Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District
Acclaimed at the time of its creation, Shostakovich's opera 'Lady MacBeth' was condemned in the Soviet Union in 1936, two years after the first performance, and banned for almost thirty years. It tells the story of the unhappy Katerina who is driven to murder so she can pursue her romance with Sergei, one of her husband's workers.
In 1998, Florence's Maggio Musicale (one of Europe's most prestigious Summer Music Festivals and the eldest along with Salzburg, Bayreuth and Glyndebourne) offered a remarkably powerful production, directed by Lev Dodin with sets and costumes by David Borovsky. The work was highly acclaimed and won the Abbiati Prize for best operatic show of the year, the most prestigious Italian music award given by the Italian Association of Music Critics.
Ten years later, the production was revived, conducted by James Conlon.
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