Boris Godunov discography

The following list contains all major audio and video recordings of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.

Recordings

1869 version

Year Cast
(Boris, Pretender, Pimen Varlaam, Shuisky, Missail, Fyodor, Xenia, Simpleton)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label Notes
1986 Aage Haugland
Stig Fogh Andersen
Aage Haugland
Aage Haugland
Heinz Zednik
Erik Harbo
Annemarie Moller
Susse Lillesoe
Dmitri Kitajenko
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and chorus
CD: Kontrapunkt
Cat: 32036-32037
Aage Haugland performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam
1997 Nikolai Putilin
Viktor Lutsyuk
Nikolai Okhotnikov
Fyodor Kuznetsov
Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Nikolai Gassiev
Zlata Bulycheva
Olga Trifonva
Yevgeny Akimov
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 462 230-2
2004 Matti Salminen
Pär Lindskog
Eric Halfvarson
Anatoly Kotcherga
Philip Langridge
José Manuel Zapata
Brian Asawa
Marie Arnet
Francisco Vas
Sebastian Weigle
Gran Teatre del Liceu orchestra and chorus
DVD:
Cat:
The role of Fyodor was performed by a countertenor rather than a mezzo-soprano
2010 Orlin Anastassov
Ian Storey
Vladimir Vaneev
Vladimir Matorin
Peter Bronder
Luca Casalin
Pavel Zubov
Alessandra Marianelli
Evgeny Akimov
Gianandrea Noseda
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Regio, Turin
(Stage director: Andrei Konchalovsky)[1]
Blu-ray: Opus Arte[2] 2007 Michael Rot edition; the production reverses the order of the last two scenes and adds a reprise of the Simpleton’s Lament at the end[1]
2019 Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Sergei Skorokhodov
Mika Kares
Alexey Tikhomirov
Maxim Paster
Boris Stepanov
Johanna Rudström
Hanna Husáhr
Boris Stepanov
Kent Nagano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and chorus
CD: BIS Records

Cat: BIS-2320 SACD

Boris Stepanov performed the three tenor roles of Missail, the Simpleton, and the Boyar.

