Khovanshchina
Running Time: 4 hours 11 minutes intermissions included
Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Teatro alla Scala New Production
The Premiere on 27 February will be live brodcast on RAI-Radio3 in Italy and on Euroradio in Sebia and Slovakia. A pre-recorded broadcast will be available in Spain, Russia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Slovenia, France, Turkey and Czech Republic.
FIRST ACT 52 minutes / Intermission 30 minutes / SECOND AND THIRD ACT 79 minutes / Intermission 30 minutes / FOURTH AND FIFTH ACT 60 minutes
| Conductor | Valery Gergiev |
| Staging | Mario Martone |
| Sets | Margherita Palli |
| Costumes | Ursula Patzak |
| Lights | Pasquale Mari |
| Video designer | Umberto Saraceni for Italvideo Service |
| Choreography | Daniela Schiavone |
CAST |
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|---|---|
| Ivan Chovanskij |
Mikhail Petrenko Vladimir Vaneev (24 Mar.) |
| Andrej Chovanskij | Sergey Skorokhodov |
| Vasilij Golicyn | Evgeny Akimov |
| Šaklovityj | Alexey Markov |
| Dosifej | Stanislav Trofimov |
| Marfa | Ekaterina Semenchuk |
| Susanna | Irina Vashchenko |
| Scrivener | Maxim Paster |
| Emma | Evgenia Muraveva |
| Pastor | Maharram Huseynov* |
| Varsonof'ev | Lasha Sesitashvili* |
| Kuz'ka | Sergej Ababkin* |
| Strešnev | Sergej Ababkin |
| First strelec |
Eugenio Di Lieto* |
| Second strelec | Giorgi Lomiseli* |
| Man of trust of Prince Golitsynli | Chuan Wang* |
*Student of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
NOTES ON THE PERFORMANCE
The rebellion of the Old Believers against the innovative impetus of Peter the Great, led by Prince Khovansky, is brought back to life by Mario Martone, expert director of historical sagas and great mass scenes, with sets by Margherita Palli and the inspirational conductor of the 1998 production, Valery Gergiev, on the orchestra podium. Khovanshchina, an imposing and impressive opera, has graced the stages of both La Scala and the Bolshoi Theatre, with particularly memorable performances by Gia nandrea Gavazzeni in 1967 and 1971, and Yuri Ljubimov in 1981.
