Boris Goudenow

Boris Goudenow is a German-language opera composed in 1710 by Johann Mattheson.

The plot concerns intrigues among tsars Feodor I and Boris Godunov and tsarina Irina Godunova, and a cast of Russian, Danish and Swedish nobles.

[1] It was never performed during Mattheson's life – possibly due to concerns about Hamburg's relations with Russia.

The manuscript, taken to the Soviet Union at the end of World War II, was discovered in Armenia.

[2] It was given the first European scenic performance at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music by Concerto Theresia under Andrea Marchiol in 2021.