Robin Ray introduces the Bolshoi Opera in Boris Godunov by MUSSORGSKY based on the play by PUSHKIN
A simultaneous stereo broadcast with Radio 3 recorded from the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
This sumptuous production, in two prologues and four acts, chronicles events in the life and death of this early 17th-century Tsar. Constructed on an epic scale, and revised by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, the action of the opera ranges from the Kremlin in Moscow to ancient
Russian monasteries and a castle in Poland. and soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bolshoi Opera
Conducted by Boris Khaikin For full cast see page 27
9.30 and 10.40* Interval
Robin Rav talks to David Llovd
Jones about the historical and musical background to the opera.
Producer LEONID BARATOV
Designer Fvnr>R fyokorovsky Directed for Soviet TV by AI.f.KSEY BARANNIKOV
For the best effect viewers with Stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative