Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
sung in Italian
Boris Christoff (Dosifey), Mario Petri (Ivan Khovansky), Amedeo Berdini (Andrey Khovansky), Irene Companez (Marfa), Mirto Picchi (Golitsyn)
RAI Orchestra, Artur Rodziński
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
sung in Italian
Boris Christoff (Dosifey), Mario Petri (Ivan Khovansky), Amedeo Berdini (Andrey Khovansky), Irene Companez (Marfa), Mirto Picchi (Golitsyn)
RAI Orchestra, Artur Rodziński
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Boris Christoff stars in this powerful performance of Mussorgsky’s grand opera. A recording from the RAI made in June 1958. (Some substantial cuts, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestration).
Contents and tracklist
- Boris Christoff (bass), Mario Petri (bass), Irene Companez (contralto), Amedeo Berdini (tenor), Mirto Picchi (tenor), Michele Malaspina (baritone), Jolanda Mancini (soprano), Herbert Handt (tenor), Dimitri Lopatto (bass), Andrea Mineo (soprano), Giorgio Canello (bass)
- Coro de Roma della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma
- Artur Rodzinski
- Recorded: 14 June 1958
- Recording Venue: Auditorium della RAI, Rome, Italy
Act II: Ponete all'ira il fren (Dositeo, Golitsin, Ivan, Varsonofiev, Shakloviti, Chorus)
Track length5:58