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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2019)

Opera in four acts and nine parts (1934)

Genre : Music

Runtime : 3H 0M

Synopsis

Of Shostakovich’s initial undertaking – a trilogy on the tragic destinies of Russian women through the ages – only one opera was ever written: the hard-hitting Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Although one of the mainsprings of the work, the Shakespearean parallel is here bitterly ironic: unlike Lady Macbeth, Katerina Ismaïlova who, in the remote reaches of rural 19th century Russia, falls in love with one of her husband’s employees and is finally forced to commit suicide, is less a manipulator than a victim of a violent and patriarchal society. Krzysztof Warlikowski liberates all the subversive power of this scorching and scandalous work, which marked the early years of the Opéra Bastille.

Actors

Aušrinė Stundytė
Aušrinė Stundytė
Katerina Lvovna Ismailova
Pavel Cernoch
Pavel Cernoch
Serguei
Dmitry Ulyanov
Dmitry Ulyanov
Boris Timofeevich Ismailov
Sofija Petrovic
Sofija Petrovic
Aksinya
John Daszak
John Daszak
Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov
Krzysztof Baczyk
Krzysztof Baczyk
A priest
Oksana Volkova
Oksana Volkova
Sonyetka
Ingo Metzmacher
Ingo Metzmacher
Conductor

Crews

Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Alexandre Preis
Alexandre Preis
Writer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Writer
Nikolai Leskov
Nikolai Leskov
Original Story
Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Production Design
Ingo Metzmacher
Ingo Metzmacher
Conductor
Krzysztof Warlikowski
Krzysztof Warlikowski
Stage Director