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BBC Proms: 2017: Prom 29: Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina

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Prom 29: Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina

06/08/2017

2017

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2017, Prom 29: Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina

Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, conductor Semyon Bychkov and an exciting cast, including Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova, feature in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina.

Live at BBC Proms: Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina. BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, boys' choirs and an international cast - conductor Semyon Bychkov.

Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina, Act 1

6.45pm INTERVAL - Proms Extra
Petroc Trelawny discusses Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina with Rosamund Bartlett and Nicholas Baragwanath.

7.05pm
Khovanshchina, Acts 2 & 3 

8.10pm INTERVAL: Throwing a Wobbly
Louise Fryer uncovers the ups and downs of vocal vibrato. How and why do singers use it? With guests sopranos Janis Kelly and Peyee Chen, tenor John Potter, scientist Helena Daffern and early music researcher Richard Bethell. 
Producer David Gallagher

8.30pm
Khovanshchina, Acts 4 & 5

Ivan Khovansky ..... Ante Jerkunica (bass) 
Andrey Khovansky ..... Christopher Ventris (tenor)
Golitsin .....Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) 
Marfa ..... Elena Maximova (mezzo-soprano) 
Dosifey ..... Ain Anger (bass) 
Shaklovity ..... Georg Gagnidze (bass) 
Susanna ..... Jennifer Rhys-Davies (soprano) 
Scribe ..... Norbert Ernst (tenor) 
Emma ..... Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano)
Kuzka ..... Colin Judson (tenor) 
BBC Singers 
Slovak Philharmonic Choir 
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Schola Cantorum 
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Paul Weigold (asst.conductor)
Paul Curran (director)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

Shot through with folk melodies, Mussorgsky's 'national music drama' Khovanshchina weaves a richly coloured operatic tapestry in which Russia herself is the heroine. Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestras and an exciting cast, including Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova.

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Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 2017 BBC Proms season.

Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 123rd season of the BBC Proms.

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