There exists debate about the order of this opera's final two scenes: one depicts the title character's death, while the other depicts a group of poor citizens in a forest.
The second act of this opera closes with a scene in which winds and pizzicato strings play pulsing staccato tritones to depict the ticking of a clock during the appearance of a vision of a murdered child. There exists debate about the order of this opera's final two scenes: one depicts the title character's death, while the other depicts a group of poor citizens in a forest. In its fourth and final act, a group of children steal from a destitute men, who responds with the opera's closing aria (*) "Flow, flow, bitter tears." This opera is usually performed using material from both the original 1869 version and the revised 1872 version, although both include the Holy Fool's aria and the opening coronation scene. The title character of this opera parts with his son Fyodor, dies, and is succeeded by the first False Dmitriy. For 10 points, name this Modest Mussorgsky opera about the ill-fated successor to Ivan the Terrible.
The second act of this opera closes with a scene in which winds and pizzicato strings play pulsing staccato tritones to depict the ticking of a clock during the appearance of a vision of a murdered child.
Boris Godunov