Boris Feodorovich Godunov (ca. 1551-1605) was czar of Russia from 1598 to 1605. Although an able and intelligent ruler, he came to suspect widespread subversion and treason and more and more resorted to political terror. Boris Godunov was born in...

MUSSORGSKY Boris Godunov * Herbert von Karajan, cond; Galina Vishnevskaya (Marina); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Boris Godunov); Ludovic Spiess (Grigory/Dmitri); Martti Talvela (Pimen); Anton Diakov (Varlaam); Aleksei Maslennikov (Shuisky, Simpleton); Zoltan Kélémén (Rangoni); Vienna St Op O & Ch * DECCA 000747902 (3 CDs: 211:54 *)...

MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov Avdeyeva,; Nelepp, Khanaev, Kozlovsky, Pirogov, Mikhailov, Krivcbenia; Orch. and Ch. oftheBolshoi, Nebolsin. VAIDVD 4253, color, subtitled, 108 mins. Veteran filmmaker Vera Stroeva, who would also helm a Khovanshchina. in 1959, provided scenario and direction for this lavish color film...

A piece of advice to those planning to see the Vienna State Opera's new production of "Boris Godunov": Get ready for a depressing night.And that's not because the performance is bad. On the contrary, Monday's premiere was outstanding in staging and musicality.Still, there are few...

A collection of recordings taken from Adolf Hitler's headquarters at the end of World War II includes performances by Jewish musicians and works by Russian composers, according to a German magazine report.The weekly Der Spiegel said the daughter of a World War II Soviet military...