Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - DVD

Boris Godunov [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Released 2011 product/publication from Opus 111

Mussorgsky was inspired to compose his masterpiece Boris Godunov after reading Pushkin's Shakespeare-inspired play of the same name. It features one of the most dramatically rewarding bass-baritone roles a noble ruler who loves his children and his people, but whose thirst for power has led him to commit a terrible crime. Bryn Terfel is Incha powerful new BorisInch (The Observer) in Richard Jones' new production of the original 1869 score. Antonio Pappano conducts an outstanding cast that also includes John Graham-Hall as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam.

Mussorgsky's loveless and brutal drama of the transformation of Russian society, which led to the rule of Peter the Great within the epic history of Russia, is powerfully modernised through Stein Winge's dramatic and uncompromising production.