Name: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Start: 2022-10-07
End: 2022-10-07
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Zanger

Tenor

Brandon Jovanovich

Sergey

Regisseur

Graham Vick

Set designer

Paul Brown

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Nick Chelton

Choreograaf

Ron Howell

Dirigent

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Bass

John Relyea

Boris

Nikolai Schukoff

Zinovyi

Contralto

Maria Barakova

Sonyetka

Goran Jurić

Svyashchennik

Baritone

Alexey Shishlyaev

Pristav

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Old Convict

Soprano

Felicia Moore

Aksinya

Rodell Rosel

Shabby Peasant

Scott Scully

Uchitel

Jeongcheol Cha

Mill-worker

Richard Bernstein

Officer

Philip Cokorinos

Tyler Simpson

Prikazchik

Daniel Sumegi

Dvornik

Dustin Lucas

Coachman

Yohan Yi

Sergeant

Kurt Phinney

Pervyi Prikazchik

Patrick Miller

Vtoroy Prikazchik

Daniel Clark Smith

Tretiy Prikazchik

Stephen Paynter

Drunken guest

Svetlana Sozdateleva

Katerina

Gorodovoy

Sentry

Irina Rindzuner

Woman Convict

The Metropolitan Opera

Engels

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

New York

Verenigde Staten

Metropolitan Opera House

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda Shostakovich

Public

Lady Macbeth van Mtsensk

Approved

When soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Brandon Jovanovich starred in Shostakovich’s searing Soviet-era satire in 2014, they set the Met stage ablaze, with The New York Times hailing Westbroek’s “vulnerable and wrenching performance” and proclaiming Jovanovich “ideal ... dramatically fearless.” Now, the dynamic pair reunite in Graham Vick’s vivid staging, with Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson making her Met debut.

World premiere: Maly Opera Theater, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), 1934 | 
One of the undisputed musical masterpieces of the last 100 years, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a bleak, existential drama that is satirical and critical of society but also retains a sharply focused narrative, with Shostakovich’s thrilling score accentuating each of its dramatic points. Based on an engrossing novella by Nikolai Leskov, the opera maintains its source material’s frenetic pace with propulsive music and a plethora of activity, suggesting that any actions—even of the criminal variety—are preferable to the crushing ennui of conventional life.
 
Creators
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–75), one of the 20th century’s most prominent composers, wrote 15 symphonies and a large quantity of chamber music, as well as compositions in other genres. The composer collaborated with playwright Alexander Preys (1905–42) to create the opera’s libretto, adapting a story by Nikolai Leskov (1831–95), a Russian author and journalist highly respected by many of the towering literary figures of his time. 

Setting
The opera takes place in the Mtsensk District, about 150 miles south of Moscow, and in Siberia, the vast, harsh land in the northeastern part of Russia, to which criminals were traditionally banished throughout the country’s history.

Music
The score of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is dramatic, diverse, and utterly compelling, displaying the composer’s complete mastery and transcendence of familiar musical forms. Despite the jagged feel of the music, melody is not absent—it appears briefly but often vanishes before it is allowed to develop. The main exception to this is the role of Katerina herself. Her forays into prolonged musical expression make her a profound and, within the givens of this dark world, sympathetic character.

English

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Shostakovich, vr. 07 okt 2022, Van (2022/2022), Geregisseerd door Graham Vick,, Dirigent Keri-Lynn Wilson, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Verenigde Staten

Voorstellingscredits (Cast & Productieteam )

Cast

Productieteam

Programma, Over & Synopsis

Foto's

Verder lezen

Uitvoeringsdata en -locaties

Speellocaties