Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Dmitry Shostakovich
From the Repertoire

Libretto: The composer and Alexander Preis after the novella by Nikolai Leskov
First Performance: Leningrad, January 22, 1934, 2nd version (Katerina Izmaylova): Moscow, January 8, 1963
First Performance at the Israeli Opera: January 5, 1997
First Performance this season at the Israeli Opera: March 10, 2010

Conductor		Keri-Lynn Wilson
		Daniel Cohen 19.3
Director		Julia Pevzner
		After the original direction of Irina Molostova
Set Designer		George Tsypin
Costume Designer		Tatiana Noginova
Lighting Designer		Vladimir Lukasevich
Movement		Mina Kantushov

Soloists

Katerina Izmailova		Anna Shefanjinskaya 10.3, 12.3, 15.3, 17.3, 19.3
		Larissa Tetuev 11.3, 13.3, 16.3, 18.3
Boris Izmailov		Vladimir Braun
Sergei		Vsevolod Grivnov 11.3, 13.3, 15.3, 17.3, 19.3
		Roman Muravitsky 10.3, 12.3, 16.3, 18.3
Zinovi		Marat Gali
Aksinia		Lilia Gretsova
		Efrat Ashkenazi
Woman Convict		Alla Vasilevitsky 10.3, 12.3, 15.3, 17.3, 18.3
		Efrat Ashkenazi 11.3, 13.3, 16.3, 19.3
Sonyetka		Ayala Zimbler 10.3, 11.3, 12.3, 13.3, 16.3, 17.3, 18.3
		Yifat Weisskopf 15.3, 19.3
Shabby Peasant		Doug Jones
Chief of Police		Noah Briger
Teacher		Felix Livshitz
Officer		Amit Friedman
Policeman		Boris Karbet
Servant Worker		Anatoli Krasik
Priest		Vladimir Matorin
Old Convict		Vladimir Matorin
Millhand Sentry		Yair Goren
Nihilist		Felix Livshitz
Coachman Worker Drunk Guest		Mark Shaimer
Chief Servant		Sorin Semillian

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Sung in Russian

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Length of performance: approx. three hours

Katerina ruthlessly dispenses with everyone who stands in her way to happiness with Sergei, the handsome worker at her estate. Yet their passionate love affair reaches its tragic end when Sergei prefers a younger woman.

Synopsis

Production's Album

Photos: Yossi Zwecker

Dates

Thurs* 10.3.11 (20:00), Fri 11.3.11 (13:00), Sat 12.3.11 (20:00), Sun 13.3.11 (20:00),

Tues 15.3.11 (20:00), Wed 16.3.11 (20:00), Thurs 17.3.11 (20:00), Fri 18.3.11 (13:00),

Sat 19.3.11 (20:00)

*Première Performance

Ticket Prices: 175/237/304/378/428 Nis
*15 Nis more for Saturday night performances

Towards Opening: Sat 5.3.11 (11:00)

Ticket Price: 70 Nis

Before the show back stage tours: Sat 12.3 (19:00), Sun 13.3 (19:00), Wed 16.3 (19:00), Thu 17.3 (19:00)

Ticket Price: 25 Nis

Opera Talkback: Fri 11.3, Sun 13.3, Wed 16.3, Thu 17.3

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