Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky

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opera

"Boris Godunov" is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky, renowned for its powerful portrayal of the troubled Russian tsar and its innovative, dramatically intense music.

Observed surface forms (3)

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Boris Godunov 49 0
opera "Boris Godunov" 0 1
opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf opera →
associatedMovement Modest Mussorgsky →
surface form: The Mighty Handful
basedOn Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin →
History of the Russian State by Nikolai Karamzin →
character Boris Godunov →
Fyodor →
surface form: Feodor

Grigori Otrepyev (False Dmitri) →
Innocent Fool (Yurodivy) →
Marina Mniszech →
Missail →
Pimen →
Shuisky →
Varlaam →
Xenia →
composer Modest Mussorgsky →
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire →
firstPerformanceDate 1874-02-08 →
firstPerformancePlace Mariinsky Theatre →
surface form: Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
genre historical opera →
opera →
influenced 20th-century Russian opera →
language Russian →
mainCharacter Boris Godunov →
musicalStyle Russian nationalist →
notableAriaOrScene Clock Scene →
Coronation Scene →
Death of Boris →
notableConductor Claudio Abbado →
Valery Gergiev →
notableFeature innovative use of speech-like vocal declamation →
prominent role of the chorus →
psychological portrait of a ruler →
use of Russian folk and liturgical elements →
notableRecordingArtist Feodor Chaliapin →
orchestrationRevisedBy Dmitri Shostakovich →
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov →
originalVersionCensorshipStatus rejected by Imperial Theatres censors →
originalVersionCompleted 1869 →
premiereTheatre Mariinsky Theatre →
publisherOfVocalScore Bessel (Saint Petersburg) →
revisedVersionCensorshipStatus approved by Imperial Theatres censors →
revisedVersionCompleted 1872 →
settingLocation Russia →
settingTimePeriod Time of Troubles →
structure prologue and four acts →
subject Boris Godunov →
surface form: Tsar Boris Godunov
theme abuse of power →
guilt and conscience →
relationship between people and ruler →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mariinsky Theatre → notableProduction → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky →
Bolshoi Theatre → notableWorkPerformed → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky →
this entity surface form: opera "Boris Godunov"
Boris Godunov → portrayedIn → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky →
this entity surface form: opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky