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threatening character, sings a haunting prayer for troubled Russia's protection from the
Streltsy (he refers to them as "mercenaries") and from the rebellious powers they obey. Hearing them coming he exits; some of the Streltsy enter and sing a drinking chorus followed by their wives who scold them about their drinking. The scribe arrives and informs them that Tsar Peter's troops have initiated an attack on Streltsy-Russian soldiers. The Streltsy call their leader, Prince Ivan Khovansky, who enters and begs their forgiveness for declining to lead them into retaliation; the new Tsar is very powerful, he explains, and their time of power is over.
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immolate themselves. Prince Andrey
Khovansky enters and confronts Marfa about where she hid Emma, but Marfa tells him that she is safely on her way back to Germany, her father and fiancé. Prince Andrey Khovansky threatens that he will have her burnt as a witch and calls for the Streltsy with his horn but instead a menacing sound is heard. Marfa offers sanctuary to Prince Andrey Khovansky with the Old Believers after she tells him of his father's murder. The Streltsy are led to their execution. Tsar Peter, through an agent, intervenes to pardon them.
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advance Russia, but is interrupted when Prince Ivan
Khovansky enters without being announced. (Ivan is ironically disrespecting Golitsin, who himself reformed the tradition of announcing noble visitors.) Prince Khovansky complains that Golitsin has been interfering with his friends in the nobility and diminishing the privileges of nobility, and states that only
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interrupted by the arrival of
Dosifey, the leader of the Old Believers. Dosifey berates everyone for being so quarrelsome and un-Christian, and asks them all to join the Old Believers in reuniting Russia. Prince Ivan Khovansky leaves with Prince Andrey Khovansky. Marfa leaves with Emma. Dosifey, left alone, prays for the future of Russia.
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Prince Ivan
Khovansky is being entertained by the women in his retinue but they are interrupted by a servant of Golitsin (Varsonofyev) who has come to warn him that he is in danger. Prince Ivan Khovansky ignores the warning and has the messenger flogged. He orders his Persian slaves to dance for him.
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Based on an Old
Believer melody, and not finished by Mussorgsky (or lost). Rimsky-Korsakov uses this tune and reprises Preobrazhensky march. Shostakovich keeps Rimsky-Korsakov's chorus and adds a reprise of the Dawn. Stravinsky bases his chorus on Mussorgsky's designated melody, as well as two other
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Prince
Golitsin is led into exile. Dosifey mourns the conspirators' downfall and the success of Tsar Peter and learns that the Imperial Council has decreed that the Old Believers are next. He discusses with Marfa that an everlasting example must be set by the Old Believers and agree that they shall
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Regiment" that concludes act 4. The
Stravinsky version of the finale (1913) follows Mussorgsky's notes more closely in that the ending fades away. The Shostakovich version attempts to provide a musical conclusion of the opera by bringing back the theme of the sunrise from the Prelude to the opera.
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was unwilling to sing
Dosifei in any orchestration other than Rimsky-Korsakov's, the Parisians heard a hybrid version which proved unsuccessful, and this orchestration was forgotten. Only the finale, which was composed by Stravinsky, has survived and was published in 1914. It occasionally replaces
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Mussorgsky's original vocal score remained unfinished. The final portion of the libretto must be reconstructed from
Mussorgsky's themes. The Rimsky-Korsakov edition (1883) adds to the final hymn figures representing flames, trumpet fanfares, and a final reprise of the "March of the Preobrazhensky
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Golitsin, a nervous progressive nobleman, reads letters from his lover . . The Prince hires Marfa to tell his fortune in secret. She predicts that he will fall from power and face exile; he dismisses her and orders his servant to kill her. Once alone he ponders on all the acts that he has made to
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is stated outright in the choral number "Akh, ty Rodnaya, Matushka Rus'" in act 1 ("Woe to thee, native, Mother Russia"), which laments that Russia is bleeding and dying not because of a foreign enemy, but because of fragmentation within. Something like a three-way civil war is in progress, which
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believe that all men are equal, and questions whether Russia shall become "tartarized". A quarrel ensues, but Dosifey enters and draws their attention away from their argument by criticising both of them: Golitsin for his modern views, and Prince Ivan for letting the Streltsy get drunk and run
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As Old Believers chant a hymn for the future of Russia, Marfa sings of her lost love for Prince Andrey Khovansky. Marfa admits to Dosifey that she still loves Prince Andrey Khovansky. Dosifey tells her to pray for relief. They exit and Shaklovity, who until now had been presented as a purely
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Due to regulations applicable at the time of the composition of the opera in Imperial Russia, it was forbidden to portray members of the Romanov dynasty on stage, so Mussorgsky had recourse to a series of symbols and indirect mention of main characters in the plot. Sofia, Ivan and Peter never
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Prince Andrey, Khovansky's son, chases in Emma, a German girl, intending to assault her. Marfa, an Old Believer and Andrey's former fiancée, interferes. Andrey threatens to kill Marfa, but Prince Ivan returns and decides to capture Emma himself. The ensuing quarrel between father and son is
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in a letter to Vladimir Stasov on 16 January 1876. Varsonofyev's part is written in the bass clef in his act 2 appearance, as expected for a bass or baritone; but it is written in the treble clef (presumably meant to sound an octave lower) in his act 4 appearance, as expected for a tenor.
