Boris Godunov (opera)
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Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its
The death of Boris in the Faceted Palace from the premiere production
Nikolay Karamzin (1766–1826)
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
Vladimir Stasov (1824–1906)
Modest Mussorgsky
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical i
Boris Godunov (opera)
…Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов, romanized: Borís Godunóv ) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his…
The aristocratic Mussorgsky brothers—Filaret (also known as "Yevgeniy", left), and Modest (right) in 1858
Monument on the site of the Mussorgsky family house in Karevo, Pskov Oblast
Mussorgsky in 1856 as a cadet in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guard
Alexander Dargomyzhsky