Vasily Rodionovich Petrov
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Vasily Rodionovich Petrov was an outstanding Russian opera singer (bass).
Vasily Rodionovich Petrov
Khovanshchina
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Khovanshchina is an opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources. The opera was almost finished in piano score when the composer died in 1881, but the orchestration was almost entirely lacking.
Scene design by Apollinariy Vasnetsov for the Russian Private Opera, Moscow, 1897), showing the Red Square
Autograph vocal score of Khovanshchina, featuring "Dawn on the Moscow River" (1874)
Affiche for a performance at the Solodovnikov Theatre (Moscow, 1897)
Fyodor Shalyapin as Dosifey (Russian Private Opera (Mamontov's Private Russian Opera in Moscow), Moscow, 1897)