Boris Godunov

BorisGodunov

male, deceased (1605)
de facto, russian tsar, Time of Troubles, Russian tsars, tsar, Rurikid…Boris Feodorovich Godunov
Boris Feodorovich Godunov was "de facto" regent of Russia from 1584 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. The end of his...
Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

male, deceased (1881)
Russian, nationalist, Russian folklore, The Five, tone poem, Pictures at an Exhibition…borisgodunov
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. He s...
Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev

male, 56 years old
musician, Ossetian, Kirov Opera, operatic, Bavarian State Opera, Saint Petersburg Conservatory…borisgodunov
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (b. 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the...
Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

male, 76 years old
Conductor, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, great mahler interpreter, chicago symphony orchestra, cancer survivor, Vienna Academy of Music…borisgodunov
The outstanding Italian conductor, Claudio Abbado , studied the piano at the Milan Conservatory with his father Michelangelo Abbado, and went on to...
James Conlon

James Conlon

male, 59 years old
Catholic, Washington D.C., los angeles philharmonic, opera, American, roman catholicism…borisgodunov
James Conlon (born 1950) is a prominent American conductor. He is known for both his symphonic and operatic work. Born in Manhattan and raised in...
Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin

male, deceased (1837)
borisgodunov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, poet, Russian literature, eugene onegin, Georges d'Anthès
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian...
Nicolai Ghiaurov

Nicolai Ghiaurov

male, deceased (2004)
Nikolai Gjaurov, rossini, singer, borisgodunov, Italian, Bulgarian
Nicolai Ghiaurov (or "Nikolai Gjaurov",) (September 13, 1929 - June 2 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and one of the most famous bass singers of...

René Pape

male, 45 years old
singer, Die Zauberflöte, The Magic Flute, Basses, Venice Film Festival, Bayreuth Festival…borisgodunov
René Pape is an opera singer, a bass. Pape received his musical education with the Dresden Kreuzchor and the Dresden Conservatory. He debuted with t...
Ezio Pinza

Ezio Pinza

male, deceased (1957)
Hollywood Walk of Fame, television actor, singer, World War I, borisgodunov, Italian
The Italian bass Ezio Pinza (18 May 1892 - 9 May 1957) was one of the outstanding opera singers of the first half of the 20th century. He spent...
Martti Talvela

Martti Talvela

male, deceased (1989)
Finnish, Die Walküre, Viimeiset Kiusaukset, Die Winterreise, Prince Gremin, Sparafucile…borisgodunov
Martti Talvela was a Finnish operatic bass. Born in Hiitola, Finland, he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made his operatic debut in Helsinki in...