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A web exclusive as mezzo-soprano Marina Pinchuk sings Marfa's Aria from Musorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Round 1 of Â鶹ԼÅÄ Cardiff Singer of the World 2015.

About the music: Marfa is a young widow and an ‘Old Believer’, opposed to the reforms introduced by Peter the Great in the 17th century. She sings of her past love for the son of Prince Ivan Khovansky, Andrei, who was one of the leaders of the plot against the state.