Boris Godunov I Modest Petrovič Musorgskij

06/02/22, 18:45

Boris Godunov • Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky • opera • live broadcast • renewed performance
Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
Director: Stephen Wadsworth
Stage: Ferdinand Wögerbauer
Costumes: Moidele Bickel
Lighting design: Duane Schuler

Estimated duration: 2 h 20 min (no break)

Cast: René Pape, David Butt Philip, Maxim Paster, Alexej Bogdanov, Ain Anger, Ryan Speedo Green

Bassist René Pape is one of the best contemporary performers of the role of Boris Godunov, the tsar, whose torment of power, who is also terrified. This time, Pape will play him in the opening broadcast of the new and long-awaited Season Met: Live in HD 2021-2022. Mussorgsky's masterpiece, which is one of the pillars of Russia's operatic repertoire, will be directed by Sebastian Weigle in its original version of 1869. Stephen Wadsworth's concise direction impressively captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people and the ruler himself.