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has left Russia with a crisis of succession. Supported by Prince Ivan Khovansky, Fyodor's sickly brother Ivan, who is 16, and his half-brother Peter, who is only 10, have been installed as joint rulers, with their older sister Sofia acting as regent. Sofia has allied herself with Prince
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are Russian Orthodox Christians who have left the state-sponsored church because they disagree with the Patriarch Nikon's reforms; they also challenge the line of succession to the throne and have refused to recognize the Russian Patriarch. Their leader is
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in any other orchestration than Rimsky-Korsakov's, Diaghilev's company employed a mixture of orchestrations which did not prove successful. The Stravinsky-Ravel orchestration was forgotten, except for Stravinsky's finale, which is still sometimes used.
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In the morning in the Red Square, a member of the Streltsy (named Kuzka) sings his drunkenness off while two other Streltsy talk about their rowdy activities the night before. A scribe arrives; they all pick on him and then leave. Shaklovity, a
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Dosifey and his followers have taken refuge in a hermitage in the forest. Although he is weighed down by the sorrows and sufferings of the brethren, he remains defiant and determined to win a "crown of glory" in fire and flame
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are decommissioned elite soldiers/guards ("Streltsy" literally means "shooters", just like "musketeers"), past their prime and on indefinite furlough. They are fanatically loyal to Prince Ivan Khovansky. The
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basically compresses twelve years of Russian history into one telling. The Tsarist court is modernizing, and two powerful forces are resisting these changes: the Streltsy and the Old Believers. The
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as Emma. It has since been revived several times at the Met, most recently in a 2012 run, during which Stravinsky's final scene was employed there for the first time. Performances of
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could read and write, having trained as a scribe himself. Mussorgsky's explanation to Stasov was that Shaklovity was afraid that Khovansky would recognise his handwriting.
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based on historical sources. The opera was almost finished in piano score when the composer died in 1881, but the orchestration was almost entirely lacking.
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In some performances and recordings of the opera some segments are deleted, depending on the interpretation of the original notes, which are described in .
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and the Khovansky affair a few months later, its main themes are the struggle between progressive and reactionary political factions during the minority of
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and agent for the regent and the Tsars, enters and dictates a letter to the court, warning of a rebellion planned by Prince Ivan Khovansky (captain of the
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until 1950, although excerpts were performed by the Met as early as 1919. The 1950 production was sung in English and featured
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Shaklovity enters and stabs Khovansky to death. Shaklovity scornfully imitates the servants' song over the Prince's corpse.
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around making trouble all the time. Marfa comes back, there has been an attempt on her life but she was saved by the
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Norris, Geoffrey (October 1982). "An Opera Restored: Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich and the Khovansky Business".
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is not seen on stage often outside Russia, but it has been recorded complete 23 times, including seven videos.
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Opera Discography: a comprehensive list of all recordings may be found at operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
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themes related to the Old Believers (their act 3 chorus and the orchestral motive that opens act 5).
