The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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* Notes *A revival of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk opened at the Metropolitan Opera last night. Graham Vick’s 1994 production is humorous and makes quite good use of space, despite being essentially constrained to one room (pictured left, photograph by Ken Howard). Though there was much going on at all times, the staging enhanced the…
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Staatsoper Stuttgart’s production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk came to San Francisco for six performances last November. The set was stark and geometric. The choreography was highly artificial and omnipresent, at times it was effective. Soprano Solveig Kringelborn was excellent as the lead, Katerina Lvovna Ismailova. Her voice was powerful, but she had good control…
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