Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk
Release Date: 2016-01-23
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.
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Cast
Aušrinė Stundytė
as Katerine Ismaïlova
Vladimir Ognovenko
as Boris Timoféiévitch Ismaïlov / Le fantôme de Boris
Peter Hoare
as Zinovy Borisovitch Ismaïlov
John Daszak
as Sergueï
Gennady Bezzubenkov
as Le Pope / Un vieux bagnard
Crew
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Dmitri Shostakovich - Original Music Composer
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Dmitri Shostakovich - Writer
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Alexandre Preis - Writer
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Nikolai Leskov - Original Story
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Dmitri Tcherniakov - Production Design
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