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Rimsky-Korsakov's revisions of Boris Godunov began in 1892 with a reworking of the Coronation Scene; these revisions eventually extended to the entire opera, and they were completed only several years later, in May 1896. This (first) version, given its premiere at the St. Petersburg Conservatory on November 28 of that year, contained numerous ...
27 January 1874 (1874-01-27) Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg. Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов, tr. Borís Godunóvlisten ⓘ) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece.
- Russian
- 27 January 1874, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
- Mussorgsky
Cast. Boris Godunov (baritone or bass) Fyodor, his son (mezzo-soprano) Xenia, Boris's daughter (soprano) Xenia's nurse (contralto) Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky (tenor) Andrey Shchelkalov, Clerk of the Duma (baritone) Pimen, chronicler-hermit (bass) Grigoriy the Pretender, in training with Pimen (tenor)
Notated Music [Boris Godunov, "Coronation scene", Prologue, scene 2, by Mussorgsky, ca. 1907] View 10 images in sequence. Download: PDF GIF JPEG (414x512px) TIFF JPEG2000 (827x1024px) Go