Boris Godounov
Subtitle: drame musical populaire en quatre actes et neuf tableaux avec un prologue
By: musique de Moussorgsky [i.e. Modest Mussorgsky] ; version française de [Michel] Delines et Louis Laloy
Contributors: Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, composer; Delines, Michel, 1851-1914, tr; Laloy, Louis, 1874-1944, tr; Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1766-1826; Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837; Opéra de Paris; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: W. Bessel
Published: 1908
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Drama; Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Notes: Libretto by the composer, adapted from the historical tragedy by Pushkin, and supplemented (in the revised version) by material partly derived from historical works by Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Karamzin and others; first performed in Saint Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre, 27 January/8 February 1874; "standard" version, with additional music by Rimsky-Korsakov, first performed in Paris at the Opéra, 19 May 1908. Cf. Grove music online.

"Théatre national de l'opéra."

"Representé pour la première fois au Théâtre national de l'opéra le 8 mars 1922"--Head of cast list in preliminaries.

Includes publisher's advertisements at end.

French words, after the original Russian.