Khovanshchina (1989)

Director: Brian Large

The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Claudio Abbado. A moody opera that is thematically broad at times and intimately personal in others, "Khovanshchina" tells the story of the 17th-century clash between Russian conservatives and Peter the Great's reformists. Among the singers is renowned basso Nicolai Ghiaurov and Paata Burchuladze, as well as Anatoly Kocherga, Ludmila Semtchuk, and Heinz Zednik.

Cast

Claudio Abbado

Self - Conductor

Vladimir Atlantov

Prince Andrey Khovansky

Paata Burchuladze

Dositheus

Anatoly Kocherga

The Boyar Shaklovity

Yuri Marusin

Prince Vassily Golitsin

Ludmila Semtschuk

Marfa

Nicolai Ghiaurov

Prince Ivan Khovansky

Heinz Zednik

Scribe

Brigitte Poschner-Klebel

Susanna