Product Description The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина,, sometimes also translated as The Khovansky Affair) is an opera (subtitled a ‘national music drama’) in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources. The opera was unfinished and unperformed when the composer died in 1881. ShareTweet
