Who wrote the blank verse drama "Boris Godunov", later the basis for an opera of the same name by Modest Mussorgsky?

Question

Sir George Benjamin's first opera "Into the Little Hill", which was commissioned by the Festival d'Automne à Paris and premiered in Paris in 2006, is based on which well-known story or stories?

Answer 1

Alexander Pushkin
The central character was a Russian hero who reigned as tsar from 1598 to 1605. The action was set against a background of turbulent events and ambitions during the period of relative anarchy following the end of the Rurik Dynasty (1598) and preceding the Romanov Dynasty (1613). It is described as one of the most important plays of the early 19th century.