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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Title
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk [videorecording] / Dmitri Shostakovich ; video director, Toni Bargalló ; stage director, Stein Winge ; libretto, Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preys.
Published
England : EMI Classics, ©2004.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping.
Notes
Opera in 4 acts.
After the novella by Nikolay Leskov.
Cast list and synopsis of scenes inserted in container.
Set design, Benoit Dugardyn; costume design, Jorge Jara; lighting, Davy Cunningham.
Recorded live in performance at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, May 2002.
Sung in Russian, with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Catalan.
Summary
Katerina Ismailova, the frustrated and bored wife of a wealthy man, falls into a passionate relationship with one of his workers and then is driven to commit serial murders in an attempt to escape her bleak existence in a repressive society.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Russian
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2021
Credits
Set design, Benoit Dugardyn; costume design, Jorge Jara; lighting, Davy Cunningham.
Performers
Nadine Secunde (Katerina) ; Christopher Ventris (Sergey) ; Francisco Vas (Zinoviy) ; Anatoli Kotcherga (Boris) ; Graham Clark (Shabby peasant) ; Yevgeny Nesterenko (Old convict) ; other soloists ; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu ; Alexander Anissimov, conductor ; Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música Catalana.
System details note
Enhanced DVD NTSC, all region; 16:9 aspect ratio, LPCM stereo., DTS surround, or Dolby digital surround.
Issue number
7243 5 99730 9 8 EMI Classics
DVB 5 99730 9 EMI Classics
Genre/Form
Operas.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain). Orquestra Simfònica.
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain). Cor.
Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona, Spain). Cor de Cambra.
Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain)
EMI (Firm)
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