19:30 Saturday 16 Jul 2016
Royal Albert Hall
Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
concert performance; sung in Russian
(original version, 1869)
Boris Godunov.....Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Fyodor....Benjamin Knight (treble)
Xenia....Vlada Borovko (soprano)
Shuisky....John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Shchelkalov.....Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
Pimen.....Ain Anger (bass)
Grigory (Pretender Dmitry).....David Butt Philip (tenor)
Varlaam.....Andrii Goniukov (bass)
Missail.....Harry Nicoll (tenor)
Innkeeper.....Rebecca de Pont Davies (mezzo-soprano)
Yurodivy (Holy Fool).....Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Modest Mussorgsky created music of white-hot inspiration in his operatic masterpiece Boris Godunov, which tells of a Tsar hounded by fear, danger and intrigue. Bryn Terfel leads an illustrious cast.
Royal Albert Hall
Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
concert performance; sung in Russian
(original version, 1869)
Boris Godunov.....Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Fyodor....Benjamin Knight (treble)
Xenia....Vlada Borovko (soprano)
Shuisky....John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Shchelkalov.....Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone)
Pimen.....Ain Anger (bass)
Grigory (Pretender Dmitry).....David Butt Philip (tenor)
Varlaam.....Andrii Goniukov (bass)
Missail.....Harry Nicoll (tenor)
Innkeeper.....Rebecca de Pont Davies (mezzo-soprano)
Yurodivy (Holy Fool).....Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Modest Mussorgsky created music of white-hot inspiration in his operatic masterpiece Boris Godunov, which tells of a Tsar hounded by fear, danger and intrigue. Bryn Terfel leads an illustrious cast.
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