Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina

173 mins | Music | Jan. 3, 1989

The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Claudio Abbado. A moody opera that is thematically broad at times and intimately personal in others, "Khovanshchina" tells the story of the 17th-century clash between Russian conservatives and Peter the Great's reformists. Among the singers is renowned basso Nicolai Ghiaurov and Paata Burchuladze, as well as Anatoly Kocherga, Ludmila Semtchuk, and Heinz Zednik.

Khovanshchina

173 mins | Music | Jan. 3, 1989

Khovanshchina
The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Claudio Abbado. A moody opera that is thematically broad at times and intimately personal in others, "Khovanshchina" tells the story of the 17th-century clash between Russian conservatives and Peter the Great's reformists. Among the singers is renowned basso Nicolai Ghiaurov and Paata Burchuladze, as well as Anatoly Kocherga, Ludmila Semtchuk, and Heinz Zednik.
Producers RM Arts, Wiener Staatsoper
Original title Khovanshchina
Directors Alfred Kirchner, Brian Large
Writers Vladimir Strassov, Modest Mussorgsky

Cast

Claudio Abbado

as Self - Conductor

Vladimir Atlantov

as Prince Andrey Khovansky

Paata Burchuladze

as Dositheus

Anatoly Kocherga

as The Boyar Shaklovity

Yuri Marusin

as Prince Vassily Golitsin

Nicolai Ghiaurov

as Prince Ivan Khovansky

Heinz Zednik

as Scribe