Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk : Krzysztof Warlikowski (stage director), Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) – With Dmitry Ulyanov (Boris Timofeevich Ismailov), John Daszak (Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov), Aušrinė Stundytė (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova)...

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Longchamp, Christian, performer.

Guéguin, Denis, performer.

Bardouil, Claude, performer.

Warlikowski, Krzysztof, performer.

Ross, Felice, performer.

Polak, Kamil, performer.

Szczęśniak, Małgorzata, performer.

Opéra national de Paris - Telmondis - Mezzo.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 58 min., 28 sec.)) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Opéra national de Paris - Telmondis - Mezzo, 2019.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

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, unhappily married to rich merchant Zinoviy Ismailov, who ends up giving in to murderous urges… Shostakovich sympathized with his anti-heroine, "a beautiful and intelligent young woman suffocating in a vulgar, venal world… The murders she commits are not truly crimes, but an expression of revolt against her sordid and sickening milieu." The work was swiftly censured by Stalin himself, who had little taste for the cruelty of Shostakovich's realism. In this production at the Paris Opera, Polish director Krzysztof Warlikowski offers up a gritty, no-holds-barred staging, in keeping with the spirit of the opera. Conductor Ingo Metzmacher leads the house orchestra in the pit while, onstage, soprano Aušrinė Stundytė brings thrills and chills in the lead role of Katerina! Photo © Bernd Uhlig.

Contents:

Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk / Dmitri Shostakovich.

Participant:

Christian Longchamp ; Denis Guéguin ; Claude Bardouil ; Krzysztof Warlikowski ; Felice Ross ; Kamil Polak ; Małgorzata Szczęśniak.

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Contains:

Container of: Shostakovich, Dmitri. Lady Macbeth from Mtsensk.

OCLC:

1461919706

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