It is a profound loss for opera that Shostakovich’s dramatic career was brusquely truncated after Stalin took exception to the young Russian composer’s second work, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, as decadent and “anti-Soviet”.
Sunday 22 April 2018
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk review: A celebration of composer Shostakovich’s genius
It is a profound loss for opera that Shostakovich’s dramatic career was brusquely truncated after Stalin took exception to the young Russian composer’s second work, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, as decadent and “anti-Soviet”.
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