Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4826893
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 27th July 2018
Contents
Artists
Zarko CvejicAlexander Marinkovic
Drago Starc
Dusan Popovic
Miroslav Cangalovic
Melanija Bugarinovic
Anita Mezetova
Stepan Andrashevich
Sofija Jankovic
Zivojin Milosavljevic
Krsta Krstic
Živojin Iovanovic
Vladimir Popovic
George Djurgevich
Zivojin Iovanovic
Belgrade National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor
Kresimir BaranovicWorks
Khovanshchina (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)Artists
Zarko CvejicAlexander Marinkovic
Drago Starc
Dusan Popovic
Miroslav Cangalovic
Melanija Bugarinovic
Anita Mezetova
Stepan Andrashevich
Sofija Jankovic
Zivojin Milosavljevic
Krsta Krstic
Živojin Iovanovic
Vladimir Popovic
George Djurgevich
Zivojin Iovanovic
Belgrade National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor
Kresimir BaranovicAbout
Fresh from a successful tour of Boris Godunov in Switzerland the previous year, the Belgrade Opera in 1955 was keen to make an impression on an international public. At the same time, the Decca company perceived a cost-effective but artistically assured opportunity to expand both its small but rapidly growing stereo catalogue and its opera discography with classics of the Russian opera repertoire which it had previously not been possible to record in the original language. In the event, the stereo versions were held back for the US market. They were only released in Europe in the 1960s, by which time the Belgrade Opera had acquired an international reputation for excellence thanks both to the mono issues and to the company’s tours of the major European operatic centres.
The role of Prince Ivan Khovansky on this recording is taken by Žarko Cvejić (1907-1994), a longstanding member of the Belgrade Opera who also sung the role at the company’s Edinburgh Festival residency in 1962. Cvejić is joined by other Belgrade stalwarts such as Melanija Bugarinović, who also won acclaim as Erda at Bayreuth around this time, and Miroslav Čangalović, an acclaimed Boris of his day, as the dignified leader of the Old Believers, Dosifey. The booklet for this newly remastered release prints both a synopsis and an essay by Peter Quantrill giving full historical context to the Belgrade opera recordings.
‘Zarko Cvejic; and Drago Starc are both good as the rival brothers and Dusan Popovic makes a commanding figure of Shaklovity... The chorus sing magnificently and the orchestra, under a conductor with a most vital sense of rhythm, are first rate... The various effects... are all well carried out and the successful recording of the opera is a good omen for the Boris which is to come.’ – Gramophone, August 1955
‘Both Marfa and Dosifei are in good hands: Melanija Bugarinovi 263; possesses what seems to be a contralto of impressive quality and richness, while Miroslav Cangalovic... is a moving Dosifey.’ – High Fidelity, July 1970
Cast:
- Prince Ivan Khovansky: Žarko Cvejić
- Prince Andrey Khovansky: Alexander Marinković
- Prince Vasily Golitsin: Drago Starc
- Shaklovity: Dušan Popović
- Dosifey: Miroslav Čangalović
- Marfa: Melanija Bugarinović
- Susanna: Anita Mezetova
- A Scribe: Stepan Andrashevich
- Emma: Sofija Janković
- Varsonofiev: Zivojin Milosavljević
- Kuzka: Krsta Krstić
- Streshnev: Živojin Iovanović
- First Strelyets: Vladimir Popović
- Second Strelyets: George Djurgevich
- Third Strelyets: Živojin Iovanović
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