Talk:Khovanshchina

Title
The usual name of the opera in English is Khovanshchina. At least this is how the Met does it. I have proposed this, and not one has objected. Thus it happens.


 * I support maintaining Khovanshchina as the article title for this work. Ivan Velikii 23:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Needed Corrections
1) Kuzka is not a baritone but a tenor. 2) Stravisky has made a final Chorus. It's not a matter of belief at all! Moreover, he and Ravel made an entire version of their own but apart of the finale it is lost. AdamChapman, 6 May 2007 (UTC) 3) Link to Russian libretto in HTML is broken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubsarmah (talk • contribs) 16:02, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It is not lost, just incomplete: they couldn't touch anything with Dosifey in it because Shalyapin refused to sing in any non-Rimsky orchestration. (Although this makes the presence of a Stravinsky orchestration for Shaklovityy's aria a little weird.) They may also have restored Musorgsky's orchestration for Marfa's song. Double sharp (talk) 05:42, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Versions by other hand
I added information about the Ravel-Stravinsky version. AdamChapman (talk) 08:46, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Chaliapin
It says here that the great basso, Chaliapin, sang the role of Dosifey in 1886. But how could he sing this part at the age of 13?! I know that Chaliapin has sung this role in the first PROFESSIONAL performance in 1897, but I suspect he had nothing to do with the premiere in 1886. AdamChapman (talk) 10:48, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Recordings table per Wiki Project opera guidelines. Types of recordings noted (LP, CD, etc)
Please discuss here any reason for wanting to change this article's recordings table, given that the WP Opera guidelines for all opera articles have been followed. Viva-Verdi (talk) 00:46, 7 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Editor User talk:50.39.178.94 objects to the reverting of his preferred format. The section has been returned to its original form.  This is the place (not my "talk" page) where he/she needs to justify his/her opinion of how a "recordings" table should be set up.  Then discussion can follow.


 * Meanwhile, he/she should be aware of the fact that a group of editors involved with the WikiProject Opera have agreed on guidelines for what a recordings table should look like:
 * WikiProject_Opera/Article_styles_and_formats


 * Every other opera article uses this format.


 * Any further reverting on his/her part without further discussion and consensus may be regarded as vandalism. Viva-Verdi (talk) 20:36, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

Final paragraph of the lede
Since there is no reference to a reliable source, the last paragraph of the lede comes off sounding like original thought or simply opining, contrary to Wikipedia policy. Is there any way to source this? If not, I believe it has to go. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 02:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)