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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29 (Russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, romanized: Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda, lit. 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District') is an opera in four acts and nine scenes by Dmitri Shostakovich. The libretto, jointly written by Alexander Preys and the composer, is based on the novella Lady ...
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- 22 January 1934, Leningrad Maly Operny
- Russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, romanized: Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda
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 ...
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World premiere: Maly Opera Theater, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), 1934 One of the undisputed musical masterpieces of the last 100 years, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a bleak, existential drama that is satirical and critical of society but also retains a sharply focused narrative, with Shostakovich’s thrilling score accentuating each of its dramatic points.
Jan 22, 2018 · The opera begins in Mzensk, Russia sometime during the 1840s. In a wealthy home Katerina bemoans her dull, comfortable life. Her husband, Zinovi, enters to bid her farewell; he is called away on business to attend to a broken dam. Before he leaves he makes her swear on an icon that she will be faithful in his absence.
Lady Macbeth de Mzensk - Dmitri Chostakovitch - Paris Opera Play. Description. 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 ...
Aug 3, 2017 · A blistering attack, a punch in the gut, an opera that leaves an indelible brand on the imagination… Shostakovich wrote his masterpiece Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, when he was barely 30 years old, a work that takes opera to new, intense and erotic heights. The heroine’s unbearable loneliness, suffocating social conventions and ...
Experience the subversive Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a unique and mordant work that perfectly encapsulates Shostakovich's conflicted relationship with the Stalin regime (explored in further deal in this superb documentary from our archives). Loosely based on a novella by Russian writer Nikolai Leskov, the libretto follows the attractive Katerina ...
