Opera on 3

Martin Handley presents a performance of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov at the Royal Ballet and Opera, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth and starring Bryn Terfel in the title role of the troubled tsar. Boris Godunov has been crowned tsar of Russia in a glittering coronation, but his path to power wasn't straightforward. Years ago he ordered the murder of Dmitry, the young heir to the throne, and that decision has haunted him ever since. His own position isn't secure when a young man the same age as Dmitry sees an opportunity to oust Boris and become tsar himself. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (original version). Bryn Terfel (bass baritone: Boris Godunov), Adam Palka (bass: Pimen), Andrii Kymach (baritone: Andrei Shchelkalov), Jamez McCorkle (tenor: Grigory Otrepiev), John Daszak (tenor: Prince Shuisky), Alexander Roslavets (bass: Varlaam), Alasdair Elliott (tenor: Missail), Hannah Edmunds (soprano: Xenia), Carolyn Holt (mezzo: Xenia's nurse), Susan Bickley (mezzo: Hostess of the inn), Mingjie Lei (tenor: Holy fool), Eddie Wade (baritone: Nikitich), Sam Hird (baritone: Mityukha), Freddie Tong (baritone: Frontier guard), Christopher Lemmings (tenor: Boyar), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor).