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 Musical drama in two parts to music by Modest Mussorgsky. 160 min (with one intermission). Music Director: Dmitry Volosnikov. Conductors: Dmitry Volosnikov, Valery Kritskov. Stage Director: Valery Belyakovich. Set Designer: Eduard Kochergin. Novaya Opera’s production of the original version of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, which was rejected by the Committee of the Imperial Theatres 130 years ago, came as a major revelation to the opera-goers. All authentic compositions should be returned to the public, and the Novaya Opera Theatre brings back not only the original version of the opera, composed by Mussorgsky in one go, but also the historical events surrounding the Time of Troubles, on which Aleksandr Pushkin’s drama is based. The true heroes of the opera are not the haughty Tsar and boyars, but people of tragic fate, caught in the whirlpool of history. The style of the production is austere, consistent, figurative and theatrical. "In the production… there is no politics… there israther politics of the soul, as the characters look primarily like people with a hint of physical and spiritual weakness," - Vechernyaya Moskva newspaper.
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