Mussorgsky: Sorochintsy Fair (Komische Oper Berlin)

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.

Music

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)