Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin) backdrop

Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin) 2017 Directed by Barrie Kosky Sorochintsy Fair

The devil comes in a pig’s disguise.

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language Russian
Gnere Music
Production Company Komische Oper Berlin
Release Date 2 April 2017
129 mins
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
Tom Erik Lie Old crony
Hans Gröning The gypsy
Carsten Sabrowski Chernobog, the black god