The opera drama “Khovanshchina” by the Russian Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) is set in the time of Tsar Peter the Great – but the thoughts shift to today’s Russia. To the country of a Tsarist functionary who escaped from the Soviet secret service, a people caught in emotional chaos. The Berlin State Opera transforms the rare drama, rich in radically resonant emphasis, into a magnificently flickering flood of images.
Berlin State Opera: Russia, Holy Chaos – Culture
