Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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