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Chorus: "Show them no mercy", «Не дай пощады» (Streltsï Wives, Streltsï, Andrey Khovansky, Marfa)
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7. Return of Ivan Khovansky, who desires Emma for himself; entry of Dosifey, who berates everyone
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Chorus: "Make a wide path for the White Swan", «Белому лебедю путь просторен» (Streltsï, People)
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3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (3rd doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (3rd doubling
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by visiting Russian companies have also appeared at the Met. More recently, it was performed by
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in Moscow and conducted by Palitsīn scenes by Matorin, while the second was at St. Petersburg's
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Also propagandist, as it suggests that the 'true' dawn over Russia was not to come until the
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Aria: Marfa's Divination "Mysterious powers", Гадания Марфы «Силы потайные» (Marfa, Golitsïn)
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Introduction: "Dawn on the Moscow River", Вступление: «Рассвет на Москве-реке» (Orchestra)
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Introduction "The Departure of Golitsïn", Вступление «Поезд Голицына» (Orchestra, Chorus)
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March: "March of the Preobrazhensky Regiment", «Марш преображенцев» (Orchestra)
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timpani, bass drum, snare drum, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, tam-tam, bells,
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as Dosifei. The sets and costumes were designed by the Russo-Lithuanian artist
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before Peter's westernizing reforms. It received its first performance in the
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history, first brought to the composer's attention by his friend the critic
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3. Shaklovity arrives; song in honor of Ivan Khovansky; Khovansky murdered
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premiere at the Solodovnikov Theater on 12 November 1897 conducted by
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Ballet: "Dance of the Persian Slaves", «Пляски персидок» (Orchestra)
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Aria: "Here, in this holy place", «Здесь, на этом месте» (Dosifey)
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Chorus: "Glory to the White Swan", «Слава лебедю» (People)
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Song: "A maiden wandered", «Исходила младёшенька» (Marfa)
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3. Scribe arrives; Shaklovity dictates his denunciation
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Professor Irina Ilyovna Vinogradev, CD insert booklet,
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Libretto with English transliteration and translation
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Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production
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A pine forest, a secluded monastery, a moonlit night
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violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, double basses
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7. Streltsy's wives scold them about their drinking
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Omitted from Rimsky-Korsakov's version. Begun 1873.
262:Although the background of the opera comprises the
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19:For the 1960 Soviet film based on this opera, see
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372:5. Ivan Khovansky enters with Streltsy
324:1. Prelude: Dawn over the Moscow River
270:Peter the Great and the passing of old
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488:7. Marfa returns; Shaklovity's entry
345:Mentioned to Stasov on 2 August 1873
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2713:Manaev, Georgy (May 15, 2020).
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246:made their own arrangement at
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3472:(1867, revised 1872 and 1880)
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929:was not staged by New York's
56:, Moscow, 1897), showing the
2601:Bayerisches Staatsorchester
1655:The death of the young Tsar
1651:Historical basis of the plot
1612:), 3 bassoons (3rd doubling
440:3. Golitsin with the Pastor
254:refused to sing the part of
230:in 1881–1882. In 1958
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3737:Operas by Modest Mussorgsky
3732:Operas based on real people
3658:Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi
3609:Airbus A321 "M. Mussorgsky"
3043:The Trojans: Parts I and II
2719:Russia Beyond the Headlines
2499:Image Entertainment (2001)
2177:Svetoslav Obretenov Chorus
1891:Principal arias and numbers
1693:
1594:Shostakovich Orchestration:
1060:
1042:Yevgeniya Zbruyeva as Marfa
581:Orchestrated by Mussorgsky
514:1. Chorus of Old Believers
451:4. Marfa's fortune-telling
382:6. Emma, Andrey, and Marfa
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3494:Ravel orchestration (1922)
1877:"Here, in this holy place"
1668:actually appear on stage.
870:Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
281:
220:(in the opera, at least).
