Godunov
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noun
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La Scala will open its 2022-23 season on Wednesday, one of the highlights of the Italian cultural calendar, with a performance of the Russian opera "Boris Godunov" composed by Modest Mussorgsky.
From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2022
When I was just a young intern at a Panama newspaper, Alexander Godunov was going to dance “Don Quixote,” and I asked my editor if I could go interview him.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2019
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
Arthur Woodley offered a noble Bellini aria, and Peter Rose was an affecting Boris Godunov.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2014
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
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