Boris Godunov - Preview UNDER30
Boris Godunov - Preview UNDER30
3 hours ca. intermission included | |
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Popular musical drama in four parts (1869 version) Libretto by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Teatro alla Scala New Production Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy |
CAST
Staging | KASPER HOLTEN |
Sets | ES DEVLIN |
Costumes | IDA MARIE ELLEKILDE |
Lights | JONAS BØGH |
Video | LUKE HALLS |
Boris Godunov | Ildar Abdrazakov |
Fëdor | Lilly Jørstad |
Ksenija | Anna Denisova |
La nutrice di Ksenija | Agnieszka Rehlis |
Vasilij Šujskij | Norbert Ernst |
Ščelkalov | Alexey Markov |
Pimen | Ain Anger |
Grigorij Otrepev | Dmitry Golovnin |
Varlaam | Stanislav Trofimov |
Misail | Alexander Kravets |
L'ostessa della locanda | Maria Barakova |
Lo Jurodivyi | Yaroslav Abaimov |
Guardia | Oleg Budaratskiy |
Mitjucha, uomo del popolo | Roman Astakhov |
Un boiaro di corte | Vassily Solodkyy |
In brief
Mussorgsky’s disturbing fresco on the brutality and solitude of power, inspired by Pushkin, has a strong bond with La Scala: this was where it debuted in Italy in 1909 and where Claudio Abbado put his name to a memorable edition directed by Yuri Lyubimov on 7 December 1979. Abbado was assisted by Riccardo Chailly, who today, for his ninth season inauguration, has chosen to conduct for the first time this title of profound humanity in which personal drama is reflected in collective tragedy, made all the more rich in meaning by his choice of the first version of the opera. The stage direction of Kasper Holten, former Director of Covent Garden, adds a view of the history of Russia, heightening the emotional experience with a reflection on the value of memory and the bearing of witness.