Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky, Modest)

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Performer Pages Bolshoi Theatre (chorus and orchestra)
Alexander Melik-Pashayev (conductor)
Alexander Rybnov (chorus director)
Alexander Khazanov (chorus director)
George London (Boris Godunov)
Maria Mitukova (Feodor)
Elisaveta Shumskaya (Xenia)
Evgenia Verbitskaya (Nurse)
Georgi Shulpin (Prince Shuiski)
Alexei Ivanov (Schelkalov)
Mark Reshetin (Pimen)
Vladimir Ivanovsky (Grigori, The False Dimitri)
Irina Arkhipova (Marina)
Yevgeny Kibkalo (Rangoni)
Alexei Gueleva (Varlaam)
Nikolai Zakharov (Misail)
Veronika Borisenko (Innkeeper)
Anton Grigoriev (The Fool)
Leonid Ktitorov (Police Officer)
Victor Gorbunov (Mityukh)
Publisher Info. Columbia Masterworks, 1964. M4S 696.
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Copyist Pavel Lamm (1882-1951)
Boris Asafyev (1884-1949)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1930-50).
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Arranger Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1909. Plate 7000.
Reprinted New York: Affiliated Music Corp., n.d.(1939).
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Misc. Notes Foliation: (iv, pp.1-85; 86-202; 203-69, 271-325; 326-498; 499-640. 270 missing). Reproduced from a copyist's manuscript. The score for the original 1896 revision was 514 pages. The subsequent insertions resulted in the dual numbering system seen in this score.
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Arranger Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Editor Georgy Kirkor (1910–1980)
Irina Iordan (1910–1976)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1959. Plate 26868.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1987.
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Copyist Pavel Lamm (1882-1951)
Boris Asafyev (1884-1949)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1930-50).
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1965). Catalog A8793.
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Editor David Lloyd-Jones (1934-2022)
Publisher. Info. Oxford Choral Classics: Opera Choruses, No.13
London: Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Arranger Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1909.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A2319.
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Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Language Russian / German
Translator Max Hube, German text
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), Vol.I, ser.3 (pp.xxxvii, 1-469)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1927. Plate Г.M. 5701-04 И.M.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1960).
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Language Russian / French
Translator Mikhail Osipovich Ashkinasi (1851–1914) as Michel Delines, French text
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1908. Plate 6452.
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Arranger Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), revision
Editor Gualterio Pardo
Language Russian / Italian
Translator Mikhail Osipovich Ashkinasi (1851–1914) as Michel Delines,
Ernesto Palermi (1837-1904), Italian text
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Arranger Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.[1939]. Plate M. 16067 Г.
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Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel, 1875. Plate 369.
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Translator Pierre d' Alheim
Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.70
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1908.
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Arranger Konstantin Chernov (1865–1937)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel et Cie., 1909. Plate 6470.
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Arranger Konstantin Chernov (1865-1937)
Editor Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. Plate 2728.
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Arranger Gustav Blasser (1857–1942)
Publisher. Info. Von Zwölf bis Zwölf
Wien: Universal Edition, 1929. Plate U.E. 9863.
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Arranger Andrey Yevgenyev (1833–1890)
Publisher. Info. Berlin (?): Bote & Bock (?), n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 10.
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Translator Charles Henry Meltzer (1853–1936)
Publisher. Info. New York: Rullman's Theatre Ticket Office, 111 Broadway, 1911.
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Work Title Борис Годунов
Alternative. Title Boris Godunov
Name Translations Borisz Godunov; Borís Godunov; Boris Godunow; Boris Godounov; Բորիս Գոդունով; ボリス・ゴドゥノフ; 보리스 고두노프; Boris Godoenov; Borys Godunow; 鲍里斯·戈杜诺夫; בוריס גודונוב; بوریس گودونف; Boriss Godunov; Μπορίς Γκοντούνοφ (όπερα)
Name Aliases Борис Годунов (опера); Boris Godoenov (opera); ボリス・ゴドノフ; ボリス・ゴドゥノーフ
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179653649; LCCN: no98100010; GND: 300112793
Composer Mussorgsky, Modest
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMM 4
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's prologue, 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1868-1872
First Performance. 1874-01-27 in St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
Ivan Melnikov (Boris Godunov)
Aleksandra Krutikova (Fyodor)
Wilhelmina Raab (Xenia)
Olga Shryoder (Xenia's nurse)
Vasiliy Vasilyev, 'Vasilyev II' (Prince Vasiliy Shuysky)
Vladimir Sobolev (Andrey Shchelkalov)
Vladimir Vasilyev, 'Vasilyev I' (Pimen)
Fyodor Komissarzhevsky (Grigoriy the Pretender)
Yuliya Platonova (Marina Mniszech)
Josef Paleček (Rangoni)
Osip Petrov (Varlaam)
Pavel Dyuzhikov (Misail)
Antonina Abarinova (The Innkeeper)
Pavel Bulakhov (Holy Fool)
Mikhail Sariotti (Nikitich)
Lyadov (Mityukha)
Sobolev (Boyar-in-Attendance)
Matvey Matveyev (Boyar Khrushchov)
Vladimir Vasilyev, 'Vasilyev I' (Lawicki)
Sobolev (Czernikowski)
Maryinsky chorus, orchestra, Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
First Publication. 1874 - St. Petersburg: Bessel
Librettist Composer, after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Cast
Boris Godunov (baritone or bass)
Fyodor, his son (mezzo-soprano)
Xenia, Boris's daughter (soprano)
Xenia's nurse (contralto)
Prince Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuysky (tenor)
Andrey Shchelkalov, Clerk of the Duma (baritone)
Pimen, chronicler-hermit (bass)
Grigoriy the Pretender, in training with Pimen (tenor)
Marina Mniszech, daughter of the Sandomierz Voyevoda (mezzo-soprano)
Rangoni, a covert Jesuit (bass)
Varlaam, a vagabond (bass)
Misail, a vagabond (tenor)
Innkeeper (mezzo-soprano)
Holy Fool Yuródivïy (tenor)
Nikitich, a police officer (bass)
Mityukha, a peasant (bass)
The Boyar-in-Attendance (tenor)
The Boyar Khrushchov (tenor)
Lawicki, Jesuit (bass)
Czernikowski, Jesuit (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)

Boyars, Boyars' children, streltsy, bodyguards, policemen, Polish nobles,
Sandomierz maidens, wandering minstrels, people of Moscow

Orchestra

3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, bass drum, snare drum, tambourine, cymbals
piano, harp, strings

On and Offstage Instruments

trumpet, bells, tam-tam
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