Boris Godunov / music and libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, after Pushkin ; the Royal Opera House production by Andrei Tarkovsky ; presented in association with the Kirov Opera and Barclays Bank ; a Virgin Broadcasting/BBC TV/Royal Opera House co-production in association with the Decca Record Company Limited and St. Petersburg Television ; director, Stephen Lawless ; director for television, Humphrey Burton.

Set at the start of the 17th century, the story concerns the reign of Tsar Boris Godunov, who has murdered the Tsarevich Dmitri in order to obtain the succession, and the challenge made to him by the Pretender Dmitri. The opera is based on Pushkin's historical tragedy of the same name and Karam...

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