Rydl, Kurt: Lady Macbeth of the Mstsenk district

Kurt Rydl: Lady Macbeth of the Mstsenk district - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Lady Macbeth of the Mstsenk district

Artist:

Kurt Rydl

Label:

Orfeo

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

4011790230078

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-06-06

Number of Discs:

2

Re-Release of an important item of the back catalogue. The present recording shows the highly acclaimed premiere from 2009 of the original version of Shostakovitch's opera. It represents also the debut of conductor Ingo Metzmacher at the Vienna State Opera. The opera was premiered in 1934 in Leningrad. After Stalin visited a performance in 1936 and then published a scathing review about it, colleagues and critics, who had previously approved of the opera, turned against Shostakovich. It was only about 30 years later that the piece was performed again in the Soviet Union, however, in a toned-down version under the name "Katerina Ismailova". This version was also performed internationally. The original version came to Western Europe only in 1980. The Vienna State Opera performed the original version of Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk for the first time in 2009 - that premiere is to be heard on the present album.

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