Death of Boris

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climactic scene opera scene

"Death of Boris" is the climactic final scene in Modest Mussorgsky's opera *Boris Godunov*, depicting the tsar Boris Godunov's dramatic mental collapse and death.

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Label	Occurrences
Death of Boris canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	climactic scene ⓘ opera scene ⓘ
belongsToVersion	original 1869 version of Boris Godunov ⓘ revised 1872 version of Boris Godunov ⓘ
composedBy	Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
depicts	death of Boris Godunov ⓘ mental collapse of Boris Godunov ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Boris Godunov ⓘ Boyars ⓘ Fyodor ⓘ surface form: Feodor Xenia ⓘ
hasActPosition	final scene ⓘ
hasDramaticFunction	climax ⓘ denouement ⓘ
hasGenre	Russian opera scene ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	Time of Troubles ⓘ surface form: Time of Troubles in Russia
hasInstrumentation	full symphony orchestra ⓘ
hasLanguage	Russian ⓘ
hasMood	intense ⓘ psychological ⓘ tragic ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	declamatory vocal writing ⓘ orchestral colorism ⓘ through-composed ⓘ
hasOriginalLibrettist	Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
hasSetting	Moscow ⓘ Catherine Palace ⓘ surface form: Tsar’s apartments
hasSourceWork	Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ surface form: Boris Godunov (Pushkin play)
hasTheme	divine judgment ⓘ guilt ⓘ madness ⓘ political power ⓘ remorse ⓘ
hasVocalForces	bass soloist ⓘ mixed chorus ⓘ
influencedBy	Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin ⓘ surface form: Alexander Pushkin’s drama Boris Godunov historical accounts of Tsar Boris Godunov ⓘ
isCentralTo	portrayal of Boris Godunov’s character arc ⓘ
isFrequentlyAnalyzedIn	musicology literature ⓘ theater studies literature ⓘ
isKeySceneIn	Russian operatic repertoire ⓘ
isOftenPerformedAs	excerpt in concert ⓘ
partOf	Boris Godunov ⓘ
portrays	final collapse and death of the tsar ⓘ hallucinations and visions of Boris Godunov ⓘ tsar’s confession and farewell to his children ⓘ

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Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky → notableAriaOrScene → Death of Boris ⓘ

subject surface form: Boris Godunov