Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012)
2h 52m
Running Time
August 28, 2012Release Date

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012)
2h 52m
Running Time
August 28, 2012Release Date

Plot.
Kent Nagano superbly masters the challenges presented by this score, shapes the dynamics with subtle intensity, and casts the score in a mellow glow. As Marfa, the spurned lover of Ivan Khovansky‘s son Andrei, Doris Soffel unfolds such a rich palette of sonorities, from the pathos of the lower ranges to shaded discant heights, that “one is tempted to speak of a Russian mezzo”. The final chorus, which Mussorgsky did not compose, is played in the orchestrally transparent version of Igor Stravinsky – the third great Russian composer who contributed to making “Khovanshchina“ a timeless, gripping stage work. With his stripped-down sets and historicising costumes, director Dmitri Tcherniakov, one of the new voices of contemporary Russian theatre, builds a bridge to the political present. A lesson in history and music!
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Cast & Crew.

Paata Burchuladze
Ivan Khovansky

Klaus Florian Vogt
Andrei Khovansky

John Daszak
Golitsin

Valeri Alexejev
Shaklovity

Anatoli Kotscherga
Dosifey

Doris Soffel
Marfa

Ilrich Reß
Scrivener

Camilla Nylund
Emma

Kent Nagano
Conductor

Modeste Moussorgsky
Writer / Music

Dmitri Tcherniakov
Director / Stage Director

Karina Fibich
Director

Gleb Flishtinsky
Lighting Design
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