The read
A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10. It runs long at 2h 53m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Brian LargeDirector
- Modeste MoussorgskyWriter
- Vladimir StrassovWriter
Cast
- Claudio AbbadoSelf - Conductor
- Vladimir AtlantovPrince Andrey Khovansky
- Paata BurchuladzeDositheus
- Anatoli KotschergaThe Boyar Shaklovity
- Yuri MarusinPrince Vassily Golitsin
- Ludmila SemtschukMarfa
- Nicolai GhiaurovPrince Ivan Khovansky
- Heinz ZednikScribe
- Brigitte Poschner-KlebelSusanna
Themes
opera