Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk composer, Dmitri Shostakovich ; libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preis

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer, librettist.

Contributor:

Preĭs, A. (Aleksandr), librettist.

Wilson, Keri-Lynn, conductor.

Sozdateleva, Svetlana, performer.

Jovanovich, Brandon, performer.

Schukoff, Nikolaï, performer.

Relyea, John, performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.

Standardized Title:

Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda

Language:

Russian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

operas (musical compositions).

Genre:

Live sound recordings

Operas

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] Metropolitan Opera [2024]

Language Note:

Sung in Russian

System Details:

digital

Summary:

Shostakovich's dark satire Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a searing, existential drama that has had a tortured offstage history. It was an immediate critical and popular success when it premiered in 1934 but dramatically fell out of favor after Stalin attended a performance and an anonymous article denouncing the work appeared immediately afterwards in the leading Soviet newspaper. Only towards the end of the 20th century was the score rehabilitated and able to reclaim its rightful place in the repertoire. During the 2022-23 season, Canadian Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson made her Met debut leading an explosive revival of the work, starring soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva and tenor Brandon Jovanovich as the illicit lovers Katerina and Sergei. Alongside them, the principal cast also featured tenor Nikolai Schukoff as Katerina's husband, Zinovy, and bass-baritone John Relyea as her father-in-law, Boris-- who both eventually lose their lives at her hands

Participant:

Svetlana Sozdateleva (Katrina) ; Brandon Jovanovich (Sergei) ; Nikolaï Schukoff (Zinovy) ; John Relyea (Boris) ; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; conductor, Keri-Lynn Wilson

Notes:

Libretto by Alexander Preis and the composer, after the short story by Nikolai Leskov

Duration: 155 minutes

Recorded October 12, 2022

Related Work:

Opera adaptation of: Leskov, N. S. (Nikolaĭ Semenovich), 1831-1895. Ledi Makbet Mt︠s︡enskogo uezda http://viaf.org/viaf/178264971

OCLC:

1558487421

Access Restriction:

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