Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

The devil comes in a pig’s disguise.

20172h 9m0.0Music

A devil is at work in the Ukrainian village of Sorochintsy, terrifying residents and travellers alike. Among them a farmer whose daughter is not allowed to marry her lover because her quarrelsome stepmother is against it.

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Cast

Jens Larsen

Jens Larsen

Cherevik, a peasant

Agnes Zwierko

Khivrya, his wife

Mirka Wagner

Parasya, Cherevik's daughter

Alexander Lewis

Gritsko, a peasant lad

Ivan Turšić

Afanasiy Ivanovich

Tom Erik Lie

Old crony

Hans Gröning

The gypsy

Carsten Sabrowski

Chernobog, the black god