Opera Chic

Sokurov + Godunov = Awesomov

"For Sokurov, Boris's guilt is an implacable, all-consuming force".

Behold the awesomeness of Alexander Sokurov's Boris Godunov, at Bolshoi theatre in Moscow. The Bolshoi is not, for once, using the Rimskij-Korsakov orchestration (used since the Soviet era): what they chose, instead, is Modest Mussorgsky's stark original of 1871 (that includes the Polish Act). Alexander Vedernikov conducts, Mikhail Kazakov and Taras Schonda alternate in the title role.

Alexander Sokurov's Boris Godunov

"And then there's the Russian Aleksandr Sokurov, who breaks all the rules on all levels and it is unexpectedly fascinating".

Also Sprach Ingmar Bergman: it's comforting that the unspeakably awesome old Swedish maestro still takes the time to check out the kids' work. And Opera Chic, solidly in the camp of the Sokurov-can-do-no-wraong fans, is extremely excited by the imminent new production of Boris Godunov at the Bolshoi: premieres on April 25.