Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
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Actor: Gran Teatre del Liceu, M. Mussorgsky, Vladimir Galouzine, Vladimir OgnovenkoDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Russian (Original Language); English (Unknown); German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 192 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Opus Arte
Movie Reviews of Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Movie Review: Pluses and minuses of Liceu Khovanshchina
Summary: 3 Stars
Pluses:
1) The box claims the production was recorded in high-definition. Even though the DVD is not a high-def DVD, it is very detailed and sharp--one of the best pictures I've seen in an opera DVD, done in widescreen format.
2) The music is wonderful, including some folk song adaptations. Very colorful, produced in great stereo sound. At least on my player, it seemed to be two-channel only.
Minuses:
1) The story is chaotic and gloomy, very hard to follow. All the factions involved are either evil or deranged. It's really about the early career of Peter the Great; but he was kept offstage by imperial censorship, so his story is told through subordinates and enemies. Read a good plot summary from somewhere else before trying to experience this opera.
2) The English subtitles were obviously not written by a native speaker. They are in laughably poor English. It is often difficult to figure out what meaning is intended.
3) Most of the singers are fine, but Elena Zaremba (Marfa) has a severe wobble in this performance that makes it difficult to tell most of the time what notes she is trying to hit.
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