Work Information
Dmitri Shostakovich : Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29
| Work Notes |
English translation by Edward Downes. |
Publisher |
Hans Sikorski |
| Category |
Opera and Music Theatre |
Year Composed |
1932 |
| Duration |
2 Hours, 36 Minutes |
Chorus |
SATB chorus |
| Solo Instrument(s) |
2 high basses, 7 tenors, 3 sopranos, 8 basses, countertenor |
Orchestration |
3343/4331/timp.perc.glock.xyl/2hp.cel.[org ad lib]/str; stage band: 2B-flat cnt, 2E-flat cnt, 2tpt, 2ahn, 2thn, 2barhn, 2b |
| Languages |
English, Russian |
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| Full Score(s): |
50486810 |
Full Score(s): |
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| Reduced Score(s): |
50484223 |
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| Libretto(s): |
50340730 |
Libretto(s): |
GS34073 |
| Score(s): |
50486811 |
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| Vocal Score(s): |
50480412 |
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Programme Note
The original version of Katerina Ismailova. The opera was violently attacked by Pravda and not revived in Russia until 1963, in a revised version, Lady Macbeth. Full Scores available in two volumes from Hal Leonard: Volume 1Volume 2
Reviews
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The San Francisco Opera connected with the most exciting triumph of the fall season, a beautiful and inordinately powerful account of Shostakovich's operatic masterpiece, LADY MACBETH OF THE MTSENSK DISTRICT.
The score is one of Shostakovich's resourceful and sure-footed creations, a fluid and expertly controlled combination of instrumental brilliance an accessible vocal melody. To mount this scabrous melodrama about murder and passion, the company assembled a large cast and provided it with incisive artistic leadership. Schaaf's staging, at once energetic and respectful, catches the opera's various moods reliably, from chilling brutality to dark comedy. His production made its points with telling efficiency and a minimum of mannerism. Music director Donald Runnicles led a boldly outsized performance, with thrillingly vivid contributions from the Orchestra and Chorus.
For musical grandeur and dramatic force, it just doesn't get much better than this. The result was a performance of rare tenderness and muscle.
Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle
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