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Your Reaction: What did you think of The Royal Opera's Boris Godunov?
Your Reaction: What did you think of The Royal Opera's Boris Godunov?
Audience and press reviews of Musorgsky's magnificent opera, starring Bryn Terfel and directed by Richard Jones.
Audience and press reviews of Musorgsky's magnificent opera, starring Bryn Terfel and directed by Richard Jones.
Magnificent performance tonight by @Bryn_Terfel in Boris Godunov. Loved every minute! #opera pic.twitter.com/TB2WWvEcbf
— Victoria Barker (@Tor_Barker) June 19, 2019
To mark the end of his A levels, took my eldest son to @RoyalOperaHouse this evening to see his hero @Bryn_Terfel in Boris Godunóv #ROHboris and what a great and powerful performance! Thanks to all involved.
— Jo Rice (@JoRice49) June 19, 2019
A moving and authentic #ROHBoris opera tonight. @Bryn_Terfel superb in the title role. pic.twitter.com/OwNBy9gj38
— Mark R Richards (@MarkRRichards2) June 19, 2019

Amazing and tremendous #BorisGodunov premiere yesterday at #ROH with incredible singing by @roseandfriends @Bryn_Terfel and rest of cast. What a great evening! pic.twitter.com/JY9bLIIhJ1
— EliseCaluwaerts (@CaluwaertsElise) June 20, 2019
A fantastic night @RoyalOperaHouse last night #BorisGodunov. Of course, a couple of surtitles were politically bang up to date (!) but the cast was superb, led by @brynterfel singing as well as I’ve ever heard. #shiversdownthespine
— duettist96 (@berendina7) June 20, 2019
A bit of heavy Russian bass thundering to suit the weather ⚡⛈️🌩️ #ROHBoris pic.twitter.com/eXKt0y2mhJ
— amalas (@MilymeterA) June 19, 2019
Press reviews:
The Independent ★★★★★
Culture Whisper ★★★★★
Classical Source ★★★★★
Evening Standard ★★★★
The Stage ★★★★
Arts Desk ★★★★
FT ★★★
Bachtrack ★★★
More press reviews will be added in due course.
What did you think of Boris Godunov? Share your reviews by using #ROHboris.
Boris Godunov runs until 3 July 2019. Tickets are available here.
The production is staged with generous philanthropic support from The Tsukanov Family Foundation.