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.
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.
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| Language: | Russian Multiple languages |
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Sung in Russian; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese. |
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[London] :
Philips,
℗1993, 1990.
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (221 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | Video DVD |