Boris Godunov / music and libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, after Pushkin ; the Royal Opera House production by Andrei Tarkovsky ; a Virgin Broadcasting/BBC TV/Royal Opera House co-production in association with the Decca Music Group Limited and St. Petersburg Television.

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The action takes place between 1598 and 1605. It concerns the reign of Tsar Boris Godunov who has murdered the Tsarevich Dmitri in order to obtain the succession, and the challenge made to it by the Pretender Dmitri.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Royal Opera House (London, England) Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ) Virgin Broadcasting British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service Decca Record Company Philips (Sound recording label)
Other Authors:	Tarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986 (Director) Lawless, Stephen (Director) Burton, Humphrey, 1931- (Director) Lloyd-Jones, David Lloyd, Robert, 1940- (Singer) Borodina, Olʹga (Singer) Stebli͡anko, Alekseĭ (Singer) Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946- (Singer) Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- (Conductor) Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881 Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1766-1826
Language:	Russian Multiple languages
Language and/or Writing System:	Sung in Russian; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.
Published:	[London] : Philips, ℗1993, 1990.
Subjects:	Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, > Czar of Russia, > 1551 or 1552-1605 > Drama. Operas. Video recordings.
Genre:	Drama. Video recordings.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (221 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet.
Format:	Video DVD

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