Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky

E43550

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Boris Godunov (opera)	2
Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky)	1
Boris Godunov (opera) by Modest Mussorgsky	1
Boris Godunov (original 1869 version)	1
Boris Godunov (revised 1872 version)	1
Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky canonical	1
Boris Godunov in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov"	1
opera "Boris Godunov"	1
opera "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky	1
opera Boris Godunov	1
opera Boris Godunov (premiered 1874)	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 (12)

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

Feodor Chaliapin → notableRole → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov"

Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin → hasAdaptation → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

subject surface form: Boris Godunov (play)

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (opera) by Modest Mussorgsky

Pimen → firstAppearance → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: opera Boris Godunov (premiered 1874)

Varlaam → firstAppearance → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: opera Boris Godunov

Varlaam → fictionalUniverse → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky)

Clock Scene → associatedWork → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (opera)

Coronation Scene → premieredInWork → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (original 1869 version)

Coronation Scene → premieredInWork → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (revised 1872 version)

Shuisky → appearsIn → Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boris Godunov (opera)