Guy de Mey the English National Opera; Lully's "Atys" under William Christie at the Paris Opera, in Florence and New York; Berg’s "Lulu" with Teresa Stratas in a production by Ruth Berghaus, and "Boris Godunov" with José Van Dam at the Brussels Opera La Monnaie; Händel’s "Judas Maccabaeus" with the San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; Bach’s "St Matthew Passion" with the Concertgebouw orkest Amsterdam ; Berlioz’ "L’Enfance du Christ" at the Festival of Aix-en-Provence; Scarlatti’s "Mitridate" at the Schwetzinger Festspiele; Debussy’s "Pelléas et Mélisande" at the Nantes Opera ; Berg’s "Lulu" and Janáček’s "The Cunning Little Vixen" and "Katja Kabanova" at the Flemish
Boris Godunov (opera) on a crowd in the courtyard of the monastery, where the weary regent Boris Godunov has temporarily retired. Nikitich the police officer orders the assembled people to kneel. He goads them to clamor for Boris to accept the throne. They sing a chorus of supplication ("To whom dost thou abandon us, our father?"). The people are bewildered about their purpose and soon fall to bickering with each other, resuming their entreaties only when the policeman threatens them with his club. Their chorus reaches a feverish climax. Andrey Shchelkalov, the Secretary of the Duma, appears from inside the convent, informs the