Introduction to Boris Godunov (The Royal Opera)

This short film featuring interviews with Bryn Terfel, who sings the title role in the Russian opera, and Music Director of The Royal Opera House Antonio Pappano. The film also shows footage of the opera in rehearsal, with Susanna Stranders accompanying on the piano. Find out more: The psychological acuity with which he depicts the tsar’s power and vulnerability makes great demands on the singer-actor, nowhere more so than in the acclaimed soliloquy ‘I have attaine