Performance

Venue	London Coliseum
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	11th November 1998
To	11th December 1998
London Coliseum (V376)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Boris Godunov

Work:: Boris Godunov (S1878)

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 Poland between 1598 and 1605. Boris is 'persuaded' to accept the crown after murdering the true heir. A young monk pretends to be the murdered heir in order to avenge the death and there is a swell amongst the people in his favour. In the end Boris dies.

Author

Mussorsky

Production:: (T1445304504)

New production.

Company	English National Opera (ENO)
Conductor	Paul Daniel
Performer	John Connell (Pimen)
Performer	John Daszak (Dimitry)
Performer	Timothy Robertson (Simpleton)
Performer	John Tomlinson (Boris)

Listing:: L745165007

Production details

New production.

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