From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York,

Musorgsky's opera in a prologue and four acts. Boris Godunov has usurped the Russian throne and now rules as tsar. Musorgsky's opera, however, portrays a Godunov assailed by doubts, fears and guilt and slowly losing control as Russia slides into chaos. His tragedy is also that of the Russian people. Sung in Russian.

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev Parti

7.35 The Idea of Russia
Robin Milner-Gulland and Geoffrey Hosking talk about Russia, Russianness and the way the idea of nationhood has affected Russian history.

8.00 Part 2

8.40 The Met Opera Quiz
Martin Bernheimer puts listeners' questions to John Ardoin, Harlow Robinson and Richard Woitach.
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9.05 Part 3

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