Boris Godunov
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 11, 2010
Closed Mar 17, 2011
Opened Oct 11, 2010
Closed Mar 17, 2011
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Running Time:
4hr. 25min.
4hr. 25min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Bass René Pape takes on the title role in Boris Godunov, in a production by Stephen Wadsworth. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky's soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko, and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast in a work that is also a breathtaking showcase for the Met's formidable chorus.
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It's difficult to imagine a more accomplished modern version of Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov than the one now at the Metropolitan Opera House, conducted by Valery Gergiev with Rene Pape leading a remarkable cast in the title role. Indeed, Met lovers will be hard-pressed to recall when so many big, beautifully cultivated voices filled the plush room.
Pape, commanding in the role which he's presenting in New York City for the first time, plays Boris, a basically decent man imploding from guilt about his murderous path to 17th-century Tsar. (Ostensibly, the actual Boris was instrumental in murdering the rightful heir to the throne -- a historical assumption historians currently discou[...]