David Leigh and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev perform in Boris Godunov at Opéra de Lyon
Mussorgsky comes to South East France on the evening of the 13th October, as his Boris Godunov premieres at Opéra de Lyon. 

In this new co-production with the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie in Brussels, Abu Dhabi Festival and the Staatsoper Hannover, two MK Impresari artists make their house debuts. Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev sings Pimen, the chronicler-hermit, and David Leigh sings Varlaam, the vagabond. David returns to this role, which he sang recently with the Washington National Opera. Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev returns to Pimen, which he sang with acclaim at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

The production runs till the 25th October, and involves the debuts of two internationally-renowned creatives: the Belarusian conductor Vitali Alekseenok leads the Lyon Opera Orchestra, and the new production is helmed by the Russian director Vasily Barkhatov.