Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Shostakovich at the Opéra de Paris

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Opera in four acts op. 29 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Libretto by Dmitry Shostakovich and Alexander Preis from Nikolai Leskov's story
Creation in Leningrad, Mali? Operniy Teatr, 22 January 1934

Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris National Opera, Ingo Metzmacher (Conductor)
José Luis Basso (Chorus Master)

Krzysztof Warlikowski (Stage Direction)
Małgorzata Szczęśniak (sets, costumes), Felice Ross (lighting), Claude Bardouil (choreography), Christian Longchamp (dramaturgy)

Dmitry Ulyanov (Boris Timofeevich Ismailov)
John Daszak (Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov)
Aušrin? Stundyt? (Katerina Lvovna Ismailova)
Pavel Černoch (Sergey)
Sofija Petrovic (Aksinya)
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Shabby Peasant)
Oksana Volkova (Sonetka)
Andrei Popov (Teacher)
Krzysztof Baczyk (A Pope, un gardien)
Marianne Croux (Woman Convict)
Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Chief of Police, Old Convict)
Sava Vemić (Officer)
Florent Mbia (Le Régisseur)
Julien Joguet (Porter)
Hyun-Jong Roh, Antonel Boldan, Paolo Bondi (Workers)
Jian-Hong Zhao (Millhand)
John Bernard (Coachman)
Pierpaolo Palloni (Policemant)
Fernando Velasquez (Drunken Guest)

Recorded at the Opéra National de Paris, Opéra-Bastille, on 13 & 16 April 2019
TV Director, Stétphane Metge