
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Of Shostakovich’s initial undertaking – a trilogy on the tragic destinies of Russian women through the ages – only one opera was ever written: the hard-hitting Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Although one of the mainsprings of the work, the Shakespearean parallel is here bitterly ironic: unlike Lady Macbeth, Katerina Ismaïlova who, in the remote reaches of rural 19th century Russia, falls in love with one of her husband’s employees and is finally forced to commit suicide, is less a manipulator than a victim of a violent and patriarchal society. Krzysztof Warlikowski liberates all the subversive power of this scorching and scandalous work, which marked the early years of the Opéra Bastille.
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
April 16, 2019
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Cast (8)

Aušrinė Stundytė
Katerina Lvovna Ismailova

Pavel Cernoch
Serguei

Dmitry Ulyanov
Boris Timofeevich Ismailov

Sofija Petrovic
Aksinya

John Daszak
Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov

Krzysztof Baczyk
A priest

Oksana Volkova
Sonyetka

Ingo Metzmacher
Conductor
Crew (7)
Directing

Krzysztof Warlikowski
Stage Director
Writing
Production
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer

Ingo Metzmacher
Conductor
Art

Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Production Design