The Czar’s torment is terrible—but is it madness or fatal grief? He lives out his last days in the hollow splendor of his Russian palace, haunted by the child king he has murdered, as frightened of ...

Jones takes his cue for the pervasive spinning-top image from one line in which scheming boyar Shuisky jerks Boris's guilt into actionClarity and imagination are rigorously welded. Russian audiences ...

The production team reads like the A-team of heavyweight opera craftspeople. Jones’s direction is focussed on the historical aspects and the human cataclysm at this work's heart in the manner of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Boris Godunov, a former confidant of Ivan the Terrible, rises to the rank of tsar ...

Fyodor (Joshua Abrams) listens to father Boris (Bryn Terfel) on good governanceAll images by Bill Knight for The Arts Desk The playback repetitions are the thing to catch the conscience of the ...

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History will play out in front of your eyes as the ruthless Tsar Boris Godunov grapples with his sacrifices in the name of power. After being crowned the Tsar of Russia, his spiral into paranoia ...