Boris Godunov | M. P. Musorgskij

Bass René Pape takes on one of the greatest roles in a production by monumental theater and opera director Stephen Wadsworth. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. “Boris Godunov is a masterpiece,” Wadsworth says. “The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions.” 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. “Boris,” Wadsworth says, “is one of the richest operas ever written.”

Ekaterina Semenchuk, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Oleg Balashov, Evgeny Nikitin, René Pape, Mikhail Petrenko, Vladimir Ognovenko
Condactor: Valery Gergiev