The Goddard Center is delighted to present the most recent Metropolitan Opera since the start of the pandemic, Modest Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” on Saturday, October 16. Admission is $ 20 for the general public, $ 15 for Goddard members and seniors, and $ 10 for students.

A light meal, included in the price of admission, will be served one hour before the show at 10:55 am. The show will begin at 11:55 am Members, sponsors and the general public must call and reserve to guarantee food. service. Door-to-door ticket sales will not include meals at a reduced price of $ 5.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we ask visitors to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Masks are compulsory in the building. Masks will be provided upon request. Common contact points are sanitized throughout the day and hand sanitizer is provided in the lobby.

A pinnacle of Russian opera canon, Boris Godunov operates on both the most epic and intimate levels, with huge crowd stages and monumental monologues juxtaposed with snippets of smaller (but crucial) folk melodies. . At the heart of the drama is the titular Tsar, a complex and nuanced figure who is both hero and villain, a pinnacle of bass repertoire, and an utterly captivating character. This season, the Met presents the original one-act version of Mussorgsky from 1869.

The opera takes place in Russia between 1598 and 1605, an extremely eventful period after the end of the Rurik dynasty and before the emergence of the Romanov dynasty. Scene IV takes place on the Russian border with Lithuania, but the rest of the opera takes place in and around Moscow. Several of the places specified in the booklet can still be seen today, including the Terem Palace in the Kremlin, which is today the official residence of the Russian President.

Mussorgsky’s original score is at times rough and even abrasive, which prompted subsequent revisions by other composers, but his music is compelling and totally Russian. The Russian people are represented by the choir, and genuinely patriotic moments are interspersed with outbursts expressing ignorance, despair and the inclination to senseless violence from the crowd. The nobler and more resilient spirit of the Russian people can be glimpsed in brief and poignant solos. Bass voices dominate, especially the main character, with his chilling dramatic tales.

The Goddard Center Met Opera season will continue with Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” concert on Saturday, October 30th.

The Goddard Center is located at 401 1st Ave SW in Ardmore. For more information, please call the sales office at (580) 226-0909 or visit our website at goddardcenter.org. National sponsors of the Met Live: HD series are the Neubauer Family Foundation, Bloomberg and the Toll Brothers. The Goddard Center is a partner of Adventure Road.