Modest Mussorgsky-The Fair at Sorochyntsi (Sorochintsy Fair), Модест Муссоргский-Сорочинская Ярмарка

Recorded in: SWR2 Opera Baden-Baden Hans-Rosbaud-Studio Writer: Nikolai Gogol Composer: Modest Mussorgsky Opera: Sorochintsy Fair Conductor: Fabrice Bollon Version by Fabrice Bollon for 11 instruments Cast: Cherevik (Bass): Tair Tazhi (Tazhigulov) Khivrya (Mezzo-soprano): Greta Bagiyan Parasya (Soprano): Carina Schmieger Kum (Bass-baritone): Hans Gröning Gritsko (Tenor): Nutthaporn Thammathi Afanasiy Ivanovich (Tenor): Junbum Lee The gypsy (Bass): Petar Naydenov Chornobog (Bass): Jin Sok Lee Cantus luvenum Karlsruhe Chor Orchestra: Flute: Gaby Pas van Riet E-Horn: Annette Schütz Clarnet: Dirk Altmann Bassoon (fagott): Hanno Dönneweg Harp: Chikayo Hayashi Piano: Christoph Grund Violin: Muriel Cantoreggi Violin: Fiona Jäntti Viola: Aleksandr Akimov Cello: Dina Fortuna-Bollon Bass: Burak Marlali The town of Sorochintsy, located in Ukraine, is the homeland of the poet Nikolai Gogol. He dedicated comic-erotic and also bizarre-demonic stories to his native city. Some of them Modest Mussorgsky used for his only comic opera “The Fair of Sorochintsy“. Unfortunately, the gifted but unfortunate composer also left this opera unfinished at his death. The composer Fabrice Bollon has taken on the fragment with a new instrumentation. This version was produced in September 2022 in the Hans Rosbaud studio of the SWR in Baden-Baden.