Richard Jones’ stark and disturbing staging of Boris Godunov returns to The Royal Opera this January, ten years after the production’s debut. Dark, brooding and unflinchingly psychological, Modest ...

Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his ...

The coronation bells are swift and brutal, appropriate since the crowned Boris is trouble at beginning and end of the scene by visions of the heir to the throne with spinning top he had murdered.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Boris Godunov, a former confidant of Ivan the Terrible, rises to the rank of tsar ...

History will play out in front of your eyes as the ruthless Tsar Boris Godunov grapples with his sacrifices in the name of power. After being crowned the Tsar of Russia, his spiral into paranoia ...