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Lady macbeth of mtsensk

Opéra Bastille - from 02 to 25 April 2019

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Lady macbeth of mtsensk

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Opera Dmitri Chostakovitch

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Opéra Bastille - from 02 to 25 April 2019

3h25 with 1 interval

Language : Russian

Surtitle : French / English

  • Pre-Opening : 2 April 2019

    Opening night : 6 April 2019

    Under 40 ans : 16 April 2019

About

In few words:

Of Shostakovich’s initial undertaking – a trilogy on the tragic destinies of Russian women through the ages – only one opera was ever written: the hard-hitting Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Although one of the mainsprings of the work, the Shakespearean parallel is here bitterly ironic: unlike Lady Macbeth, Katerina Ismaïlova who, in the remote reaches of rural 19th century Russia, falls in love with one of her husband’s employees and is finally forced to commit suicide, is less a manipulator than a victim of a violent and patriarchal society. Krzysztof Warlikowski liberates all the subversive power of this scorching and scandalous work, which marked the early years of the Opéra Bastille.

  • Opening
  • First part 45 mn
  • Intermission 30 mn
  • Second part 70 mn
  • End

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Ce spectacle fait l’objet d’une captation coproduite par l’Opéra national de Paris et Telmondis, avec le soutien du CNC et de la Fondation Orange, mécène des retransmissions audiovisuelles de l’Opéra national de Paris. Ce spectacle sera retransmis en direct le 16 avril 2019 avec le concours de Fra Cinéma, dans les cinémas UGC, dans le cadre de leur saison « Viva l’Opéra ! » et dans des cinémas indépendants en France et dans le monde entier.
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