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The following list contains all major audio and video recordings of Modest Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
| Year | Cast (Boris, Pretender, Pimen Varlaam, Shuisky, Missail, Fyodor, Xenia, Simpleton) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label | Notes |
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| 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 Nikolay 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 |
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| 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. |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: |
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| 1956 | Alexander Pirogov Georgy Nelepp Larisa Avdeyeva |
Vassili Nebolsin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus |
DVD: Video Artists International Cat: VAI 4253 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1993 | Vladimir Vaneev Vladimir Galusin Olga Borodina Nikolay 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 |
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| 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] |