Boris Godunov / Mussorgsky ; Andrei Konchalovsky, stage director ; Francesca Nesler, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mikhalkov-Konchalovskiĭ, Andreĭ, stage director.

Nesler, Francesca, film director.

Anastassov, Orlin, 1976- singer.

Zubov, Pavel, singer.

Marianelli, Alessandra, 1986- singer.

Storey, Ian, singer.

Vaneev, Vladimir, singer.

Noseda, Gianandrea, conductor.

Teatro regio (Turin, Italy), performer.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 27 min., 10 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2010]

Language Note:

Sung in Russian, with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

A one-off production of Boris Godunov was staged by Andrei Konchalovsky at the Teatro Regio in Torino in 2010, with Orlin Anastassov in the leading role and Gianandrea Noseda conducting the Orchestra del Teatro Regio. Boris Godunov is an opera in four acts by Mussorgsky, composed and orchestrated between October 1868 and December 1869. The libretto is based on two works: Karamzin's History of the Russian State and Pushkin's Boris Godunov. Andrei Konchalovsky's staging at the Teatro Regio in Torino is based on a new musical structure stemming from the 1872 written version by Mussorgsky and the adaptation work carried out by director and conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The staging is sober and the scenery so simple that the contrast with the shimmering costumes is striking. In the leading role is Bulgarian singer Orlin Anastassov, one of the world's most outstanding basses, and winner of first prize at Placido Domingo's Operalia Competition in 1999. He is now a worldwide star on the lyric scene. Plot The opera Boris Godunov is set in Russia and Poland from 1598 to 1605. Several historical events are recounted, in a similar way to a Shakespearean historical drama. Boris Godunov, brother-in-law and prime minister of Tsar Feodor, has Dimitri, the Tsar's young heir, assassinated. When Feodor dies, Boris Godunov seizes the throne in place of Dimitri and is hailed by the people. A young monk named Grigori then pretends to be Dimitri, the assassinated Tsarevich. Grigori is first welcomed in Poland, then marches on Russia. When Boris dies, he seizes power.

Participant:

Orlin Anastassov (Boris Godunov) ; Pavel Zubov (Fyodor) ; Alessandra Marianelli (Xenia) ; Ian Storey (Grigory) ; Vladimir Vaneev (Pimen) ; with various other soloists ; Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino ; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino ; Gianandrea Noseda, conductor.

Notes:

Opera in four acts.

Recorded 2010 Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin, Italy.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (1872)

OCLC:

956370463

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Restricted for use by site license.