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  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
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    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
  • Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz
    Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin, © Photo: Marcus Lieberenz

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Deutsche Oper Berlin

About the Event

Donald Runnicles conducts a new production of Shostakovich's most famous opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Katerina, the titular 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtensk District' takes her name from the numerous crimes of passion in which she takes part, alone, and with her lover. Despite her behavior, Shostakovich's opera is remarkably sympathetic to Katerina, and the power of this opera's final scene is rarely questioned.

In Russian with German and English surtitles.

Cast / Production

Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Director: Ole Anders Tandberg
Stage‐design: Erlend Birkeland
Costume‐design: Maria Geber
Light‐design: Ellen Runge
Choir Conductor: Jeremy Bines
Choreography: Jeanette Langert

Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov: Kurt Rydl
Sinovy Borisovich Ismailov: Thomas Blondelle
Katerina Ismailova: Evelyn Herlitzius
Sergei: Sergey Polyakov
Aksinya: Nadine Secunde
The Peasant: Burkhard Ulrich
Steward: Andrew Harris
Porter, Policeman, Sentry: Noel Bouley
Workmen: Ralph Eschrig, Aram Youn, Olli Rantaseppä
Workman in a Mill: Sam Roberts‐Smith
Driver: Ya‐Chung Huang
Priest: Tobias Kehrer
Police Inspector: Seth Carico
Teacher: James Kryshak
Sonyetka: Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Old convict: Stephen Bronk
Boris' Ghost: Kurt Rydl

Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

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