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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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Based On

the novella Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District by Nikolai Leskov

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1981-1982
Language
Russian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Russian Language Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costumes by
Miss Silja's costumes designed by

Cast

Katerina Ismailova, wife of Zinovy Borisovich
Boris Timofeyevich Ismailov, a merchant
Zinovy Borisovich Ismailov, his son
Millhand
Sergei, a new hired hand
Aksinya, a maid
Coachman
Village Drunk
Shop Man
First Workman
Second Workman
Third workman
Priest
Police Inspector
Policeman
Local Nihilist
Old Convict
Guard
Sonyetka, a convict
Female Convict
Officer
Drunken Guest

Show Dates

Broadcast

10/17/1981, delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR.

Time and Place

Mid-19th-century Russia

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1 -- The bedroom of Katerina Lvovna
Scene 2 -- The courtyard of the Ismailovs' house
Scene 3 -- The millyard of the Ismailovs' house
Scene 4 -- The bedroom of Katerina Lvovna
Act II, Scene 1 -- Night. The courtyard of the Ismailovs' house, some days later
Scene 2 -- The bedroom of Katerina Lvovna
Scene 3 -- The courtyard, near the cellar entrance
Scene 4 -- The district police station
Scene 5 -- The wedding party
Act III -- On the banks of a river on the way to Siberia

Media

Notes

10/17/1981, delayed broadcast, KQED and NPR. Intermission interviews: #1 Roundtable: Lady MacBeth, Calvin Simmons, Gerald Freedman, Richard Rodzinski (guests), #2 Reflections on Opera, singers: Kurt Herbert Adler (guest).

Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios

Organ courtesy of Baldwin Organs

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