Boris Godunov is considered to be the best Russian opera, the milestone both in its form and its content. Who would better tell this story to the audience in Poznan for the third time if not Ivan Vyrypaev – a Russian connected to Poland, who takes a close look at and examines the contemporary Russia, always having man who found himself facing his end in the centre of his interest? This monumental work about the meanders of power is still relevant.