162:Like Mussorgsky's earlier
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16:Opera by Modest Mussorgsky
3727:Operas adapted into films
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3545:Songs and Dances of Death
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3488:Pictures at an Exhibition
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1148:Prince Andrey Khovansky,
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295:Autograph vocal score of
210:Patriarch Nikon's reforms
172:deals with an episode in
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87:9 February 1886
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3722:Operas about politicians
2831:Russian libretto in HTML
2428:CD: Deutsche Grammophon,
2036:Sofiya Preobrazhenskaya
2009:Conductor and Orchestra
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910:Theatre Royal Drury Lane
872:in Paris in 1913, where
838:, with scene designs by
196:and the two young Tsars
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34:national music drama by
3757:Russian-language operas
3403:The Fair at Sorochyntsi
3055:Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2228:Cat: LDC 278 1024-1026
2135:Belgrade National Opera
1805:, St. Petersburg, 1911)
1671:The principal theme of
1229:Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
1048:, St. Petersburg, 1911)
596:8. Kuzka's celebration
264:Moscow Uprising of 1682
224:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
206:Moscow Uprising of 1682
3469:Night on Bald Mountain
3210:English National Opera
3180:English National Opera
3163:Les vêpres siciliennes
3108:English National Opera
3084:English National Opera
3072:English National Opera
3048:English National Opera
2953:English National Opera
2929:English National Opera
2845:by the Bolshoi Theatre
2760:(1676): 672–673, 675.
2244:Vladislav Romanovsky,
2116:Aleksandar Marinković,
1941:– Khovansky's Palace
1866:
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1358:a retainer of Golitsin
1268:Vera Petrova-Zvantseva
1174:Prince Vasily Golitsin
1095:(Conductor: Palitsyn)
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477:6. Arrival of Dosifey
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3151:Einstein on the Beach
3091:Pelléas and Mélisande
2912:La damnation de Faust
2841:Α 1979 production of
2361:Rimsky-Korsakov 1882
2338:Vladimir Shcherbakov,
2309:Alexandrina Miltcheva
2267:Rimsky-Korsakov 1882
2241:Georgi Andruschenko,
2219:Rimsky-Korsakov 1882
2180:Rimsky-Korsakov 1882
2167:Alexandrina Miltcheva
2140:Rimsky-Korsakov 1882
2137:Orchestra and Chorus
2097:Rimsky-Korsakov 1882
2094:Orchestra and Chorus
1863:Russian Private Opera
1858:Apollinariy Vasnetsov
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1723:Apollinariy Vasnetsov
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1187:Anton Sekar-Rozhansky
1115:Prince Ivan Khovansky
1073:Russian Private Opera
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828:Russian Private Opera
565:5. Shaklovity's aria
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182:Prince Ivan Khovansky
137:, sometimes rendered
54:Russian Private Opera
50:Apollinariy Vasnetsov
3747:Operas set in Russia
3604:Mussorgskij (crater)
3574:The Song of the Flea
3339:List of compositions
3187:Cavalleria rusticana
2989:Welsh National Opera
2977:Welsh National Opera
2652:Shostakovich: A Life
2650:Fay, Laurel (2000).
2237:Alexander Vedernikov
2205:Alexander Ognivtsev,
2201:Aleksey Maslennikov,
2174:Sofia National Opera
1927:– Streltsï Quarter
1916:– Golitsïn's Study
1398:Mikhail Levandovsky
1311:Grigoriy Ugrinovich
1011:Solodovnikov Theatre
978:Welsh National Opera
947:Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
876:(Kuper) conducted a
844:Apollinary Vasnetsov
668:1. Golitsin's exile
404:8. Dosifey's lament
188:, and the Muscovite
140:The Khovansky Affair
21:Khovanshchina (film)
3120:Royal Opera, London
3096:Royal Opera, London
3060:Royal Opera, London
3036:Royal Opera, London
3024:Royal Opera, London
3012:Royal Opera, London
2972:La clemenza di Tito
2965:Royal Opera, London
2941:Royal Opera, London
2917:Royal Opera, London
2905:Royal Opera, London
2480:Wiener Sängerknaben
2413:Wiener Sängerknaben
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2224:Cat: C 10 05109-16;
2145:Cat: LXT 5045-5048
2123:Miroslav Čangalović
1137:Kapiton Zaporozhets
1098:St. Petersburg cast
941:as Prince Ivan and
899:Dmitri Shostakovich
815:Performance history
758:3. Dosifey returns
330:First mentioned to
232:Dmitri Shostakovich
192:against the regent
