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Boris Christoff Dimiter Uzunov Evelyn Lear Boris Christoff Boris Christoff John Lanigan Milen Paunov Anton Diakov Ana Alexieva Ekterina Georgieva Kiril Dulgerov Andre Cluytens Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire: CD: EMI Classics Cat: 5 67877-2 Christoff performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam. 1962 Ivan Petrov
Boris Godunov has often been subjected to cuts, recomposition, re-orchestration, transposition of scenes, or conflation of the original and revised versions. Several composers, chief among them Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Dmitri Shostakovich , have created new editions of the opera to "correct" perceived technical weaknesses in the composer's ...
Boris Feodorovich Godunov (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ d ən ɒ f, ˈ ɡ ʊ d ən ɒ f /; [1] Russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 12 August [O.S. 2 August] 1552 [2] – 23 April [O.S. 13 April] 1605) [3] [4] was the de facto regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the ...
Boris Godunov: 1868-10: 1869-12-15: Original version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin: Bobïl: 1870: 1870: Projected; to be based on the drama Hans und Grete (1868) by Friedrich Spielhagen; Marfa's Divination from Khovanshchina derives from sketches for this work Boris Godunov: 1871: 1872
Two recordings of Boris Godunov are available with Christoff singing three roles: Boris, Pimen, and Father Varlaam. Two performances in major Wagner roles are available, both sung in Italian: Gurnemanz in Parsifal conducted in Rome 1950 by Vittorio Gui, and Pogner the goldsmith in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , conducted (studio) by Lovro ...
In addition to audio recordings by Golovanov, there is a film of Golovanov conducting the USSR State Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. As was the practice in Soviet times, the Tsarist anthem was replaced with the chorus "Glory, Glory to you, holy Russia!" from Mikhail Glinka's A Life for the Tsar. The film does ...
His most successful creation is considered to be that of Boris Godunov, from the Modest Mussorgsky's opera of the same name. Right next to it is the role of Dosifey, from the opera Khovanschina of the same composer. By many music historians and critics he is regarded as the greatest ever Boris Godunov, right after Feodor Chaliapin.
Hines in 1970. Jerome A. Hines (November 8, 1921 – February 4, 2003) was an American operatic bass who performed at the Metropolitan Opera from 1946 to 1987. Standing 6'6", his stage presence and stentorian voice made him ideal for such roles as Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Mephistopheles in Faust, Ramfis in Aida, the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, the title role of Boris Godunov and King ...