Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2009)

Opera in 4 Acts

  • Genre: Music
  • Release Date: 2009-10-27
  • Runtime: 2h 49min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Arthaus Musik
  • Director: Lev Dodin

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Summary

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime just like the Shakespearian Lady Macbeth. But Nikolai Leskov’s short novel, which portrays Katherina as a monster, was only the starting point for Shostakovich to elicit understanding for an oppressed woman whose pursuit for self-determination is suppressed by society. Through combining satiric, grotesque and tragic elements in his music, Shostakovich succeeds in striking the balance between repulsion at Katherina’s immoral acts and sympathy for her. Violence, eroticism and the paralysing boredom of Russian society in the 19th century are the founding elements of this composition. The choir and orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by James Conlon accompany tremendous soloists such as Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Vladimir Vaneev and Vsevolod Grivnov in the original language in this live recording.

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  • Vladimir Vaneev

    as Boris Izmailov
  • Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet

    as Katerina Izmailova
  • Vsevolod Grivnov

    as Sergei
  • James Conlon

    as Conductor
Directing Lev Dodin Director
Sound Dmitri Shostakovich Music
Writing Alexander Preis Writer
Writing Dmitri Shostakovich Writer