Khovanschina

Opera or Operetta :: show/work:S279348747, production/tour:T438699803

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3 Aug 05 to 5 Aug 05

Khovanschina Opera or Operetta :: listing:L1002872258, production:T438699803, show:S279348747, venue: V377

Royal Opera House West End Greater London

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Khovanschina was first performed in St Petersburg in 1886. Set at the beginning of Peter the Great's reign the opera pitches the old guard, typified by Prince Ivan Khovansky and the reactionary monk, Dosifei, against the desire of the new tsar.

Performers Olga Borodina. Music Musorgsky. Lyrics Musorgsky (after Gogol). Company Kirov Opera. Conductor Valery Gergiev.