Rated: XMPT

Bass Rene Pape takes on one of the greatest roles in a production by monumental theater and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky's soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. "Boris Godunov is a masterpiece," Stein says. "The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we... Read More

Bass Rene Pape takes on one of the greatest roles in a production by monumental theater and opera director Peter Stein, in his Met debut. Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky's soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. "Boris Godunov is a masterpiece," Stein says. "The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions." Back to Summary

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Rated: E
Duration: 5hrs 30mins