Opera in 4 acts Libretto: Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preis [Based: Nikolai Leskov: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District] First performance: 22 January 1934, Leningrad Maly Operny
Recorded: May 2002, Gran Teatre del Liceu
Katerina Ismailova - Nadine Secunde Sergey - Christopher Ventris Boris Ismailov - Anatoli Kotcherga Zinoviy Ismailov - Francisco Vas Shabby Peasant - Graham Clark Aksinya - Mireille Capelle Sonyetka - Nino Surguladze Chief of Police - Juha Kotilainen Teacher - John Hurst Priest - Maxim Mikhailov Old Convict - Yevgeny Nesterenko |