1872 version

Year Cast
(Boris, Pretender, Marina, Pimen, Varlaam, Shuisky, Missail, Rangoni, Fyodor, Xenia, Simpleton)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label Notes
1943 Alexander Kipnis
René Maison
Kerstin Thorborg
Nicola Moscona
Norman Cordon
Alessio De Paolis
John Dudley
Leonard Warren
Irra Petina
Marita Farell
John Garris
George Szell
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Music and Arts
Cat: 867
Highlights, sung in Italian with the exception of Kipnis
1945 Alexander Kipnis
Ilya Tamarin
Anna Leskaya Sr
Nicolai Berezovsky
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra and chorus
CD: RCA Victor Gold Seal
Cat: GD60522 (1991)
excerpts
1946 Ezio Pinza
Richard Tucker
Risë Stevens
Nicola Moscona
Salvatore Baccaloni
Alessio de Paolis
Lodovico Olivera
Francesco Valentino
Irene Jordan
Frances Greer
Anthony Marlowe
Emil Cooper
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Great Opera Performances
Cat: G.O.P. 809
Performed in Italian
1948 André Pernet
Francis Armel
Renée Gilly
Jean Claverie
Ernest Mestrallet
René Bonneval
René Hérnet
Julien Giovannetti
Nadine Wolf
Julianna Farkas
Hugues Cuénod
Ernest Ansermet
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and chorus
CD: Malibran Music
Cat: CDRG 179
Performed in French
1948 Mark Reizen
Georgy Nelepp
Maria Maksakova Sr.
Nicolai Golovanov
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Aquarius
Cat: AQVR 1772
1949 Alexander Pirogov
Georgy Nelepp
Maria Maksakova Sr.
Maxim Mikhailov
Vassily Lubenchov
Nikander Khanayev
Vassili Yakuschenko
Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov
Bronislava Zlatogorova
Yelena Dimitrievna Kruglikova
Ivan Kozlovsky
Nicolai Golovanov
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 1363
1950 Alexander Welitsch
Rudolf Schock
Martha Mödl
Georg Hann
Gustav Neidlinger
Peter Markwort
-
Hans Herbert Fiedler
Anneliese Rothenberger
Margot Guillaume
Wilhelm Schüchter
Orchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks and Chorus
CD: Walhall
Cat: WLCD0200
Performed in German
1952 Boris Christoff
Nicolai Gedda
Eugenia Zareska
Boris Christoff
Boris Christoff
Andre Bielecki
Andre Bielecki
Kim Borg
Eugenia Zareska
Ludmilla Lebedeva
Wassili Pasternak
Issay Dobrowen
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
CD: Brilliant Classics «Opera Collection»
Cat: 93926
Christoff performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam. Andre Bielecki performed the tenor roles of Shuisky and Missail.
1954 Miroslav Čangalović
Miroslav Brajnik
Melanija Bugarinović
Branko Pivnichki
Zarko Cvejic
Stephan Andrashevich
Stepan Vukashevich
-
Sofiya Jankovic
Zlata Sesardich
Nicola Janchich
Krešimir Baranović
Belgrade National Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca
Cat:
1956 Alexander Pirogov
Georgy Nelepp
Larisa Avdeyeva
Vassili Nebolsin
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
DVD: Video Artists International
Cat: VAI 4253
1957 Hans Hotter
Hans Hopf
Martha Mödl
Kim Borg
Kurt Böhme
Lorenz Fehenberger
Karl Ostertag
Benno Kusche
Dorothea Siebert
Lotte Schädle
Paul Kuen
Eugen Jochum
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
CD: Myto
Cat: 953.131
Performed in German
1958 Boris Christoff
Joseph Gostik
Regina Resnik
Joseph Rouleau
David Kelly
John Lanigan
David Tree
Otakar Kraus
Josephine Veasey
Joan Carlyle
Duncan Robertson
Rafael Kubelik
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House
CD: Myto
Cat: MCD00312
1961 Boris Christoff
Edgar Evans
Margreta Elkins
Joseph Rouleau
Michael Langdon
John Lanigan
-
Josephine Veasey
Jeannette Sinclair
Robert Bowman
Reginald Goodall
The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus
1962 Boris Christoff
Dimiter Uzunov
Evelyn Lear
Boris Christoff
Boris Christoff
John Lanigan
Milen Paunov
Anton Diakov
Ana Alexieva
Ekterina Georgieva
Kiril Dulgerov
Andre Cluytens
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5 67877-2
Christoff performed the three bass roles of Boris, Pimen and Varlaam.
1962 Ivan Petrov
Vladimir Ivanovsky
Irina Arkhipova
Mark Reshetin
Alexey Geleva
Georgi Shulpin
Nikolai Zakharov
Yevgeny Kibkalo
Valentina Klepatskaya
Tamara Sorokina
Anton Grigoriev
Alexander Melik-Pashaev
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Melodiya
Cat: MEL CD 10 00764
1963 George London
Vladimir Ivanovsky
Irina Arkhipova
Mark Reshetin
Alexei Gueleva
Georgi Shulpin
Nikolai Zakharov
Yevgeny Kibkalo
Maria Mitokova
Elisabeta Shumskaya
Anton Grigoriev
Alexander Melik-Pashaev
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SM3K 52571
1970 Nicolai Ghiaurov
Ludovic Spiess
Galina Vishnevskaya
Martti Talvela
Anton Diakov
Alexei Maslennikov
