Khovanshchina

E633291

Khovanshchina is an unfinished historical opera by Modest Mussorgsky that portrays the political and religious turmoil in late 17th-century Russia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Khovanshchina canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
unfinished opera ⓘ
associatedWith The Five (Russian composers) ⓘ
basedOn historical events in Russia ⓘ
composer Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
depicts Moscow Uprising of 1682 ⓘ
Old Believers ⓘ
political turmoil in Russia ⓘ
reforms of Peter the Great ⓘ
religious turmoil in Russia ⓘ
struggle between Streltsy and government forces ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Russia ⓘ
firstPerformanceLanguage Russian ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Saint Petersburg ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasChorusType large mixed chorus ⓘ
hasOrchestrationCompletedBy Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
hasOrchestrationCompletedBy Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Maurice Ravel ⓘ
hasVersion Dmitri Shostakovich orchestration ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel orchestration of the finale ⓘ
Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration ⓘ
librettist Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
mainCharacter Dosifei ⓘ
Marfa ⓘ
Prince Andrei Khovansky ⓘ
Prince Ivan Khovansky ⓘ
Prince Vasily Golitsyn ⓘ
linked to: Vasily Golitsyn

Shaklovity ⓘ
movement Russian nationalist music ⓘ
musicStyle late Romantic ⓘ
notableFor historical realism ⓘ
large choral scenes ⓘ
use of folk-inspired melodies ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
partOf Russian operatic repertoire ⓘ
settingPlace Russia ⓘ
settingTime late 17th century ⓘ
structure prologue and five acts ⓘ
theme conflict between old Russia and new Russia ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
power struggle ⓘ
religious fanaticism ⓘ
workStatus unfinished ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modest Mussorgsky → notableWork → Khovanshchina ⓘ