Composer Dmitri Shostakovich Librettists Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preis 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 Conductor Leopold Ludwig Production Paul Hager Designer Wolfram Skalicki Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr.(resident designer) Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Katerina Lvovna Ismailova, wife of Zinovy Borisovich Marie Collier Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov, a merchant Chester Ludgin Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov, his son Richard Martell Millhand Daniel McCaughna Sergei Jon Vickers Aksinya Claudia White Coachman Hugo Mayer Village Drunk Raymond Manton Porter John West Steward David Giosso First Workman Richard Riffel Second Workman Roy Glover Priest Andrew Foldi Police Inspector Joshua Hecht Poluceman Colin Harvey Local Nihilist Howard Fried Old Convict Giorgio Tozzi Sentry Daniel McCaughna Sonyetka, a convict Erika Wien Female Convict Carol Todd Sergeant Winther Andersen Show Dates Mon, Nov 23 1964, 8pm 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