Details

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. Running time 4 hours 20 mins.

Cast/Performers

Olga Borodina (Marfa Jul 3), Marianne Tarassova (Marfa Jul 6), Larissa Diadkova (Marfa Jul 12), Vladimir Ognovenko (Ivan Khovansky Jul 3 / 6), Sergei Alexashkin (Jul 12), Vladimir Vaneev (Dosifei Jul 3 / 6), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Dosifei Jul 12), Viktor Lutsiuk (Andrei Jul 3 / 12), Oleg Balashov (Andrei Jul 6), Nikolai Putilin (Shakovity Jul 3), Georgy Zastavny (Shaklovity Jul 6), Valery Alexeev (Shaklovity Jul 12), Gegam Grigorian (Golitsyn Jul 3 / 12), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Golitsyn Jul 6), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Scribe Jul 3 / 12), Nikolai Gassiev (Scribe Jul 6)

Creatives/Company

Music: Musorgsky
Lyrics(s): Musorgsky (after Gogol), Modest Mussorgsky
Company: Kirov Opera
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Director: Fyodor Lopukhov (original stage director)
Design: Fyodor Fedorovsky
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich
Choreographer: Leonid Baratov