Gillian Knight to her end, like all the best Carmens, with an almost heroic insolence." The role brought her to international attention, and she performed it opposite Plácido Domingo. She also performed at Covent Garden in "Arabella"; "The Bartered Bride"; "The Cunning Little Vixen"; "Eugene Onegin"; "Falstaff"; "The Fiery Angel"; "The Golden Cockerel"; "Iphigénie en Tauride"; "Jenůfa"; "Die Meistersinger"; "Rigoletto"; the "Ring" cycle; "Der Rosenkavalier"; "Semele"; "La traviata"; "Il trovatore"; "Otello"; and "Wozzeck". Among modern operas at Covent Garden, Knight appeared in Peter Maxwell Davies's "Taverner"; Hans Werner Henze's "We Come to the River"; Nicholas Maw's "Sophie's Choice"; Michael Tippett's "King Priam";
Boris Godunov (opera) and Khrushchov a Voyevoda (воевода). Pimen, Grigoriy, Varlaam, and Misail were likely given non-clerical designations to satisfy the censor. Mussorgsky orchestration Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration Shostakovich orchestration An understanding of the drama of "Boris Godunov" may be facilitated by a basic knowledge of the historical events surrounding the Time of Troubles, the interregnum of relative anarchy following the end of the Ryurik Dynasty (1598) and preceding the Romanov Dynasty (1613). Key events are as follows: Note: The culpability of Boris in the matter of Dmitriy's death can neither be proved nor disproved. Karamzin accepted his responsibility as fact, and Pushkin and Mussorgsky