Boris Godunov is a lyric opera by Musorgsky, on his own booklet, based on the homonymous drama by Puškin and on the Russian State history by Karamzin. It is the first production by Ivo van Hove, the stage director, for Paris Opera. Orchestra Conductor is Vladimir Jurowski; in the cast: Ildar Abdrazakov (Boris Godunov), Dmitry Golovin (Grigory/Dimitri, The Pretender), Ain Anger (Pimen), Maxim Paster (Prince Ivanovich Shuisky), Boris Pinkhasovich (Andrei Shchelkalov), Ruzan Mantashyan (Xenia), Evdokia Malevskaya (Fyodor), Evgeny Nikitin (Varlaam), Vasily Efimov (A Simpelton), Elena Manistina (The Hostess of the Inn).