Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensks District
opera in four acts
Libretto
Dmitry Shostakovich and Alexander Preis (after Nikolay Leskow)
Premiere
First version: 22 January 1934, Leningrad (Maly Opera House)
Second version: 8 January 1963, Moscow (Stanislawski-Nemirowitsch-Dantschenko-Music Theatre)
Cast
KATERINA ISMAILOVA (soprano)
BORIS ISMAILOV (high baritone)
ZINOVY ISMAILOV (tenor)
SERGEI (tenor)
MILL-HAND (baritone)
COACHMAN (tenor)
AKSYNIA (soprano)
SHABBY PEASANT (tenor)
PORTER (bass)
STEWARD (bass)
3 FOREMEN (tenor)
PRIEST (bass)
CHIEF OF POLICE (bass)
POLICEMAN (bass)
TEACHER (tenor)
DRUNKEN GUEST (tenor)
OLD CONVICT (bass)
SENTRY (bass)
SONYETKA (contralto)WOMAN CONVICT (soprano)
SERGEANT (bass)
CHORUS
workers, policemen, guests, convicts
Place
Mtsenks, Russia
Time
1865