Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

Overview

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.

Directed by Barrie Kosky

Top cast

Jens Larsen

Cherevik, a peasant

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Agnes Zwierko

Khivrya, his wife

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Mirka Wagner

Parasya, Cherevik's daughter

A

Alexander Lewis

Gritsko, a peasant lad

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Ivan Turšić

Afanasiy Ivanovich

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Tom Erik Lie

Old crony

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Hans Gröning

The gypsy

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Carsten Sabrowski

Chernobog, the black god

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