Khovanshchina is packed with dramatic choruses, hymns, supplications and laments, hypnotic scenes of mystic visions, exotic dances, serene, folky paintings of nature to frame the often hideous human action.
21 September 2017, The Tablet
Lament of the fool: putting history in its place
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