Poster of Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina

Plot: 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
Release Date: Monday, January 1 1979
46 years ago
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Portrait of Evgeny NesterenkoEvgeny Nesterenko. Evgeny Nesterenko was 40 in Khovanshchina as 'Dosifei'.
Birthday: Sat, Jan 08 1938 –
Died: Sat, Mar 20 2021
Portrait of Irina ArkhipovaIrina Arkhipova. Irina Arkhipova was 3 in Khovanshchina as 'Marfa'.
Birthday: Thu, Apr 29 1982
Portrait of Evgeny RaikovEvgeny Raikov. Evgeny Raikov was >> in Khovanshchina as 'Prince Galitsyn'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Vladislav RomanovskyVladislav Romanovsky. Vladislav Romanovsky was >> in Khovanshchina as 'Shaklovity'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Aleksandr VedernikovAleksandr Vedernikov. Aleksandr Vedernikov was >> in Khovanshchina as 'Khovansky'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Yuri SimonovYuri Simonov. Yuri Simonov was >> in Khovanshchina as 'Conductor'.
Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Crew

Portrait of Elena MacheretElena Macheret. Elena Macheret was >> in Khovanshchina as 'Director'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday
Portrait of Modeste MoussorgskyModeste Moussorgsky. Modeste Moussorgsky would have been no older than 42 in Khovanshchina as 'Original Music Composer, Writer'
Birthday: Thu, Mar 21 1839 –
Died: Mon, Mar 28 1881