Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk 2016
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a powerful work of raw emotional intensity. With themes of adultery and murder, the story follows the downfall of a bored provincial merchant’s wife who seeks solace and excitement in an extra-marital affair. With a bold and contemporary setting, the staging provides the perfect backdrop to this 20th-century opera’s unflinching approach to sex and violence.
- Released: 2016-01-23
- Runtime: 150 minutes
- Genre: Music
- Stars: Aušrinė Stundytė, Vladimir Ognovenko, Peter Hoare, John Daszak, Gennady Bezzubenkov
- Director: Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Nikolai Leskov, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Alexandre Preis