“This is the also the ONLY full-length performance of Mussorgsky's opera.”
This performance, recorded live at the Bolshoi Opera in 1979, stars the great Russian bass Evgeny Nesterenko as Dosifei, the Old Believer at religious and psychological war with the new order, led by Prince Ivan Khovansky. The manipulative Khovansky is powerfully portrayed here by Alexander Vedernikov, another of the world’s greatest basses, little known outside of the Soviet Union. Marfa, one of Dosifei’s followers and a fortune teller, is sung by the legendary mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova in a performance of great authority and dignity. Russian opera at the Bolshoi is the genuine article and the remainder of the cast is equally impressive, from the mistrusting Prince Galitsyn of Evgeny Raikov to the clever, informing Shaklovity of Vladislav Romanovsky. The Bolshoi chorus and orchestra is conducted by Yuri Simonov.
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Evgeny Nesterenko
Dosifei
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Boris Godunov
Borodin: Prince igor
Irina Arkhipova
Marfa
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Boris Godunov
You are My Delight, My Torment
Evgeny Raikov
Prince Galitsyn
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Vladislav Romanovsky
Shaklovity
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Aleksandr Vedernikov
Khovansky
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Yuri Simonov
Conductor
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Elena Macheret Director · Modeste Moussorgsky Writer
United States release January 1, 1984 · Original title Хованщина
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Original title
Хованщина
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1979
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1984
Theatrical
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