The original 1869 version of Musorgsky's opera, one of the greatest of the Russian School in its power of musical characterisation.
The opera is based on Pushkin's story of a regicide pursued by his guilt, and is an epic account of the Russian people during the reign of Czar Boris at the turn of the 16th century. (bass) (soprano) (mezzo) (bass) (tenor) (tenor) (baritone) (tenor) (contralto) (tenor) (tenor) (baritone)
Chorus of the Grand
Theatre, Geneva
Suisse Romande Orchestra conductor Edo de Waart
Scene 1: The Courtyard of the Novodievichy Monastery,
Scene 2: Boris's Coronation in the Cathedral in the Kremlin
Scene 3: Pimm's cell in the Chudov Monastery, Scene 4: An inn near the Lithuanian border
Scene 5: Boris's private apartments in the Kremlin Scene 6: Outside St Basil's Cathedral,
Scene 7: A room in the Kremlin