Khovanshchina

Scheda: Nazione: URSS - Produzione: Ministerstvo Kinematografii, Kinostudiya Mosfilm - Distribuzione: Artkino Pictures - Soggetto (dall'omonima opera di Dmitri Shostakovich): Anna Abramova - Sceneggiatura: Anna Abramova - Fotografia: V.V. Dombrovsky - Art Direction: Alexander Borisov - Musiche: di Modest Mussorgsky - Direttore: Evgeni Svetlanov - Coreografie: Sergei Koren - Effetti speciali: I. Felitsin, N. Zvonaryov - Formato: B.N. - Durata: 124' (133').

Cast: Mark Reizen, Aleksej Krivchenya, Anton Grigoryev, Vladimir Petrov, Maya Plisetskaya.

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - movies.msn.com - nytimes.com - vh1.com - filmbetyg.nu - movies.yahoo.com - hollywood.com - allmovie.com - moviesunlimited.com: «Orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov after the death of composer Mussorgsky, this compelling operatic tale of pre-Imperial Russia is given a grand cinema treatment by the Bolshoi Orchestra and Ballet. Stars Mark Reisen, Alexei Kravchenya, Anton Grigoriev, Vladimir Petrov and a special appearance by Maya Plisetskaya».

Khovanshchina

Scheda: Nazione: URSS - Produzione: Soviet Television - Distribuzione: Kultur - Soggetto: dall'omonima opera di Dmitri Shostakovich - Art Direction: F. F. Fedorovsiy - Musiche: di Modest Mussorgsky - Direttore: Yuri Simonov (Bolshoi Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus) - Formato: Color - Durata: 172'.

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - russiandvd.com - turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com - dvdempire.com: «Khovanschina is an opera in 5 acts by Mussorgsky, completed and orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by composer Vladimir Stasov. First performed St. Petersburg February 21st, 1886. Khovanschina is one of Russian opera's infrequently performed masterpieces, a work which has been gaining steadily in popularity in recent years. The Khovansky Uprising (as the title is often translated) is a sprawling tale of the struggle for power in Russia at the beginning of the reign of Peter The Great. This performance, taped "live" at the Bolshoi Opera in 1979, stars the great Russian bass Evgeny psychological war with the new order, led by Prince Ivan Khovansky. The manipulative Khovansky is powerfully portrayed here by Alexander Vedernikov, another of the world's great basses, little known outside of the Soviet Union. Marfa, one of Dosifei's followers and a fortune teller, is sung by the legendary mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova in a performance of great authority and dignity...».

Khovanshchina

Scheda: Nazione: Germania-Austria - Produzione: RM Arts, Wiener Staatsoper - Distribuzione: Mm - Soggetto: dall'omonima opera di Dmitri Shostakovich - Musiche: di Modest Mussorgsky - Direttore: Claudio Abbado (Vienna State Opera) - Formato: Color, film tv - Durata: 173'.

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - new-video.de - naxos.com - amazon.com - turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com: «Alfred Kirchner's production of Mussorgsky's opera is a masterful translation, boasting powerful performances from such top vocalists as Yuri Marusin and Nicolai Ghiaurov for conductor Claudio Abbado and the Vienna State Opera. See the stirring story of politics and intrigue in 17th-century Russia come to life».   

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