Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk (2016)
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.
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Aušrinė Stundytė as Katerine Ismaïlova |
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Vladimir Ognovenko as Boris Timoféiévitch Ismaïlov / Le fantôme de Boris |
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Peter Hoare as Zinovy Borisovitch Ismaïlov |
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John Daszak as Sergueï |
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Gennady Bezzubenkov as Le Pope / Un vieux bagnard |
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Kazushi Ono as Conductor |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dmitri Shostakovich | Writer |
| Writing | Alexandre Preis | Writer |
| Writing | Nikolai Leskov | Original Story |
| Art | Dmitri Tcherniakov | Production Design |
| Directing | Dmitri Tcherniakov | Stage Director |