September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
A complex psychological tale of deception and vengeance unfolds in Boris Godunov, Modest Mussorgsky’s only completed opera. With a libretto written by Mussorgsky himself, the piece is based on Alexander Pushkin’s drama Boris Godunov and Nikolay Karamzin’s History of the Russian State, a 12-volume national history. The story is set between 1598 and 1605 during the reign of Tsar Boris Godunov, with a war-torn Russia set as a backdrop.
Boris Godunov, the regent of the young Tsar Fyodor, becomes tsar of Russia after arranging the assassination of the tsar’s half-brother, 10-year-old ...
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