Dmitri Shostakovich opened Pravda, the state newspaper of the Soviet Union, today in 1936. Pravda logo. Retrieved from here. Within it was an article titled “Muddle Instead of Music”, a … Continue reading On This Day (January 28)…The Hammer (and Sickle) Drop on Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich received a surprise guest attending a performance of his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on this day in 1936. The guest was … Continue reading On This Day (January 26)…Shostakovich Faces the Sharpest of Critics
Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk premiered on this day in 1934 at the Leningrad Maly Operny (also known as the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a1_6H9Y0CY The libretto … Continue reading On This Day (January 22)…Lady Macbeth comes to Russia
The composer Dmitri Shostakovich was born on this day in 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Shostakovich in 1950. Retrieved from here. This noted Soviet-era composer, progeny of a musical family, … Continue reading On This Day (September 25)…Happy Birthday, Dmitri Shostakovich!
