One of the University's most ambitious theatrical collaborations came to fruition last night with the world premiere of Alexander Pushkin's 1825 play "Boris Godunov" at McCarter Theatre. The play was ...
Praised for its fine photography and production design if not its narrative, Sergei Bondarchuk directed this adaptation of the tale by Alexander Pushkin. Boris Godunov came to the Czarist throne at ...
The Lyric Opera stages “Boris Godunov” by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky who based the opera on the play of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. Long considered the greatest of all Russian operas, ...
Adapted from a play by Alexander Pushkin about the extraordinary reign of the 16th-century tsar, Boris Godunov is regarded as one of the masterpieces of the Russian operatic repertoire. The ...
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 ...
The idea of a two-hour play performed in Russian with subtitles and no interval may put some people off going to see Declan Donnellan's adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's Boris Godunov. But those who ...
The Arts Desk: Boris Godunov, Royal Opera review - brutality and transcendence
Based on Pushkin’s The Comedy of the Distress of the Muscovite State, of Tsar Boris and of Grishka Otrepiev – there are several version developed by Mussorsky over a number of years. Set in Russia and ...
Freshman Adam Zivkovic portrays Dmitry the Pretender, the challenger to the Russian throne, in the world premiere production of "Boris Godunov." Princeton scholars, students and artists have worked ...