Khovanshchina (film)
Encyclopedia
Khovanshchina is a 1960
Soviet
film directed by Vera Stroyeva
and based on the eponymous opera
by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky
.
Dmitri Shostakovich
was nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring of a Musical Picture
for his work on this film. The music was conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov
.
1960 in film
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
Soviet
Cinema of the Soviet Union
The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...
film directed by Vera Stroyeva
Vera Stroyeva
Vera Stroyeva was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. She directed 13 films between 1930 and 1970. Her film Boris Godunov was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival....
and based on the eponymous opera
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina is an opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources...
by 19th-century Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
was nominated for an Academy Award for Scoring of a Musical Picture
Academy Award for Original Music Score
The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
for his work on this film. The music was conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov
Evgeny Svetlanov
Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov was a Russian conductor, composer, and though less well-known, a pianist.Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1955 he conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre, being appointed principal conductor there in 1962...
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