Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk

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2016 · 150 min · Music

Overview

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a powerful work of raw emotional intensity. With themes of adultery and murder, the story follows the downfall of a bored provincial merchant’s wife who seeks solace and excitement in an extra-marital affair. With a bold and contemporary setting, the staging provides the perfect backdrop to this 20th-century opera’s unflinching approach to sex and violence.

Cast

• Aušrinė Stundytė — Katerine Ismaïlova
• Vladimir Ognovenko — Boris Timoféiévitch Ismaïlov / Le fantôme de Boris
• Peter Hoare — Zinovy Borisovitch Ismaïlov
• John Daszak — Sergueï
• Gennady Bezzubenkov — Le Pope / Un vieux bagnard