London. Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov. New Production. The Royal Opera House starring Bryn Terfel as Boris Godunov.

Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov. New Production. The Royal Opera House starring Bryn Terfel as Boris Godunov.

New Production. Monday,14 March.7.30pm – 5,April 2016.

The Tsar of Russia Boris Godunov took over the throne murdering the 9 y.o. Tsarevich Dmitry.  The young monk Grigory, realizing he was born the same day as the murdered Dmitry, announced himself as the risen Tsarevich in a bid to seize the throne.

Boris Godunov trailer (The Royal Opera)

Conductor: Antonio Pappano

Bryn Terfel in the title role (Boris Godunov)

Bryn Terfel as Boris Godunov and members of the Royal Opera Chorus in rehearsal for Boris Godunov, The Royal Opera © 2016 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore

Nicholas Sales as Boyar and Bryn Terfel as Boris Godunov in rehearsal for Boris Godunov, The Royal Opera © 2016 ROH. Photograph by Catherine Ashmore

Director: Richard Jones.

Music: Modest Musorgsky

Libretto: Modest Musorgsky

Set designer: Miriam Buether

Costume designer:Nicky Gillibrand

Lighting designer: Mimi Jordan Sherin

Movement director: Ben Wright

Cast:

Conductor-Antonio Pappano

Boris Godunov-Bryn Terfel

Prince Shuisky-John Graham-Hall

Andrey Shchelkalov-Kostas Smoriginas

Grigory Otrepiev-David Butt Philip

Pimen-Ain Anger

Varlaam-John Tomlinson

Missail-Harry Nicoll

Yurodivy (Holy Fool)-Andrew Tortise

Xenia-Vlada Borovko

Xenia’s Nurse-Sarah Pring

Hostess of the inn-Rebecca de Pont Davies

Mityukha-Adrian Clarke

Frontier Guard-James Platt

Nikitich-Jeremy White

Fyodor-Ben Knight

Boyar-Nicholas Sales

Chorus-Royal Opera Chorus

Concert master-Peter Manning

Orchestra-Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Tickets: £48 – £240. Buy tickets: https://www.roh.org.uk/events/28944/tickets

Duration with no interval or break : 2 hours 10 minutes

Posted by Nadia Kovarskaya