Music

The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov

Name: The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Director: Stephen Wadsworth
Genre: Music
Released: 2010-10-23
Duration: 203 min
Cast: René Pape, Oleg Balashov, Mikhail Petrenko, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ekaterina Semenchuk

October 23, 2010

3h 23m

Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical time in their nation’s history. René Pape is riveting as the Tsar of the title, giving a commanding and charismatic performance of one of the greatest bass roles in the repertoire—his Boris is dominating, tortured, flawed and utterly unforgettable. The extraordinary cast and the Met Orchestra and Chorus are led by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, the foremost Mussorgsky interpreter of our time.