Boris Godunov / music and libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, after Pushkin ; the Royal Opera House production by Andrei Tarkovsky ; presented in association with the Kirov Opera and Barclays Bank ; a Virgin Broadcasting/BBC TV/Royal Opera House co-production in association with the Decca Record Company Limited and St. Petersburg Television ; Director, Stephen Lawless ; director for television, Humphrey Burton.

Set at the start of the 17th century, the story concerns the reign of Tsar Boris Godunov, who has murdered the Tsarevich Dmitri in order to obtain the succession, and the challenge made to him by the Pretender Dmitri. The opera is based on Pushkin's historical tragedy of the same name and Karamzin's...

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Corporate Authors: Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova
Royal Opera House (London, England)
Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- )
Virgin Broadcasting
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Decca Record Company
Philips (Sound recording label)
Universal Music Group
Barclays Bank
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
English
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in Russian; optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.
Published: [London] : New York, N.Y. : Philips ; Distributed by Universal Music Group, ©2002, 1990.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description:2 videodiscs (221 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + guide (22 pages)
Format: Video DVD

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