Susan Gritton "Turandot" (Covent Garden); Donna Anna "Don Giovanni" (Bolshoi & Opera de Montreal & Scottish Opera); Elettra "Idomeneo" (Netherlands Opera) and Konstanze "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (Deutsche Staatsoper & Bayerische Staatsoper). Title roles include Theodora (Glyndebourne); Rodelinda (Bayerische Staatsoper); The Bartered Bride (Covent Garden) and The Cunning Little Vixen (ENO). On the concert platform her work spans many periods and styles and includes Ravel's "Shéhérazade" (RLPO/Mackerras); Brahms' "Ein Deutsches Requiem" (Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle & Philharmonia/von Dohnànyi); Berg's "Bruchstücke aus Wozzeck" (Swedish Radio Orchestra/Harding) and Honegger's "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher" (Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Pappano). Other highlights include Handel's "Messiah" (ROH Orchestra/Pappano);
Boris Godunov coronation of Feodor Ivanovich as Tsar Feodor I on 31 May 1584, Boris received honors and riches as a member of the regency council, in which he held the second place during the life of the Tsar's uncle Nikita Romanovich. When Nikita died in 1586, Boris had no serious rival for the regency. A conspiracy of other boyars and of Dionysius II, Metropolitan of Moscow, sought to break Boris's power by divorcing the Tsar from Godunov's childless sister. The attempt proved unsuccessful, and the conspirators were banished or sent to monasteries. After that, Godunov remained supreme in Russia and he