Milen Paunov
Zoltan Keleman
Olivera Miljakovic
Nadejda Dobrianova
Alexei Maslennikov
Herbert von Karajan
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra and chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 000747902
1972 Nicolai Ghiaurov
Ludovic Spiess
Ruza Baldani
Mark Reshetin
Alexander Vedernikov
Ljubomir Bodurov
Florindo Andreolli
Anton Diakov
Elena Zilio
Rita Talarcio
Anton Grigoriev
Boris Khaikin
RAI Roma
CD: Gala
Cat: GL 100626
1973 Nicola Ghiuselev
Dimiter Damiano
Alexandrina Milcheva
Nicola Ghiuselev
Assem Tchavdarov
Ljubomir Bodurov
Verter Vrachovski
Peter Bakardzhiev
Reni Penkova
Nadejda Dobrianova
Kiril Dulgerov
Assen Naidenov
Sofia National Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Fidelio
Cat: D 1824-26
Ghiuselev performed the two bass roles of Boris and Pimen
1976 Martti Talvela
Nicolai Gedda
Bozena Kinasz
Leonard Mróz
Aage Haugland
Bogdan Paprocki
Kazimierz Pustelak
Andrzej Hiolski
Vera Baniewicz
Halina Lukomska
Paulos Raptis
Jerzy Semkow
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Polish Radio Chorus
CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 5 09178
1978 Yevgeny Nesterenko
Vladislav Piavko
Irina Arkhipova
Valery Yaroslavtsev
Artur Eisen
Andrei Sokolov
Vitali Vlassov
-
Glafira Koroleva
Galina Kalinina
Alexei Maslennikov
Boris Khaikin
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
DVD: Via Classic
Cat: 5 99278-9
1983 Aleksandr Vedernikov
Vladislav Piavko
Irina Arkhipova
Vladimir Matorin
Artur Eisen
Andrei Sokolov
Anatoly Mishutin
Yuri Mazurok
Glafira Koroleva
Elena Shkolnikova
Janis Sporgis
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 281-2
1985 Yevgeny Nesterenko
Vladimir Atlantov
Elena Obraztsova
Anatoli Babikin
Artur Eisen
Konstantin Lisovsky
Konstantin Baskov
Yuri Mazurok
Olga Teruchnova
Elena Shkolnikova
Alexei Maslennikov
Mark Ermler
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Regis Records
Cat: RRC 3006
1986 Nicolai Ghiaurov
Michail Svetlev
Stefka Mineva
Nicola Ghiuselev
Dimiter Petkov
Josef Frank
Dimiter Petkov
Boris Martinovich
Rossitsa Troeva-Mircheva
Liudmila Hadjieva
Mincho Popov
Emil Tchakarov
Sofia National Opera orchestra and chorus
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: S3K 45763
1987 Yevgeny Nesterenko
Vladislav Piavko
Tamara Sinyavskaya
Alexander Vedernikov
Artur Eisen
Vladimir Kudriashov
Alexander Arkhipov
Tatyana Yerastova
Nina Ledendeva
Alexander Fedin
Alexander Lazarev
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
DVD:
Cat: 6991811
1987 Ruggero Raimondi
Vyacheslav Polozov
Galina Vishnevskaya
Paul Plishka
Romauld Tesarowicz
Kenneth Riegel
Misha Raitzin
Nikita Storojew
Matthew Adam Fish
Catherine Dubosc
Nicolai Gedda
Mstislav Rostropovich
National Symphony Orchestra
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
CD: ERATO
Cat: 2292-45418-2
1990 Robert Lloyd
Alexei Steblianko
Olga Borodina
Alexander Morozov
Vladimir Ognovienko
Evgeni Boitsov
Igor Yan
Sergei Leiferkus
Larissa Diadkova
Olga Kondina
Vladimir Solodovnikov
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre orchestra and chorus
DVD: Philips
Cat: 075 089-9
1993 Anatoly Kocherga
Sergei Larin
Marjana Lipovšek
Samuel Ramey
Gleb Nikolsky
Philip Langridge
Helmut Wildhaber
Sergei Leiferkus
Liliana Nichiteanu
Valentina Valente
Alexander Fedin
Claudio Abbado
Berlin Philharmonic orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic chorus
Berlin Radio Choir
CD: Sony Classical
Cat: S3K 58977
1993 Vladimir Vaneev
Vladimir Galusin
Olga Borodina
Nikolai Okhotnikov
Fyodor Kuznetsov
Konstantin Pluzhnikov
Nikolai Gassiev
Evgeny Nikitin
Zlata Bulycheva
Olga Trifonova
Yevgeny Akimov
Valery Gergiev
Mariinsky Theatre orchestra and chorus
CD: Philips
Cat: 462 230-2
2010 René Pape
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Mikhail Petrenko
Vladimir Ognovenko
Oleg Balashov
Nikolai Gassiev
Evgeny Nikitin
Jonathan A. Makepeace
Jennifer Zetlan
Andrey Popov
Valery Gergiev
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(Production: Stephen Wadsworth; directed by Brian Large; performed on 23 October at the Metropolitan Opera House)
HD video: Met Opera on Demand[3] Critical edition by Michael Rot.[4] Fyodor is sung by a boy treble.[5]

References

  1. Mike Ashman, Review of Boris Godunov (Turin, 2010), Gramophone, January, 2012.
  2. Turin 2010 Blu-ray, OCLC 793922679.
  3. Boris Godunov (23 October 2010), Met Opera on Demand.
  4. Mentioned in the end credits of the Met Opera 2010 video.
  5. Anthony Tommasini, "Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts", The New York Times, 12 October 2010.
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