This is one of the greatest opera films of all time, made by Vera Stroyeva, the director who made the brilliant Boris Godunov with Pirogov, Kozlovsky and Nelepp. This Khovanshchina came out on VHS only and still has not been released on DVD. A shame. You can find rare copies of the video floating around on eBay.
@ETNEWMAN1 I was lucky to find a DVD of this film on a Japanese label called "Dreamlife" at the HMV Japan website some years ago. It must be rather rare, as it appears to have disappeared from that site now, and I can't find it available anywhere else. It was done in the older format "16:9 letterbox," as it was before widescreen TVs were common, and the aspect ratio is very wide indeed...wider than the image shown on the video posted here.
I have called Corinth Films, who released it on VHS. They say someone else owns the copyright and they cannot re-release it on DVD. I have written to Mosfilm and received no answer. Maybe an interlibrary loan from your public library.
Many thanks for the info, would you know, by any chance, who owns the print? I have just watched this yet again, oh my! I should rearly love to see it all.
@xkird101 Of course Russian is a citizenship. It is that of people born in Russia - a country with clear geographical boundaries. But historically Russia was once an Empire that had sovereignty over most Slavic nations. And just as Spain, Gaul, and Britain were once all considered Roman, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Georgia came to be considered Russian.
@Agorante you cant get russian citizenship, but russiant wont call you russian, that is all i wanted to say, they will say - You have russian citizenship
Its odd how many "Russian" basses aren't Russian at all. The greatest "Russian" bass (IMHO) Alexander Kipnis was also a Ukranian Jew. The two most famous Russian Basses of recent years - Christoff and Ghaiurov - were both Bulgarian. Plishka is also Ukranian. I used to work in a company founded by Russians but with mostly Ukranian staff. These people don't really like each other. I think it has something to do with that genocide under Stalin.
Марк Рейзен -лучший исполнитель партии Досифея в "Хованщине" на российской сцене и, в частности, в Большом театре. Неповторим!
This is one of the greatest opera films of all time, made by Vera Stroyeva, the director who made the brilliant Boris Godunov with Pirogov, Kozlovsky and Nelepp. This Khovanshchina came out on VHS only and still has not been released on DVD. A shame. You can find rare copies of the video floating around on eBay.
Гениальное исполнение.
Marvelous.
@paulostroff99
Magnificent performance - thank you for sharing and to khankonchak for posting
John
great Soviet bass!!!
@ETNEWMAN1 I was lucky to find a DVD of this film on a Japanese label called "Dreamlife" at the HMV Japan website some years ago. It must be rather rare, as it appears to have disappeared from that site now, and I can't find it available anywhere else. It was done in the older format "16:9 letterbox," as it was before widescreen TVs were common, and the aspect ratio is very wide indeed...wider than the image shown on the video posted here.
EIN ABSOLUTER SUPERBASS
Formidable voix que celle de Mark Reizen. Je suis toujours aussi impressionné et pourtant je l'écoute depuis 10 ans. Un Dosifey pour l'éternité…
Милая классика🎉🎉🎉
🎶🎵😇🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💐💐💐💐💐💐
Have you full opera movie with Mark Reisen?
I have called Corinth Films, who released it on VHS. They say someone else owns the copyright and they cannot re-release it on DVD. I have written to Mosfilm and received no answer. Maybe an interlibrary loan from your public library.
I too would love a copy of this film; does anyone know whether it is avaiable?
spectacular!!!!! where can one buy the 1950's Mosfilm version of the opera (directed by Vera Stroyeva?
Many thanks for the info, would you know, by any chance, who owns the print? I have just watched this yet again, oh my! I should rearly love to see it all.
@paulostroff99
What? You sir - are incomprehensible.
@Agorante russian is not a citizenship, it is a feeling of appurtenances. excuse my English
@xkird101
Of course Russian is a citizenship. It is that of people born in Russia - a country with clear geographical boundaries. But historically Russia was once an Empire that had sovereignty over most Slavic nations. And just as Spain, Gaul, and Britain were once all considered Roman, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Georgia came to be considered Russian.
this bag has an impressive beard.
@Agorante you cant get russian citizenship, but russiant wont call you russian, that is all i wanted to say, they will say - You have russian citizenship
Its odd how many "Russian" basses aren't Russian at all. The greatest "Russian" bass (IMHO) Alexander Kipnis was also a Ukranian Jew. The two most famous Russian Basses of recent years - Christoff and Ghaiurov - were both Bulgarian. Plishka is also Ukranian.
I used to work in a company founded by Russians but with mostly Ukranian staff. These people don't really like each other. I think it has something to do with that genocide under Stalin.