The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov

(2010)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 31 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 2010

Runtime: 203 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Brian Large, Stephen Wadsworth

Cast: René Pape, Oleg Balashov, Mikhail Petrenko, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Evgeny Nikitin, Vladimir Ognovenko, Valerian Ruminski, Mikhail Svetlov, Olga Savova

Plot

Stephen Wadsworth’s production of Mussorgsky’s epic masterpiece brilliantly captures the suffering and ambition of the Russian people at a critical time in their nation’s history. René Pape is riveting as the Tsar of the title, giving a commanding and charismatic performance of one of the greatest bass roles in the repertoire—his Boris is dominating, tortured, flawed and utterly unforgettable. The extraordinary cast and the Met Orchestra and Chorus are led by Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, the foremost Mussorgsky interpreter of our time.