Oct
30

Scott Scully

Simpleton (cover)

Boris Godunov

Metropolitan Opera

New York, NY

Scott Scully: Simpleton (cover)

Valery Gergiev conducts Mussorgsky’s soulful spectacle, which captures the suffering and ambition of a nation. “Boris Godunov is a masterpiece,” Stein says. “The challenge is to transmit the enormous emotional depth of the whole thing. Boris is the czar, but he is expressing a problem we all have: the consequences of human actions.” Aleksandrs Antonenko, Vladimir Ognovenko, and Ekaterina Semenchuk lead the huge cast in a work that is also a breathtaking showcase for the Met’s formidable chorus. “Boris,” Stein says, “is one of the richest operas ever written.”  Tickets & Information.