Khovanshchina

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

 

The Kirov Opera

 

Royal Opera House,

Covent Garden

3, 5 August at 6.00pm

The Kirov Opera’s incomparable production of Khovanshchina is a feast of sumptuous sets, magnificent costumes and spectacular tableaux with a glittering cast headed by the great Olga Borodina.

Mussorgsky’s opera is an unparalleled artistic vision of the power struggles taking place in Russia as the 17th century draws to a close and Peter the Great ascends the throne.