The Guardian
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and the muddle surrounding Shostakovich's opera
The Guardian
Shostakovich has been as misunderstood as his great opera was. It's time to stop viewing both the man and his works through the lens of Stalinism. Patricia Racette as Katerina Lvovna Ismailova and John Daszak as Sergei in English National Opera's 2015.
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and the muddle surrounding Shostakovich's opera
The Guardian
Shostakovich has been as misunderstood as his great opera was. It's time to stop viewing both the man and his works through the lens of Stalinism. Patricia Racette as Katerina Lvovna Ismailova and John Daszak as Sergei in English National Opera's 2015.