Dmitry Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Opera in four acts (original version, 1930–32)
Libretto by Alexander Preis and Dmitry Shostakovich after the short story of the same name (1865) by Nikolai Leskov
First version of 1932
Sung in Russian
New production
Coproduction with the Mariinsky-Theatre, St. Petersburg
PREMIERE
- 04 August 2001, 18:30
- 22 August 2001, 18:30
- 25 August 2001, 18:30
- 30 August 2001, 18:30
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Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Peter Mussbach, Stage director
Klaus Kretschmer, Sets
Andrea Schmidt-Futterer, Costumes
Konrad Lindenberg, Lighting
Alfred Loch / BARCO, Video-Installation
Andrei Petrenko, Chorus master
Vladimir Vaneev, Boris Timofeyevich Izmaylov
Leonid Zachozhaev, Zinowy Borisovich Izmaylov
Larissa Shevchenko, Katerina Lvovna Izmaylova
Viktor Lutsiuk, Sergej Philipitsch
Ludmila Kasjanenko, Axinja
Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Shabby Peasant
Viacheslav Lukhanin, Manager
Evgeny Fedotov, House-labourer
Yuri Laptev, Millhand
Victor Vichrov, Coachman
Vladimir Zhivopistsev, Yuri Laptev, Victor Vichrov, Three workers
Fjodor Kuznetsov, Pope
Fjodor Mozhaev, Chief of Police
Vladimir Zhivopistsev, Teacher
Ljubov Sokolova, Sonyetka
Gennady Bezzubenkov, Old Convict
Ludmila Kasjanenko, Forced labourer
Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Drunken guest
Viacheslav Lukhanin, Sergeant
Evgeny Fedotov, Police
Yuri Laptev, Guard
Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, Stage music
Choir of the Mariinsky-Theater
Vienna Philharmonic