Opera on 3 - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

From London's Coliseum, Suzy Klein presents English National Opera's production of Mussorgsky's classic study of guilt and paranoia. Bass Peter Rose takes the role of the Russian Tsar in a performance of the original version with a new translation by David Lloyd-Jones. Boris Godunov ...... Peter Rose (bass) Prince Vasily Shuisky ...... John Graham-Hall (tenor) Andrey Shchelkalov ...... David Stephenson (baritone) Pimen ...... Brindley Sherratt (bass) Grigory, later Dmitri the Pretender ...... Gregory Turay (tenor) Innkeeper ...... Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano) Varlaam ...... Jonathan Veira (bass-baritone) Misail ...... Anton Rich (tenor) Xenia ...... Sophie Bevan (soprano) Fyodor ...... Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano) Xenia's Nurse ...... Deborah Davison (mezzo-soprano) Nikitch ...... James Gower (bass-baritone) Mityukha ...... Paul Napier-Burrows (baritone) Border Guard ...... Charles Johnston (baritone) Boyar-in-attendance ...... Philip Daggett (tenor) Simpleton ...... Robert Murray (tenor) Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera Edward Gardner (conductor).