Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012)

ALL 08/28/2012 (ru) Music 172 Min
  • Release
    08/28/2012
  • Production
    EuroArts
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  • Original title
    Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
  • Original language
    ru
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Opera in 5 Acts

Overview

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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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina (2012) 172 Min

ALL 08/28/2012 (ru)
Music
  • Release 08/28/2012
  • Production
    EuroArts
  • Original title Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
  • ru
  • Revenue0.00

Opera in 5 Acts

Overview

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!

  1. Dmitri Tcherniakov, Karina Fibich

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer