...


 
Metropolitan Opera: Janáček's The Makropulos
Red River Radio
... the Salzburg Festival last summer, and in recent seasons he has also sung Wotan in Wagner's Das Rheingold at the Bavarian State Opera; Jochanaan in Salome at Covent Garden; and the title role of Mussorgky's Boris Godunov at the Royal Danish Opera.

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