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.
Brian Large
Director
Modeste Moussorgsky
Writer
Vladimir Strassov
Writer
Claudio Abbado
Self - Conductor
Vladimir Atlantov
Prince Andrey Khovansky
Paata Burchuladze
Dositheus
Anatoli Kotscherga
The Boyar Shaklovity
Yuri Marusin
Prince Vassily Golitsin
Ludmila Semtschuk
Marfa
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Prince Ivan Khovansky
Heinz Zednik
Scribe
Brigitte Poschner-Klebel
Susanna
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