Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his overwhelming portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the Live in HD season on October 9, 2021. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky’s masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version. Stephen Wadsworth’s affecting production poignantly captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people as well as the tsar himself. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
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Stars: René Pape, Ain Anger, David Butt Philip, Aleksey Bogdanov, Maxim Paster, Ryan Speedo Green
Crew: Stephen Wadsworth (Director), Sebastian Weigle (Conductor), Ferdinand Wögerbauer (Set Designer), Moidele Bickel (Costume Designer), Duane Schuler (Lighting Design)
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Runtime: 140 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 09, 2021
IMDb: 10
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