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24/01/1874 Mussorgsky's opera 'Boris Godunov' premieres

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Mussorgsky "Boris Godunov" - 'Love Music' - Kindler conducts

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Modest Mussorgsky – BORIS GODUNOV: Forest of Kromy Scene (Boris Christoff)

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Scene from Mussorgsky -- "Boris Godunov"

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Modest Mussorgsky : Boris Godunov - Prologue - Scene 1

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Modest Mussorgsky – BORIS GODUNOV: ‘Dostíg ya výshey vlásti’ (Boris Christoff)

Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg and was premiered in Mariinsky Theatre. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles, and his nemesis, the False Dmitriy.
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