3115:Tristan und Isolde
3019:Boulevard Solitude
2948:Tristan und Isolde
2780:October Revolution
2628:Dmitri Tcherniakov
2571:Klaus Florian Vogt
2531:Nikolai Ohotnikov,
2527:Alexei Steblianko,
2523:Vladimir Galouzine
2345:Yevgeny Nesterenko
2248:Yevgeny Nesterenko
2203:Viktor Nechipailo,
2197:Alexei Krivchenya,
2131:Krešimir Baranović
2071:Aleksey Bolshakov,
2069:Alexei Krivchenya,
2057:Cat: D 011 089/94;
1881:"God will save me"
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1295:Yelena Nikolayeva
1273:Yevgeniya Zbruyeva
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840:Konstantin Korovin
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701:4. Streltsy enter
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575:6. Streltsy enter
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3007:The Greek Passion
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2754:The Musical Times
2740:Fyodor Shaklovity
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2586:Anatoly Kotcherga
2582:Valery Alexeev,
2566:Paata Burchuladze
2520:Bulat Minjelkiev,
2486:(final chorus by
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2474:Vienna Staatsoper
2472:Orchestra of the
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2459:Paata Burchuladze
2454:Anatoly Kotcherga
2444:Vladimir Atlantov
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2387:Anatoly Kotcherga
2380:Vladimir Atlantov
2283:PA 90-016 (NTSC)
2226:Le Chant du Monde
2199:Vladislav Pyavko,
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2157:Lyuben Mikhailov,
2155:Ljubomir Bodurov,
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3132:Soho Theatre
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2999:2001–present
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2722:. Retrieved
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2617:BD and DVD (
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2592:Doris Soffel
2590:
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2551:CD: Philips,
2507:
2501:
2498:
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2449:Yuri Marusin
2336:Artur Eizen,
2321:Shostakovich
2278:
2275:
2271:
2262:
2260:Yuri Simonov
2252:
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2118:Drago Starc,
2002:Shaklovitïy,
1971:
1952:
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1812:Moscow River
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1630:glockenspiel
1625:
1619:
1605:
1599:
1593:
1592:
1586:3 trumpets,
1584:On/Offstage:
1583:
1571:
1532:
1508:
1496:english horn
1476:
1453:
1447:
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1426:
1409:
1386:
1357:
1317:
1280:
1255:a schismatic
1254:
1199:
1192:Ivan Yershov
1149:
1119:head of the
1118:
1105:(Conductor:
1080:(Conductor:
995:
994:
973:
962:Ming Cho Lee
955:
950:
943:Jerome Hines
935:Risë Stevens
926:
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868:reached the
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724:23 May 1880
714:23 May 1880
704:23 May 1880
682:23 May 1880
671:23 May 1880
589:30 May 1876
578:30 May 1876
458:
396:18 May 1876
385:18 May 1876
375:18 May 1876
296:
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222:
218:mass suicide
169:
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115:
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107:
106:
65:Native title
3707:1886 operas
3648:(1950 film)
3529:The Nursery
3444:(1989 film)
3436:(1959 film)
3428:(1954 film)
2960:Paul Bunyan
2598:Kent Nagano
2577:John Daszak
2545:and Chorus
2510:Brian Large
2355:Mark Ermler
2078:Mark Reizen
2046:and Chorus
2032:Mark Reizen
1626:Percussion:
1408:Streshnev,
1391:(musketeer)
1368:(father of
1238:I. Sokolov
1090:Zimin Opera
1087:Moscow cast
1070:Moscow cast
1067:Voice type
990:Kent Nagano
970:Natalia Rom
874:Emil Cooper
852:Zimin Opera
805: [
3701:Categories
3646:Mussorgsky
3461:Orchestral
3241:Billy Budd
3217:Semiramide
2936:Billy Budd
2724:24 October
2661:0195134389
2637:References
2612:Stravinsky
2488:Stravinsky
2423:Stravinsky
2059:CD: Naxos,
1984:Recordings
1737:Red Square
1657:Fyodor III
1606:Woodwinds:
1555:tambourine
1547:snare drum
1534:Percussion
1300:Scrivener
1026:as Dosifey
937:as Marfa,
892:. Because
802:Pavel Lamm
98:Petersburg
91:1886-02-09
58:Red Square
3592:Namesakes
3282:Innocence
3193:Pagliacci
3103:Partenope
2900:Stiffelio
2892:1993–2000
2187:Capriccio
2183:Balkanton
1782:Petrovtsy
1706:: Moscow
1588:wind band
1543:bass drum
1524:trombones
1500:clarinets
1478:Woodwinds
1436:contralto
1362:baritone
1279:Susanna,
1198:Dosifey,
992:in 2007.
