Boris Godunov

American  

[bawr-is god-n-awf, -of, good-, bohr-, bor-, buh-ryees guh-doo-nawf] / ˈbɔr ɪs ˈgɒd nˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈgʊd-, ˈboʊr-, ˈbɒr-, bʌˈrjis gə duˈnɔf /

Or Boris Godounov,

noun

1. a play (1825) by Pushkin.

2. an opera (1874) by Modest Moussorgsky, based on Pushkin's drama.

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Boris Godunov

Unfortunately, sanitized politicians have this shortcoming—they are not quite as interesting on stage as Attila the Hun or Boris Godunov.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Her warm, even tone and clear diction became associated indelibly with the composer’s amorous page in the way that Kirsten Flagstad was with Isolde and Feodor Chaliapin with Boris Godunov.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

"Mussorgsky with this opera has challenged power - that's one reason why it is right to stage it", said director Kasper Holten depicting Boris Godunov as a story about power and cynicism.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022

In the “Amen of the Consummation,” for instance, they whip up a frenzy of chiming, clanging bells to equal the splendor of the coronation scene of Boris Godunov.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2016

Figure 1.58: Normally, a composer who wants to put more or fewer beats in a measure must change the time signature, as in this example from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones