Boris Godunov 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. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles, and his nemesis, the False Dmitriy. The Russian-language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the 1825 drama Boris Godunov by Aleksandr Pushkin, and, in the Revised Version of 1872, on Nikolay Karamzin's History of the Russian State.
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov ruled the Tsardom of Russia as de facto regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his reign Russia descended into the Time of Troubles.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.
Tsarevich Dmitry or Dmitri Ivanovich, also known as Dmitry of Uglich or Dmitry of Moscow, was a Russian tsarevich famously impersonated by a series of pretenders after the death of his father Ivan the Terrible.
Martti Olavi Talvela was a Finnish operatic bass.
Boris Christoff was a Bulgarian opera singer, widely considered one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.
Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov, PAU, was a Soviet conductor and composer, who was married to the soprano Antonina Nezhdanova.
Mark Osipovich Reizen, also Reisen or Reyzen, PAU, was a leading Soviet opera singer with a beautiful and expansive bass voice.
Ruggero Raimondi is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared in motion pictures.
Salammbô [alternative title: The Libyan ] is an unfinished opera in 4 acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The fragmentary Russian language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the novel Salammbô (1862) by Gustave Flaubert, but includes verses taken from poems by Vasiliy Zhukovsky, Apollon Maykov, Aleksandr Polezhayev, and other Russian poets.
Vassili Vassilyevich Nebolsin was a Russian conductor. He studied at the college of the Moscow Philharmonic and became conductor of the orchestra in 1918. He became choir master of the Bolshoi in 1920 and its conductor in 1922. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1940 to 1945. The Stalin Prize was awarded him in 1950.
Aage Haugland was a Danish operatic bass.
Xenia Borisovna Godunova (1582–1622) was a Russian Tsarevna, daughter of Tsar Boris Godunov, and sister of Tsar Feodor II of Russia.
The following list contains all major audio and video recordings of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
Mussorgsky is a 1950 Soviet biopic film directed by Grigori Roshal, about the emergence of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Boris Godunov is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Vera Stroyeva, based on the opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky and the 1825 play by Alexander Pushkin, which tells the epic story of Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Boris Godounov is a 1989 musical film directed by Andrzej Zulawski and based on the 1874 opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky, but also the 1825 play by Alexander Pushkin.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Lodyzhensky was a Russian composer and diplomat.
Igor Leonidovich Khudolei was a Russian pianist, composer and Honored Artist of Russia.
Lyudmila Stepanivna Shemchuk is a Ukrainian operatic mezzo-soprano. She is an Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1984).
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