Name: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Start: 2022-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Sänger

Tenor

Brandon Jovanovich

Sergei

Regie

Graham Vick

Bühnenbild

Paul Brown

Kostümbild

Lichtgestaltung

Nick Chelton

Choreographie

Ron Howell

Dirigat

Keri-Lynn Wilson

Bass

John Relyea

Boris Timofejewitsch Ismailow

Nikolai Schukoff

Sinowi Borissowitsch Ismailow

Maria Barakova

Sonjetka

Goran Jurić

Der Pope

Bariton

Alexey Shishlyaev

Polizeichef

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Alter Zwangsarbeiter

Sopran

Felicia Moore

Aksinja

Rodell Rosel

Ein zerlumptes Bäuerlein

Scott Scully

Ein Lehrer

Jeongcheol Cha

Mühlenarbeiter

Richard Bernstein

Officer

Philip Cokorinos

Tyler Simpson

Hausknecht

Daniel Sumegi

Hausmann

Dustin Lucas

Ein Kutscher

Yohan Yi

Policeman

Kurt Phinney

Erster Vorarbeiter

Patrick Miller

Zweiter Vorarbeiter

Daniel Clark Smith

Dritter Vorarbeiter

Stephen Paynter

Drunken guest

Svetlana Sozdateleva

Katerina Ismailowa

Ein Polizist

Wache

Irina Rindzuner

Zwangsarbeiterin

The Metropolitan Opera

Englisch

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

New York City

Vereinigte Staaten

Metropolitan Opera House

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda Shostakovich

Public

Lady Macbeth von Mzensk

Genehmigt

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

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