Modest Mussorgsky. "Khovanshchina" (act 1)

Rostov-on-Don State Musical Theatre, 28.09.2018
Conductor - Andrey Ivanov;
Stage director - Pavel Sorokin;
Set designer / costume designer - Vyacheslav Okunev;
Dance master - Olga Kostel;
Light designer - Irina Vtornikova.
Cast:
Prince Ivan Khovansky, head of the Streltsy - Alexey Tanovitsky;
Prince Andrey Khovansky, his son - Vitaly Kozin;
Prince Vasily Golitsin - Kirill Chursin;
Dosifey, head of the schismatics (Old Believers) - Boris Gusev;
Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity - Pyotr Makarov;
Marfa, a schismatic - Elina Odnoromanenko;
Scrivener - Gennady Verkhoglyad;
Emma, a maiden from the German quarter - Ekaterina Krasnova;
Varsonofyev, a retainer of Golitsin - Yury Alyokhin;
Kuzka, a strelets (musketeer) - Gleb Melanich;
Streshnev, a Boyar - Ivan Shonin;
1-st Strelets - Teimur Isaev;
2-d Strelets - Pavel Krasnov.
Orchestra, chorus and ballet of the Rostov-on-Don State Musical Theatre;
Chorus master - Elena Klinicheva.

[@christacartwright9083]

Fantastic!!!!

[@Кузька-ы3ц]

Excellent production and the interpretation!

[@Кузька-ы3ц]

I'm pleasantly surprised by Rostov ❤

[@PavelSorokin]

Thank you so much for your apprecation!
The final choir is written by Igor Stravinsky. He made it commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for Russian Seasons in 1913. But in this production we used only one small part of it.

[@josegregoriopaz4782]

The final choir is maybe the most beutiful part of all the opera

[@Кузька-ы3ц]

@@josegregoriopaz4782 Indeed! It's the most loved and memorable part for everyone.

[@OsvaCola]

Big surprise. Excellent production, wonderful voices. A work that I admire a lot, especially in this edition of Shostakovich. Congratulations to all of you. Excellent job. One question: who wrote the ending ???

[@remomazzetti8757]

It would have been preferable to end this part just as in Mussorgsky's manuscript: with a low sustained D as in Gergiev's performances. Shostakovich's addition is bombastic.