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Khovanshchina

Modeste Moussorgski: Khovanshchina 
Libretto by the composer and Vladimir Stassov
Orchestrated by Dimitri Shostakovich

In 1682, a prince opposes the Tsar’s attempts to westernize Russia. For this great historic frieze, Mussorgsky composed a sombre and entrancing opera whose music seems to come from the depths of the ages.

Michail Jurowski,  conductor 
Andrei Serban: Stage director 
Richard Hudson: Sets and costumes 
Yves Bernard: Lighting 
Laurence Fanon: Choreography 
Alessandro Di Stefano: Chorus master 

Gleb Nikolsky: Prince Ivan Khovanski
Vladimir Galouzine: Prince Andrei Khovanski
Vsevolod Grivnov Prince: Vassili Golitsine
Sergey Murzaev: Chakloviti
Orlin Anastassov: Dosifei
Larissa Diadkova: Marfa
Marina Lapina: Susanna
Vadim Zaplechnyy: Le Clerc
Nataliya Tymchenko: Emma
Yuri Kissin: Varsonofiev
Vasily Efimov: Kouzka
Vladimir Kapshuk: Strechniev
Igor Gnidii: Premier Strelets
Maxim Mikhailov: Deuxième Strelets
Se-Jin Hwang: Un confident de Golitsine