• Director(s):

    PASTERNAK (IOSSIF)

  • Producer(s):

    13 PRODUCTIONS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2012

  • Language(s):

    German, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Modest Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) "Pictures at an Exhibition" is seen as a miraculous work that came out of nowhere, defying all classification

The very circumstances surrounding its composition are unique. Mussorgsky sunk into a deep depression following the death of his great friend and confidant, the painter and architect Viktor Hartmann. After visiting an exhibition organised a few months later in honour of Hartman, Mussorgsky wrote the work in a tradition inspired by his deceased friend's work: a series of sketches and models.

"Pictures at an Exhibition" was also one of the works that, for better or worse, underwent the greatest number of different versions and interpretations, thus putting the finishing touches to the image of Mussorgsky as one of the most exploited (in all senses of the term) composer in the history of music.