Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Martin Tsonev (Boris Godunov), Mario Krastev (Fyodor), Irina Zhekova (Kseniya), Rumyana Petrova (Nurse), Sergei Drobishevski (Shuysky), Angel Hristov (Pimen), Kostadin Andreev (Grigoriy Otrepiev), Petar Buchkov (Varlaam), Hrisimir Damyanov (Holy Fool)
Sofia Opera, Konstantin Chudovski
As a staging it is broadly traditional in terms of period - the costumes, the obviously glued on beards, and such sets as there are all clearly evoke early 17th-century Russia. Tsonev is a physically...
Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Martin Tsonev (Boris Godunov), Mario Krastev (Fyodor), Irina Zhekova (Kseniya), Rumyana Petrova (Nurse), Sergei Drobishevski (Shuysky), Angel Hristov (Pimen), Kostadin Andreev (Grigoriy Otrepiev), Petar Buchkov (Varlaam), Hrisimir Damyanov (Holy Fool)
Sofia Opera, Konstantin Chudovski
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As a staging it is broadly traditional in terms of period - the costumes, the obviously glued on beards, and such sets as there are all clearly evoke early 17th-century Russia. Tsonev is a physically...
About
Producer, director and stage designer: Plamen Kartaloff
Costume designers: Marta Mironska, Stanka Vauda
Lighting designer: Andrey Hajdinjak
Boris Godunov was performed for the first time in the open air in front of St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia in 2014. This spectacular production, performed 90 years after the cathedral’s consecration, was conceived by Plamen Kartaloff, the director of Sofia Opera and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Bulgarian bass Boris Christoff and the 85th anniversary of the birth of Nicolai Ghiaurov. Both artists were world-renowned for their interpretations of the role of Boris. In this production, the role is sung by the great Bulgarian bass Martin Tsonev.
Video Format/ Aspect ratio: NTSC – 16:9
Audio Format: PCM 2.0
Subtitles: Ita, Eng, Fre, Ger, Bulg, Russ, Kor
Region code: 0 – All regions
Recording date & place: May 2014 – staged in front of Aleksandr Nevskij Cathedral in Sofia
Duration: 115 min.
Notes: Ita / Eng
Contents and tracklist
- Martin Tsonev (Boris Godunov), Mario Krastev (Fyodor), Irina Zhekova (Kseniya), Rumyana Petrova (Kseniya’s nurse), Sergei Drobishevski (Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky), Biser Georgiev (Andrey Shchelkalov), Angel Hristov (Pimen), Dimitar Stanchev (Old Man), Kostadin Andreev (Grigoriy Otrepiev), Petar Buchkov (Varlaam), Plamen Papazikov (Misail), Tsveta Sarambelieva (Innkeeper), Hrisimir Damyanov (Holy Fool), Orlin Nevenkin (First police officer), Nikolay Petrov (Second police officer), Anton Radev (Mityukha) & Stoyan Alexiev (Patriarch Job)
- Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Sofia Opera
- Konstantin Chudovski
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Awards and reviews
March 2017
As a staging it is broadly traditional in terms of period - the costumes, the obviously glued on beards, and such sets as there are all clearly evoke early 17th-century Russia. Tsonev is a physically and vocally imposing Boris.
