Khovanshchina
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
as Self - Conductor
Vladimir Atlantov
as Prince Andrey Khovansky
Paata Burchuladze
as Dositheus
Anatoli Kotscherga
as The Boyar Shaklovity
Yuri Marusin
as Prince Vassily Golitsin
Ludmila Semtschuk
as Marfa
Nicolai Ghiaurov
as Prince Ivan Khovansky
Heinz Zednik
as Scribe
Brigitte Poschner-Klebel
as Susanna
