KHOVANSHCHINA Christoff (Rome 1958) (CD)

Boris Christoff as Dosifei, Mario Petri as Ivan Khovanski, Irene Companez as Marfa, and Mirto Picchi as Golitsin. Conducted by Artur Rodzinski. Rome, 1958. Sung in Italian.
[1994, Mono, 2-CD, 136 minutes]

"The performance well serves the expressive range and dramatic impetus of Mussorgsky's score." Calgary Herald

"Khovanshchina receives a powerful, lyric performance...It flows and enthralls." High Performance Review

KHOVANSHCHINA
Opera in Five Acts
Music by Modest Mussorgsky
Orchestrated by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Cast:
Dosifei - Boris Christoff
Prince Ivan Khovanski - Mario Petri
Marfa - Irene Companez
Prince Andrei Khovanski - Amedeo Berdini
Prince Vasili Golitsin - Mirto Picchi
Shakloviti - Giampiero Malaspina
Emma - Jolanda Mancini
Scribe - Herbert Handt
Varsonofiev - Dmitri Lopatto
First Strelyets - Dmitri Lopatto
Second Strelyets - Giorgio Conello
Kuzka - Andrea Mineo

Artur Rodzinski, conductor