Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:action 4
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Katerina_Izmailova
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Nikolai_Leskov
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Lady_Macbeth_of_the_Mtsensk_District_(novella)
gptkbp:censorship gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Pravda_article_'Muddle_Instead_of_Music'
gptkbp:duration approximately 2.5 hours
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Dmitri_Shostakovich
gptkb:Alexander_Preys
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Boris_Izmailov
gptkb:Katerina_Izmailova
gptkb:Sergei
gptkb:Zinovy_Izmailov
gptkbp:notableAria Katerina's arias
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:James_Conlon
gptkb:Mstislav_Rostropovich
gptkb:Mariss_Jansons
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Richard_Jones
gptkb:Graham_Vick
gptkb:Harry_Kupfer
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Gennady_Bezzubenkov
gptkb:Matti_Salminen
gptkb:Sergei_Leiferkus
gptkb:Dmitri_Hvorostovsky
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_2014
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_2004
gptkbp:notableRecording Anja Silja (soprano), 1991
Decca, 1991, Jansons/Silja
EMI Classics, 1962, Rostropovich/Vishnevskaya
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), 1962
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra
gptkbp:premiereDate 22 January 1934
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Leningrad_Maly_Opera_Theatre
gptkbp:revival 1960s
gptkbp:scene 9
gptkbp:setting 19th-century Russia
gptkbp:singer gptkb:Anja_Silja
gptkb:Christopher_Ventris
gptkb:Eva-Maria_Westbroek
gptkb:Galina_Vishnevskaya
gptkb:Vsevolod_Grivnov
gptkbp:subject gptkb:murder
adultery
oppression of women
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Opera_House
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4