878:Diaghilev
116:Хованщина
69:Хованщина
3676:Category
3611:(number
3576:" (1879)
3366:Zhenitba
3358:Salammbô
3205:Akhnaten
2364:Melodiya
2279:Pioneer
2222:Melodiya
2100:Melodiya
2012:Version
2004:Dosifey,
1750:Streltsy
1735:Moscow,
1694:Synopsis
1678:Streltsy
1600:Strings:
1551:triangle
1520:trumpets
1504:bassoons
1425:Chorus:
1389:strelets
1341:baritone
1322:soprano
1234:baritone
1121:Streltsy
314:Remarks
190:Streltsy
157:libretto
143:) is an
83:Premiere
75:Language
52:for the
3638:Related
3567:"Night"
3537:Sunless
3491:(1874)
3377:(1872)
3031:Wozzeck
2849:YouTube
2006:Marfa)
1972:Scene 6
1953:Scene 5
1939:Scene 4
1925:Scene 3
1914:Scene 2
1897:Scene 1
1777:Tartars
1688:Dosifey
1639:celesta
1563:tam-tam
1559:cymbals
1539:timpani
1488:piccolo
1460:violins
1455:Strings
1410:a Boyar
1385:Kuzka,
1337:Pastor
1286:soprano
1253:Marfa,
1150:his son
536:G major
532:F major
308:Action
282:History
272:Muscovy
256:Dosifey
174:Russian
89: (
78:Russian
3717:Operas
3613:VP-BWP
3569:(1864)
3548:(1877)
3540:(1874)
3532:(1872)
3524:(1867)
3406:(1880)
3398:(1880)
3390:(1872)
3369:(1868)
3361:(1866)
3346:Operas
3289:(2024)
3277:(2023)
3270:Alcina
3265:(2022)
3258:Jenůfa
3248:(2020)
3236:(2019)
3224:(2018)
3212:(2017)
3200:(2016)
3182:(2015)
3170:(2014)
3158:(2013)
3146:(2012)
3134:(2011)
3127:Bohème
3122:(2010)
3110:(2009)
3098:(2008)
3086:(2007)
3079:Jenufa
3074:(2006)
3062:(2005)
3050:(2004)
3038:(2003)
3026:(2002)
3014:(2001)
2991:(2000)
2979:(1999)
2967:(1998)
2955:(1997)
2943:(1996)
2931:(1995)
2919:(1994)
2907:(1993)
2658:
2614:1913)
2490:1913)
2425:1913)
2015:Label
1635:Other:
1620:Brass:
1572:Other:
1484:flutes
1468:cellos
1464:violas
1414:tenor
1395:tenor
1316:Emma,
1303:tenor
1178:tenor
1103:, 1911
1078:Moscow
988:under
986:Munich
846:, and
832:Moscow
800:) and
731:Act 5
509:Act 3
414:Act 2
319:Act 1
202:Ivan V
184:, the
3686:Audio
3556:Songs
3509:Vocal
3480:Piano
3387:Mlada
2619:Video
2562:2007
2517:1991
2495:Video
2493:DVD (
2435:1989
2371:1989
2333:1988
2323:1959
2289:1986
2272:Video
2270:DVD (
2233:1979
2194:1973
2150:1971
2143:Decca
2111:1954
2104:Dante
2066:1951
2052:1882
2020:1946
1994:Cast:
1991:Year
1848:Act 5
1822:Act 4
1788:Act 3
1765:Act 2
1745:Boyar
1713:Act 1
1704:Place
1575:piano
1567:bells
1516:horns
1510:Brass
1498:), 2
1492:oboes
1490:), 2
1208:bass
1155:tenor
1064:Role
1057:Roles
809:]
459:Bobyl
145:opera
2726:2020
2656:ISBN
2326:Sony
1699:Time
1579:harp
1528:tuba
1526:, 1
1522:, 3
1518:, 2
1502:, 2
1372:and
1127:bass
1093:1910
888:and
826:The
821:O.S.
796:(in
498:8.
268:Tsar
242:and
200:and
122:IPA:
3196:–
2847:on
2762:doi
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