Culterix
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Opera in 5 Acts
Kent Nagano superbly masters the challenges presented by this score, shapes the dynamics with subtle intensity, and casts the score in a mellow glow. As Marfa, the spurned lover of Ivan Khovansky‘s son Andrei, Doris Soffel unfolds such a rich palette of sonorities, from the pathos of the lower ranges to shaded discant heights, that “one is tempted to speak of a Russian mezzo”. The final chorus, which Mussorgsky did not compose, is played in the orchestrally transparent version of Igor Stravinsky – the third great Russian composer who contributed to making “Khovanshchina“ a timeless, gripping stage work. With his stripped-down sets and historicising costumes, director Dmitri Tcherniakov, one of the new voices of contemporary Russian theatre, builds a bridge to the political present. A lesson in history and music!
Directed by: Dmitri Tcherniakov, Karina Fibich
Cast: Paata Burchuladze, Klaus Florian Vogt, John Daszak, Valeri Alexejev, Anatoli Kotscherga, Doris Soffel , Ilrich Reß, Camilla Nylund
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Wozzeck
Götterdämmerung
Wagner: Siegfried
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