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Shostakovich's revision of his most famous opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Based on the novel by Leskov, Shostakovich depicts Katerina's soul-destroying loneliness and violent sexual passion in music of soaring lyricism. Katerina makes fascinating comparison with Lady Macbeth, (the version more frequently performed in the west), not only for the alterations made to satisfy Soviet authority, but also the reworking of the score in the 1950s by a mature Shostakovich who, to the end of his life, claimed this to be his definitive version of the opera.

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Music: Shostakovich

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Archive listings for Katerina Izmaylova (2006)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T179112994

Presented by The Mariinsky Theatre Trust. Supported by Peter Moores FoundationProducer Kirov Opera. Conductor Valery Gergiev. Performer Olga Sergeyeva. Performer Larissa Gogolevskaya. Performer Tatiana Pavlovskaya. Performer Gennady Bezzubenkov. Performer Vladimir Vaneev. Performer Oleg Balashov. Performer Evgeny Akimov. Performer Viktor Lutsiuk. Performer Vladislav Sulimsky.

23 Jul 06 to 24 Jul 06

London Coliseum, West End :: V376
listing details L01892496245

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