Don’t miss the Coronation Scene — Wonderful Bell Effect ! Modest Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov with Anatoly Kotcherga as Boris featuring Claudio Abbado conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Monday, March 24 – Part One and Monday, March 31, 2025 Part Two, hosted by Joe Truskot.
Talk about a time of troubled leadership! Boris Godunov ascends the throne haunted by the mysterious death of Dmitriy, the legitimate heir. Meanwhile in Poland, the False Dmitriy — a man claiming to be that very heir organizes troops to invade Moscow. The Russian people, beset by famine, respond with characteristic cynicism regarding their leaders. It’s a masterpiece and the most frequently performed Russian opera.
