Libretto by Modest Mussorgsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s play of the same name and “History of the Russian State” by Nikolay Karamzin

Music Director: Dmitry Kryukov
Conductor: Yuri Bogatyrev
Stage Director: Olga Ivanova
Set Designer: Viktor Gerasimenko
Choreographer: Ekaterina Mironova
Chorus Master: Svetlana Tokareva

In Krasnodar on February 18, 2022, the premiere of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera “Boris Godunov” took place - one of the largest and most popular in the world.

The action takes place in the years 1598-1605, before the beginning of the most difficult time for the country and people - the Time of Troubles. The central place in the opera is occupied by the tragedy of Boris himself. After the unexpected death of Tsarevich Dimitri and his election by the people, he ascended the throne and achieved supreme power. But Boris deeply worries about his own tragedy, worries about his daughter, who lost her fiancé, and about his still young son. Most of all, his soul is tormented by thoughts of the innocently murdered Tsarevich Dimitri.

The Time of Troubles is brewing in the country, an impostor appears, the fugitive monk Grigory Otrepiev, who, having heard from the chronicler the story of the murdered prince, enlisting the support of the Poles, proclaims himself Demetrius. Having gathered his army, he heads to Moscow to win the throne. As a result, Godunov, tormented by constant visions of the murdered prince and pangs of conscience, dies, transferring the throne by law to his son Fyodor. And a dark time is coming for the people...