Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
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"Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" is a provocative opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella, renowned for its intense drama, modernist musical language, and the political controversy it sparked in the Soviet Union.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| acts | 4 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Nikolai Leskov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Op. 29 ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | withdrawn from Soviet repertoire ⓘ |
| cityOfPremiere | Leningrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| critic | Pravda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
20th-century opera
ⓘ
opera ⓘ tragic opera ⓘ |
| hasPrologue | no ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Russian literary realism
ⓘ
expressionist opera ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| librettist |
Alexander Preis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dmitri Shostakovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Boris Izmailov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Katerina Izmailova NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei NERFINISHED ⓘ Zinovy Izmailov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
expressionist
ⓘ
modernist ⓘ |
| notableArticle | Muddle Instead of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
graphic violence
ⓘ
intense drama ⓘ sexual explicitness ⓘ |
| notableRecording | Mstislav Rostropovich recording ⓘ |
| orchestration | large orchestra ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Stalin-era Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalReception | condemned by Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1934-01-22 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Leningrad Maly Opera Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForCondemnation |
bourgeois decadence
ⓘ
formalism ⓘ |
| revisedAs | Katerina Izmailova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisionCompletionYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adultery
ⓘ
murder ⓘ oppression of women ⓘ provincial Russian life ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
chorus
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ soloists ⓘ |
| withdrawalPeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
| yearOfPravdaAttack | 1936 ⓘ |
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