Mussorgsky Boris Godunov opera to a libretto by the composer. Directed 2013 by Calixto Bieito at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Stars Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris Godunov), Yulia Sokolik (Fyodor), Eri Nakamura (Xenia), Heike Grötzinger (Xenia’s nurse), Gerhard Siegel (Schuisky), Markus Eiche (Andrey Chelkalov), Anatoli Kotscherga (Pimen), Sergey Skorokhodov (Grigory Otropyev), Vladimir Matorin (Varlamm), Ulrich Reß (Missail), Kevin Conners (Simpleton), and Goran Jurić (Nikititch), Dean Power (The Boyar), Tareo Nazmi (Mityucha), and Christian Rieger (Captain). Kent Nagano conducts the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and the Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper. Sets by Rebecca Ringst; lighting by Michael Bauer; costumes by Ingo Krügler; dramaturgy by Andrea Schönhofer. Directed for TV by Andy Sommer; produced by François Duplat. Released 2014, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Hugo Shirley in the May 2014 Gramophone at page 92 heaps on praise for this update of Boris Godunov by Calixto Bieito. We know Bieito for his excellent HDVD update and reworking of Carmen, so this Boris Godunov promises to be a good title also.
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