Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina (Rimsky-Korsakov edition)
- Breitkopf und Härtel (USA and Canada only)
Available in the USA and Canada only
completed and arr. by Nikolai Rimsky, Korsakov
- 3(pic).2.2.2/4231/timp.4perc/hp/pf/str/stge music: 4tpt
- SSAATTBB
- 2 Sopranos, Mezzo soprano, 5 Tenors, 2 Baritones, 5 Basses
- 2 hr 40 min
- Mussorgskij, Modest
Programme Note
Synopsis:
The opera is set in and near Moscow during Peter the Great’s reforms at the end of the 17th century. The story concerns the struggle between Old Russia, the Sectarians (Old Believers) and Peter the Great’s New Russia.
The opera is set in and near Moscow during Peter the Great’s reforms at the end of the 17th century. The story concerns the struggle between Old Russia, the Sectarians (Old Believers) and Peter the Great’s New Russia.