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Boris godounov

Opéra Bastille - from 07 June to 12 July 2018

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Boris godounov

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Opera Modeste Petrovitch Moussorgski

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Opéra Bastille - from 07 June to 12 July 2018

2h10 no interval

Language : Russian

Surtitle : French / English

About

In few words:

In 1824, when Pushkin turned to Boris Godunov for his first historical drama, he knew only too well what a colossus he was tackling. It was armed with his reading of Shakespeare that he matched his skills to the dazzling reign of the Tzar of Russia (1598-1605). Indeed, there are elements of Macbeth in this political fable, in which the ghost of the child that Boris has had killed in order to seize the throne appears as an impostor. Adapting this epic poem, Mussorgsky composed a meditation on the solitude of power, a populist drama in which the real protagonist is the Russian people with its burden of eternal suffering. Pushkin had already wondered, “What is a soul? A melody, perhaps…” Ivo Van Hove is no stranger to grand political frescos having already staged Tragédies Romaines and Kings of War based on plays by Shakespeare.
This is his first production for the Paris Opera.

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Podcast | Boris Godounov - Modeste Petrovitch Moussorgski

Boris Godounov - Pimène (Ain Anger)

Boris Godounov (Ildar Abdrazakov)

Boris Godounov - Andrei Chtchelkalov (Boris Pinkhasovich)

Media coverage

  • Le tableau final, pris dans un tempo allant, est d’un dépouillement saisissant

    Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde 12/06/18

  • La basse russe Ildar Abdrazakov est un hallucinant Boris de chair et de sang, noble et fragile, campant révolution psychologique du tsar de sa voix de bronze, d'une plénitude absolue. Le reste de la distribution est digne de cette splendide incarnation […]

    Bruno Serrou, La Croix 12/06/18

  • La mise en scène sobre d'Ivo van Hove et la direction précise de Vladimir Jurowski honorent la puissance de l'œuvre de Moussorgski

    Christian Merlin, Le Figaro, 9,10/06/18

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Partners

  • Sponsor of Boris Godounov

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  • Sponsor of the Paris Opera initiatives for young people and of the avant-premières

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  • Sponsor of the Paris Opera's audiovisual broadcasts

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  • With the support of AROP

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Ce spectacle fait l’objet d’une captation réalisée par Don Kent, coproduite par l’Opéra national de Paris et Bel Air Média, avec la participation de France 2, avec le soutien du CNC et de la Fondation Orange, mécène des retransmissions audiovisuelles de l’Opéra national de Paris. Ce spectacle sera retransmis en direct sur Culturebox le 7 juin 2018 à 20h. Il sera également retransmis le même jour en direct avec le concours de Fra Cinéma, dans les cinémas UGC, dans le cadre de leur saison Viva l’Opéra ! et dans des cinémas indépendants en France et dans le monde entier. Il sera retransmis sur France Musique le 1er juillet 2018 à 20h et ultérieurement sur France 2.

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