Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House, London, review: This masterpiece is still magnificent - The Independent

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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Royal Opera House, London, review: This masterpiece is still magnificent
The Independent
Like Thomas Hardy with his condemned Tess – "a pure woman" – Dmitri Shostakovich saw the merchant's wife Katerina Ismailova, aka his double-murderer Lady Macbeth, as "a talented, clever, and exceptional woman perishing in the nightmarish conditions ...
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Royal Opera House review – 'graphic, visceral and exuberant'The St