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Valery Gergiev conducts a grandiose Khovanshchina at La Scala

By Renato Verga, 01 March 2019
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Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 27 February 2019
Programme
Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina
Performers
Teatro alla Scala
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Mario Martone, Director
Margherita Palli, Set Designer
Ursula Patzak, Costume Designer
Mikhail Petrenko, Prince Ivan Khovansky
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Marfa
Sergei Skorokhodov, Prince Andrei Khovansky
Evgeny Akimov, Prince Vasily Golitzin
Alexey Markov, Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity
Stanislav Trofimov, Dosifey
Maxim Paster, Scrivener
Evgenia Muraveva, Emma
Irina Vashchenko, Susanna
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Renato Verga
Renato Verga
Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.