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| Follow links to discover more about each opera role and
click artist name for an in-depth bio and reviews. |
| bass |
| Grigory (the Pretender Dimitry) |
| bass |
| Vsevolod Grivnov |
| Vladimir Ognovenko |
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| Nikitich |
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| Valery Portnov |
| Mityukha |
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| Matthew O'Neill |
| Missail |
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| Andrew Bidlack |
| The Simpleton |
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| Original 1869 Version Review: Time must have been on the minds of much of the audience attending the first night of the Kirov Opera's week-long residence at the Royal Opera House.
For one thing, there's the incessant sound of bells permeating through Mussorgsky's score of Boris Godunov (here given in its 1869 version), a constant reminder of the passage of time and human mortality. Japonica Concert Net - With complete cast list |
| soprano |
| trebel |
| Jack Gorlin |
| Daveda Karanas |
| mezzo |
| John Uhlenhopp |
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| Prince Shuisky |
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| Shchelkalov |
| Nicolai Janitzky |
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| "In the first three scenes of the opera, I make cameo appearances as a religious pilgrim, a priest (above) at the coronation of the Tsar, and a monk in various hot, uncomfortable outfits and a serious beard...It's all worth it for the Coronation scene where Frank and I carry a large, gold prop bible to the front of the stage, kneel and then listen to Samuel Ramey sing his monologue in my ear, followed by 80 choristers singing variations on "Slava." We've been instructed at the finale of the scene to walk with our monster bible to the edge of the stage over the orchestra pit, but the vertigo induced by being in the middle of this huge vortex of sound created by the orchestra and chorus is almost overwhelming. I'm afraid we're going to topple into the orchestra pit and kill ourselves. You have six more chances to see if that happens." sfciviccenter.blogspot |
| A supernumerarie gives his vies of the production on his site. |