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BORIS GODUNOV

Boris Godunov - Preview UNDER30

Performances
08:00 PM
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Opera

Boris Godunov - Preview UNDER30

Modest Petrovič Musorgskij
4 December 2022
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

StagingKASPER HOLTEN
SetsES DEVLIN
CostumesIDA MARIE ELLEKILDE
LightsJONAS BØGH
VideoLUKE 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.

First part 70’
Intermission
35’
Second part 75’
End

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