Opera
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Opera in four acts
Sung in Russian, with German surtitles
Libretto: Alexander Preis, based on Nikolai Leskov's novella by the same name
Premiere: 1934 in Leningrad
Trailer: Theater TV – Ullrich Bohn
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
A lonely woman withers away in a dark 19th century landlord's world and is ultimately driven to murder. "Lady Macbeth" is one of the great music theatre works of the 20th century and was to be Shostakovich's last opera: Stalin's displeasure swiftly silenced the brilliant music dramatist, famously banning the opera in the Soviet Union for almost thirty years. After two successful productions in Wiesbaden, Russian director Evgeny Titov returns with his first foray in opera. GMD Patrick Lange conducts, while Swedish soprano Cornelia Beskow takes on the demanding title role.
PREMIERE 2 October 2020