A Lady Macbeth of the District of Mcensk

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A Lady Macbeth of the District of Mcensk (2025)

Directed by Arnalda Canali

Music · 3h 51m

On the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, La Scala opens the Season with his masterpiece Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, based on the novella by Nikolai Leskov. After its premiere in St. Petersburg, the opera – which was intended to be the first part of a trilogy on women’s condition in Russia – enjoyed great success at home and abroad. Stalin attended a performance in Moscow in 1936; two days later, the famous denunciation titled “Chaos Instead of Music” appeared in Pravda, through which the regime blacklisted the opera and its composer. Years later, Shostakovich prepared a new version that was staged in Moscow in 1963 under the title Katerina Izmailova, after Superintendent Ghiringhelli had unsuccessfully tried to secure its premiere for La Scala. Today, the theatre presents the original 1934 version, conducted by M° Chailly and the debut of director Barkhatov.

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Cast

Sara Jakubiak Katerina L’vovna Izmajlova
A
Alexander Roslavets Boris Timofeevič Izmailov
Y
Yevgeny Akimov Zinovij Borisovič Izmailov
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Najmiddin Mavlyanov Sergej
A
Alexander Kravets Seedy Lout
C
Chao Liu Millhand
V
Valery Gilmanov Priest
J
Jiří Rajniš Yard Keeper
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Ivan Shcherbatykh Foreman
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Oleg Budaratskiy Police Seargeant Riccardo Chailly

Crew

Director
Arnalda Canali
Writer
Alexander Preis, Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich

Details

Original title
Una Lady Macbeth del distretto di Mcensk
Release date
2025-12-07
Runtime
3h 51m
Genres
Music
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian, Russian
Countries
Italy
Production
RAI