Editing Boris Godunov (opera) (section)

==Analysis==
'''Models and influences'''
{{Original research|section|date=August 2021}}
* [[Mikhail Glinka]]: ''[[A Life for the Tsar]]'' (1836), ''[[Ruslan and Ludmila]]''(1842)
* [[Alexander Serov|Aleksandr Serov]]: ''[[Judith (Serov)|Judith]]'' (1863), ''[[Rogneda (opera)|Rogneda]]'' (1865), ''[[The Power of the Fiend]]'' (1871)
* [[Giuseppe Verdi]]: ''[[Don Carlos]]'' (1867)
* [[César Cui]]: ''[[William Ratcliff (Cui)|William Ratcliff]]'' (1868)
* [[Alexander Dargomyzhsky|Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky]]: ''[[The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky)|The Stone Guest]]'' (1869)
* [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov]]: ''[[The Maid of Pskov]]'' (1872)
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* ''Skillful musical characterization''
* ''Thematic development''
* ''Key themes borrowed from [[Salammbô (Mussorgsky)|Salammbô]]''
* ''Use of [[leitmotiv]]e''
* ''Use of [[Musical mode|modes]]''
* ''Speech melody''
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