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On a balmy evening in Liverpool, Vasily Petrenko led the RLPO in two works that explored differenet apsects of lamentation, preceded by a Straussian toboggan ride.

Ole Andreas Tandberg's production of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk gets a revival in Oslo, and proves even more chilling than the first time around.

Director Ole Anders Tandberg's new production of Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District is gloriously sung, but the violent and vulgar production has a tendency to go overboard.

Tout dans ce spectacle est justesse, cohérence, beauté. Et le pari de Laurent Joyeux est largement gagné, comme en témoignent les longs et chaleureux applaudissements d’un public entièrement conquis.