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| Composer | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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DresdenTschaikowski Pathétique
Mussorgsky, Glass, Tchaikovsky
Dresden Philharmonic; Fabien Gabel; Katia Labèque; Marielle Labèque
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An historical affair: Khovanshchina at the Staatsoper Berlin
With Claus Guth directing and Simone Young on the podium, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina proves that the past isn't really past.
Gergiev conducts a grandiose Khovanshchina at La Scala
In Khovanshchina, even more so than in Boris Godunov, the chorus is the chief protagonist and the La Scala chorus was truly astonishing.
Stark and spellbinding: Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina
Welsh National Opera’s new season commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Revolution with three Russian-themed works opens with both a bang and a whimper with this trenchant revival.
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Anarchy and utopia: Calixto Bieito on directing Mussorgsky
The iconoclastic Spanish director talks about a new production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Geneva – and the messy, anarchic, utopian struggle of directing opera.
Russian Composers and History
In attempting to cement a sense of Russian identity through music, the nation's composers looked to history for inspiration.