Khovanshchina
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Opera: Work details
| Composer: |
Modest Petrovich Musorgsky |
| Music title: |
Khovanshchina, Op. 116 |
| Librettist: |
Modest Petrovich Musorgsky |
| Librettist: |
Vladimir Vassilievich Stassov |
| Orchestrator: |
Dmitry Shostakovich |
| Work definition: |
'National music drama' in five acts |
| Language: |
Russian |
| Notes: |
Musorgsky's original work was left unfinished and unorchestrated at his death in 1881. Rimsky-Korsakov orchestrated the work for its premiere in 1886. This version was then modified by Ravel and Stravinsky for a production given at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, in 1913. Later, Shostakovich created his own orchestration, which appeared first in a film version in 1959 and was staged at the Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, in 1960.
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| World premiere: |
25 November 1960, The Kirov Opera, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad |
| ROH premiere: |
18 June 1963, Covent Garden Opera Company |
| ROH company premiere: |
18 June 1963, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |