Alexander Naumenko as Pimen, left, and Vitaly Tarashchenko as the Pretender under the name Grigory, at the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Vitaly Tarashchenko as the Pretender under the name Grigory, at the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Alexander Naumenko as Pimen at the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov as Boris Godunov before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov, center, as Boris Godunov and Marat Gali (Galiakhmetov) as Holy Fool during the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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The dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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The final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov as Boris Godunov before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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The final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov as Boris Godunov, left, and Maksim Paster as Prince Shuisky during the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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The dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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The dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Maksim Paster as Prince Shuisky at the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Marat Gali (Galiakhmetov) as Holy Fool at the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Marat Gali (Galiakhmetov) as Holy Fool, right, at the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Andrei Grigoryev as duma dyak Andrei Shchekalov at the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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The final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Conductor Pavel Sorokin at the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov as Boris Godunov before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov as Boris Godunov before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Mikhail Kazakov as Boris Godunov before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Maksim Paster (Prince Vasily Shuisky) answers journalists' questions before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Maksim Paster as Prince Vasily Shuisky before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Maksim Paster as Prince Vasily Shuisky before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Maksim Paster as Prince Vasily Shuisky before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Maksim Paster as Prince Vasily Shuisky before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Conductor Pavel Sorokin before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Conductor Pavel Sorokin before the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Conductor Pavel Sorokin before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Conductor Pavel Sorokin before the final dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theater's historic stage.

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Alina Yarovaya (Boris Godunov's daughter, Ksenia) before the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theatre's historic stage.

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Alina Yarovaya (Boris Godunov's daughter, Ksenia) before the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theatre's historic stage.

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Alina Yarovaya (Boris Godunov's daughter, Ksenia) before the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theatre's historic stage.

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Alina Yarovaya (Boris Godunov's daughter, Ksenia) before the dress rehearsal of Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" at the Bolshoi Theatre's historic stage.

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