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
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On This Day (January 22)…Lady Macbeth comes to Russia
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