Name: Khovanshchina
Start: 2022-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Pavel Smelkov

Musical director

Valery Gergiev

Pianist

Marina Mishuk

Chorus master

Konstantin Rylov

Mezzo-soprano

Tatiana Makarchuk

Marfa

Bass

Сергей Севастьянов

Dosifey

Yevgeny Plekhanov

Prince Ivan Khovansky

Tenor

Mingiyan Odzhaev

Prince Andrey Khovansky

Mergen Sandanov

Prince Vasiliy Golitsin

Baritone

Vyacheslav Vasilyev

Shaklovity

Ilya Astafurov

Scrivener

Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre

russisk

Khovanshchina

Vladivostok

Russia

Public

engelsk

Approved

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Soprano

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Modest Musorgsky’s Khovanshchina is a distinctive name in Russian operatic music. It is no wonder that critics have dubbed the opera a “chronicle of Russian life”, and the composer himself has named it nothing less than a “national musical drama”. The historical plot and individual music language closely resembling intonations of living speech, a large cast and “speaking” orchestra are the components that have enabled this composition to be of paramount importance.

There is no striking love strand in the opera. This is one of the peculiar features that mark it out of other popular operas. Khovanshchina cuts across other profound and global issues. The bloody strife for power and battle for influence in the largest country, the fidelity and vile betrayal of former friends and allies, the right or proven faith for which people can suffer martyrdom are just some themes risen by the opera. In Khovanshchina, the love between a man and a woman is shown only as an ugly extreme. It is either an overmastering violent passion as between Andrey Khovansky and Emma or a bigoted possessiveness with determination to burn the object of one’s affections rather than to give her to another man as between Andrey Khovansky and Marfa.

Musorgsky’s score is excitingly exuberant and realistic. Various large-scale choral scenes, lyrical arias of heroes and heroines, highly emotional dialogues, and colorful orchestral canvases able to depict everything – from the dawn on the Moscow River to the terrible tragic fire – have generated its own musical universe. This is the reason why performing Khovanshchina in concert is not a middle-ground alternative to performing it in scenery but a self-contained format that allows the public to hear all rich voices and understand all subtleties in this great operatic drama.

Natalia Rogudeeva

English

Khovanshchina by Mussorgsky, sø. 18 sep. 2022, Fra (2022/2022), Dirigent Pavel Smelkov, Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, Vladivostok, Russia

Forestillingkreditter (Ensemble & produksjonsteam )

Cast

Mannskap

Program, Informasjon & Sammendrag

Bilder

Videre lesning

Forestillingsdatoer og spillesteder

Sted