Composer
Librettists
Based On
Leskov's story "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District"
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1964
Language
English
Commission
English translation by Edward Downes
Creative/Crew
Cast
Katerina Lvovna Ismailova, wife of Zinovy Borisovich
Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov, a merchant
Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov, his son
Millhand
Sergei
Aksinya
Coachman
Village Drunk
Porter
Steward
First Workman
Second Workman
Priest
Police Inspector
Poluceman
Local Nihilist
Old Convict
Sentry
Sonyetka, a convict
Female Convict
Sergeant
Show Dates
Time and Place
Pre-revolutionary Russia
Scenes
Act I, Scene 1 -- The garden of the Ismailov house
Scene 2 -- The courtyard of the Ismailov house
Scene 3 -- The bedroom of Katerina Lvovna
Act II, Scene 1 -- Night. The courtyard of the Ismailov house
Scene 2 -- Katerina Lvovna's bedroom
Act III, Scene 1 -- The courtyard, near the cellar entrance
Scene 2 -- The Ismailov courtyard
Act IV -- On the banks of a lake on the road to Siberia
Legacy Commission
English translation by Edward Downes
Notes
Intermissions only after Acts I and III The scenes are connected with musical interludes which should not be interrupted by applause