Boris Godunov : Konchalovsky, Noseda / Teatro Regio di Torino, Anastassov, Marianelli, Zubov, etc (2010 Stereo)

Modest Mussorgsky: BORIS GODUNOV
production based on the original 1869 version, with final scene of revised 1872 version

Boris - Orlin Anastassov
Xenia - Alessandra Marianelli
Fyodor - Pavel Zubov
Grigory - Ian Storey
Pimen - Vladimir Vaneev
Prince Shuisky - Peter Bronder
Andrey Shchelkalov - Vasily Ladyuk
Varlaam - Vladimir Matorin
Missail - Luca Casalin
Innkeeper - Nadezhda Serdyuk
Holy Fool - Evgeny Akimov
Nurse - Elena Sommer
Nikitich - John Paul Huckle
Mityukha - Oliviero Giorgiutti
Boyar-in-attendance - Matthias Stier
Khrushchyov - Andrei Konchalovsky
Torino Teatro Regio Chorus and Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Andrei Konchalovsky, stage director
Recorded live from the Teatro Regio, Turin, 7, 10, 13 October 2010

Bonus:
Cast Gallery
Interviews with Andrei Konchalovsky and Gianandrea Noseda

Menu language: English
Running time: 164 mins

Boris Godunov is the story not only of a troubled leader but of an entire nation, and its history is as eventful as that of Mother Russia herself. In this new production, the legendary director Andrei Konchalovsky presents a personal vision of the opera that takes Mussorgsky’s bare and monumental first version as its basis, while adding the final scene from the composer’s revision, in which not only the Tsar but the people themselves reveal their fatal flaws.

Orlin Anastassov stars in the title role, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. ( Opus Arte )

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