| Included Work | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Khovanshchina (Libretto). English. |
| Included Work | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Khovanshchina (Libretto). Russian. |
| Included Work | John, Nicholas, editor. |
| Included Work | Palca, Carol Borah, translator. |
| Variant title |
Khovansky affair |
| Series |
Opera guides ; 48
Opera guide ; 48. ^A176004
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| Contents |
Apocalypse then, now, and (for us) never: reflections on Mussorgsky's other historical opera / Caryl Emerson -- Mussorgsky's music of time / Gerard McBurney -- 'Khovanshchina' in context / Rosamund Bartlett -- Thematic guide -- Khovanshchina = The Khovansky affair / libretto by Modest Mussorgsky ; translation by Carol Borah Palca. |
| Abstract |
Mussorgsky's last opera dramatizes the conspiracy of Prince Khovansky against Tsar Peter the Great, and the epic ends with the exile, murder and suicide of all the power groups of old Russia. When Mussorgsky died in 1881, it was unfinished, and Rimsky-Korsakov completed it; Ravel and Stravinsky made another version for Diaghilev in 1911; in 1959 Shostakovich went back to the original and rediscovered a masterpiece. Caryl Emerson offers a provocative reading of Mussorgsky's achievement. Gerard McBurney relates the non-European inspiration in the score to Mussorgsky's conception of history, while Rosamund Bartlett describes the cultural impetus for his historical vision. |
| General note | Libretto by the composer based on the story by V.V. Stasov. English translation by Carol Borah Palca. |
| General note | Originally published in 1994 in London by Calder Publications. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography and videography (pages 126-127) and bibliographical references (page 128). |
| Language | Parallel Russian text and English translation. |
| ISBN | 9780714544496 (paperback) |
