USA Premiere
Composer
Librettists
Based On
Leskov's story "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District"
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
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
INTERMISSION
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
INTERMISSION
Act IV -- On the banks of a lake on the road to Siberia
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1964_09_compressed.pdf
(12.12 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE
First performance: as Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Leningrad, 1934; Premiere as revised Katerina Ismailova: Moscow, 1962.
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English translation by Edward Downes
Intermissions only after Acts I and III
The scenes are connected with musical interludes which should not be interrupted by applause