Houston Grand Opera opens its 51st season Saturday with Samuel Ramey singing the title role in Mussorgsky's " Boris Godunov." According to a press release, the opera is based on Pushkin's play of the ...

Following the opening of Boris Godunov, the new ballet season at La Scala was launched with The Nutcracker, a Russian ballet which is traditional for the Christmas season ROME, December 27. /TASS/.

Like Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Boris Godunov is capable of murder in pursuit of power. When Boris’s political opponents substitute a pretend descendant of the previous tsar, the so-called Pretender, to ...

NEWBURYPORT — The Metropolitan Opera’s 2021-22 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with “Boris Godunov,” Mussorgsky’s drama of a ruler undone by the consequences of his own ambition. The ...

Power? At what price? History will play out in front of your eyes as the ruthless Tsar Boris Godunov grapples with his sacrifices in the name of power. After being crowned the Tsar of Russia, his ...

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MILAN (AP) — Milan’s famed La Scala opera house on Monday announced the celebration of next season’s gala premiere with the Russian opera “Boris Godunov,″ a move it hopes will underline the separation ...