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Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044007508992
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: Philips
Languages: Russian (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), German (Original Language), Mandarin Chinese (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Russian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Philips
MPN: 075089
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Philips
Release Date: May 14, 2002
Running Time: 210 minutes
Studio: Philips
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
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Rating: - The best Boris Godunov Opera ever filmed!?
Reviewing my comments and those written by others about this extaordinary opera, I do not think I can better what has been written in THE GRAMOPHONE
magazine, "This is masterly on almost every count, musical and visual, and would now be the outright choice for this work in all media...Front stage, as it were, are some of the best of the current generation of
Russian singers...Gergiev is another of the recording's heros. Seldom, if
ever...has the score sounded so hauntingly beautiful ... Read More
Rating: - Best Boris
Having seen several live performances of this extraordinary opera, among them the Metropolitan, (I am 75), I consider this DVD a real treasure!
Rating: - Not for the faint of heart
Mussorgsky's opera BORIS GODUNOV is not for the faint of heart in any way! The story deals with the deception and treachery of Boris Godunov, a government minister in Russia in the early 1600s who becomes ruler when the reigning Czar he is serving dies, and then has the rightful heir to the throne, a young boy, murdered, thus assuring his ascent to power. Boris is eventually afflicted with guilt and goes mad. Mussorgsky's music is glorious, and there are lighter elements in the story line, but "Boris ... Read More
Rating: - Boris Godunov
I think that this DVD is the greatest opera DVD in my collection. The production itself is beautiful. All of the singers are fabulous. Rarely (particularly in a live production)are all of the singers first rate. The tessitura for Dimitri is a killer. The tenor handles it beautifully. The singer playing Pimen is a gem. His voice is wonderful and his acting is very entertaining. Borodina is magical in her love duet with Dimitri.
With this production, Boris stands up as one of the world's ... Read More
Rating: - Buy it for Mussorgsky's final version and Robert Lloyd's Boris
First, he has a pretty voice.
It's hard to find pretty bass-voices.
Even great singers like Ghiaurov can't be said without any reservation to posses a pretty voice.
Second, he is a superb actor, both vocally and visually.
He perhaps overacts occasionally, but in opera unlike in a spoken drama it's acceptable.
Mussorgsky's originals are superb to Rimsky-Korsakov's arrangement in any respect except for economy perhaps.
Take for example Boris' great monolog:
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