Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Sorochinsk Fair (Shebalin version)
- Schirmer Russian Music (USA and Canada only)
Available in the USA and Canada only
Completed and orch. by Shebalin, Vissarion
- 3222/4.2+2cnt.3.1/timp.perc/hp.pf/str
- chorus
- Singers
- after Gogol
Programme Note
Synopsis:
Cherevik and his daughter Parasya visit Sorochintsy Fair, where Parasya meets her lover Gritzko. Initially horrified, Cherevik eventually gives his consent to the relationship when he finds out that Gritzko is the son of an old friend. However his wife Khivra is less accepting and forbids the relationship, until she is forced to show humility after her own affair with the son of a priest becomes public. Parasya and Gritzko are finally reunited and the opera ends happily.
Cherevik and his daughter Parasya visit Sorochintsy Fair, where Parasya meets her lover Gritzko. Initially horrified, Cherevik eventually gives his consent to the relationship when he finds out that Gritzko is the son of an old friend. However his wife Khivra is less accepting and forbids the relationship, until she is forced to show humility after her own affair with the son of a priest becomes public. Parasya and Gritzko are finally reunited and the opera ends happily.