Boris Godounov

Boris Godounov , by Modeste Moussorgsky and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, was based on the drama of the same name by Aleksander Pushkin . It had its world premiere in St. Petersburg in 1874, but it was not billed at the Opéra in Paris until 19 May 1908, when the troupe of the Imperial Opera of Moscow presented it at the Garnier Palace in Russian but without the scene in the inn. A French version by Michel Delines was performed at the opera house in Lyons on 26 January 1913, and this text was used…