Khovanshchina 1979
"This is the also the ONLY full-length performance of Mussorgsky's opera."
Overview
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
Director: Elena Macheret
Cast
Evgeny Nesterenko
Dosifei
Irina Arkhipova
Marfa
Evgeny Raikov
Prince Galitsyn
Vladislav Romanovsky
Shaklovity
Aleksandr Vedernikov
Khovansky
Yuri Simonov
Conductor