Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Oper Leipzig

Pavel Černoch (Sergey) and Kristine Opolais (Katerina)

Dmitry Belosselskiy (Boris)

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Kristine Opolais (Katerina) and Pavel Černoch (Sergey)

Andris Nelsons in the Oper Leipzig pit

Sven Hjörleifsson (Schoolmaster) and chorus

Kristine Opolais (Katerina)

Par Mark Pullinger, 26 mai 2025

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“in the final nihilistic scene, Opolais held the entire stage in a haunting monologue”

Critique faite à Oper Leipzig, Leipzig, le 25 mai 2025

Chostakovitch, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District

Oper Leipzig

Andris Nelsons, Direction

Francisco Negrín, Mise en scène

Rifail Ajdarpasic, Décors

Ariane Isabell Unfried, Costumes

Michael Röger, Lumières

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Opernchor Leipzig

Kristine Opolais, Katerina Lvovna Izmailova

Pavel Černoch, Sergey

Dmitry Belosselskiy, Boris Timofeyevich Izmailov

Matthias Stier, Zinoviy Borisovich Izmailov

Nora Steuerwald, Sonyetka

Ivo Stanchev, Priest

Dan Karlström, Tattered peasant

Merit Nath-Göbl, Aksinya

Sven Hjörleifsson, Schoolmaster

Timothy Edlin, Office Manager

Peter Dolinšek, Old Convict

Franz Xaver Schlecht, Police inspector

Vincent Turregano, Policeman

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Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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