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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.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[London] : Philips, [2002], ℗1993.
Description2 videodiscs (221 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Czar of Russia, 1551 or 1552-1605--Drama.
Operas.
Other author/creatorTarkovskiĭ, Andreĭ Arsenʹevich, 1932-1986 director.
Other author/creatorLawless, Stephen, director.
Other author/creatorBurton, Humphrey, 1931- director.
Other author/creatorLloyd-Jones, David.
Other author/creatorLloyd, Robert, 1940- singer.
Other author/creatorBorodina, Olʹga, singer.
Other author/creatorStebli︠a︡nko, Alekseĭ, singer.
Other author/creatorLeĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946- singer.
Other author/creatorGergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- conductor.
Included WorkMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881 Boris Godunov. (1872)
Included WorkPushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov.
Included WorkKaramzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1766-1826. Istorii︠a︡ gosudarstva rossiĭskogo.
Other author/creatorRoyal Opera House (London, England)
Other author/creatorLeningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova performer.
Other author/creatorVirgin Broadcasting.
Other author/creatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Other author/creatorDecca Record Company.
Other author/creatorPhilips (Sound recording label)
Abstract 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.
General noteOpera in 4 acts with a prologue.
General noteBased on Pushkin's historical tragedy of the same name and Karamzin's History of the Russian state.
General notePerformed in the ed. by David Lloyd-Jones, published by Oxford University Press.
General noteProgram notes by Irina Brown and John Warrack, and synopsis in English, French and German (47 p.) in container.
CreditsDirector, Stephen Lawless ; director for television, Humphrey Burton.
Performer Robert Lloyd, Olga Borodina, Alexei Steblianko, Sergei Leiferkus ; supporting singers ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov Opera ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event note"The complete 1872 version, filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1990."
Technical detailsDVD; 5.1 surround sound, stereo.; all-regions NTSC.
LanguageSung in Russian; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.
UPC 4400750899
Publisher number075 089-9 Philips

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