Re: Video of Boris Godunov--1869 version

Mike: Of the two "Yevgeny Nesterenko at the Bolshoi" DVDs...which do you
think is best? And why? Did you notice I prefer the Rimsky version?
--
Jon E. Szostak, Sr.


"Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> SRHookEm wrote:
>> Help!
>>
>> I am trying to locate any commercial video production of the 1869
>> version of "Boris Godunov". I thought I had purchased the correct
>> version (featuring Robert Lloyd) but it is the 1872 version.
>>
>> Does anyone know if the 1869 version has ever been filmed?
>>
> Here are the older possibilities to pursue:
>
> 1978 Yevgeny Nesterenko at the Bolshoi
>
> Yevgeny Nesterenko stars as Boris Godunov in this powerful Bolshoi Opera
> stage production with Boris Khaikin conducting the Bolshoi Theater
> Orchestra and Chorus. Vladislav Piavko is Dimitri the Pretender, Artur
> Eisen is Varlaam, Irina Arkipova is Marina, Valery Yaroslavtsev is Pimen,
> Galina Kalinina is Xenia and Aleksei Maslennikov is the Fool. This is the
> Rimsky-Korsakov version. Color. In Russian with English subtitles. 181
> minutes. Kultur video.
>
> 1987 Yevgeny Nesterenko at the Bolshoi
>
> Yevgeny Nesterenko stars as Boris for the second time in this Bolshoi
> Opera production by Irina Morozova with Alexander Lazarev conducting the
> Bolshoi Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Vladislav Piavko is Dimitri, Tamara
> Sinyavskaya is Marina, Alexander Vedernikov is Pimen, Artur Eizen is
> Varlaam, Alexander Fedis is the Fool, Nelya Lebedeva is Xenia, Tatiana
> Yerastova is Fyodor, Raisa Kotova is the Nurse and Vladimir Kudryashov is
> Prince Shuisky. Leonid Baratov staged the original production of the
> Rimsky-Korsakov version. Derek Bailey directed the video. Color. In
> Russian with English subtitles. 171 minutes. Home Vision video.
>
> 1989 Ruggero Raimondi film
>
> Ruggero Raimondi stars as Boris in this film by Polish director Andrzej
> Zulawski. Kenneth Riegel is Prince Shuisky, Galina Vishnevskaya sings
> Marina acted by Delphine Forest, Romuald Tesarowicz is Varlaam, Paul
> Pliska sings Pimen acted by Bernard Lefort, Vyaceslav Pokosov sings
> Dimitri acted by Pavel Slaby and Nicolai Gedda sings the Simpleton also
> acted by Pavel Slaby. The cinematography is by Andrzej Jaroszewic and
> Pierre-Laurent Chenieux and the set designs are by Nicolas Dvigoubsky.
> Mstislav Rostropovitch conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of
> Washington. Color. In Russian. 115 minutes.
> Copyright @ 1997 by Ken Wlaschin. All rights reserved.
>
> Mike
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