Boris Godunov
Popular musical drama in a prologue and three acts (1869 version)
Libretto by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| Staging | Kasper Holten |
| Sets | Es Devlin |
| Costumes | Ida Marie Ellekilde |
| Lights | Jonas Bǿgh |
| Video | Luke Halls |
CAST |
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| Boris Godunov | Ildar Abdrazakov |
| Fydor | Lilly Jørstad |
| Kseniya | Anna Denisova |
| Kseniya's nurse | Agnieszka Rehlis |
| Vasiliy Shuysky | Norbert Ernst |
| Shchelkalov | Alexey Markov |
| Pimen | Ain Anger |
| Grigorij Otrepev | Dmitry Golovnin |
| Varlaam | Stanislav Trofimov |
| Misail | Alexander Kravets |
| The Innkeeper | Maria Barakova |
| The yuródivïy | Yaroslav Abaimov |
| Pristav, head of the guards | Oleg Budaratskiy |
| Mityukha, a peasant | Roman Astakhov |
Mussorgsky’s disturbing fresco on the brutality and solitude of power, inspired by Pushkin, has a strong bond with La Scala: this was where it debuted in Italy in 1909 and where Claudio Abbado put his name to a memorable edition directed by Yuri Lyubimov on 7 December 1979. Abbado was assisted by Riccardo Chailly, who today, for his ninth season inauguration, has chosen to conduct for the first time this title of profound humanity in which personal drama is reflected in collective tragedy, made all the more rich in meaning by his choice of the first version of the opera. The stage direction of Kasper Holten, former Director of Covent Garden, adds a view of the history of Russia, heightening the emotional experience with a reflection on the value of memory and the bearing of witness.
