(solos: SSMezTTTTTBarBarBBBBB - choir: SSAATTBB - 3(picc).2.2.2. - 4.2.3.1. - timp.perc.(4) - hp - pno - str / stge music: 4trp.) SKU: BR.BES-3090
A National Music Drama in 5 Acts. Composed by Modest Mussorgskij. Arranged by Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakow. Softcover. Bessel, London. Opera; Music theatre; Romantic. Libretto. 52 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #BES 3090. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.BES-3090). ISBN 9790004610039. 0 x 0 inches. German.
Duration: full evening
Text by the composer after W. Stassow
Translation: German (E. Fritzheim), Engl. (E. Joung), French (R. u. M. DHarcourt), Ital. (R. Kufferle)
Place and time: Moscow and environment, 1682
Characters: Prince Iwan Chowanskij, Leader of the Marksmen (bass) - Prince Andrej Khovanshky (tenor) - Prince Wassilij Golizyn (tenor) - Bojar Schaklowitij (baritone) - Dosifej, The old faithfuls Leader (bass) - Marfa, Young widow (mezzo-soprano) -Scriber (tenor) - Emma, Young Girl (soprano) - Warsonofjew, Golizyns Confidant (bass) - Kusjka, a Marksman (baritone) - 3 Marksmen (2 basses, tenor) - Streschnew, Bojar (tenor) - Susanne, old faithful (soprano) - Persian Dance (Ballet)
