Before the Moscow Virgin monastery, the people with lashes is forced to woo Boris Godunow, to make the choice to the Tsar. After the assassination of Dimitri's rightful heir, the throne is vacant.

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Bass René Pape, the world’s reigning Boris, reprises his overwhelming portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia, kicking off the Live in HD season on ...