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Shostakovich’s Lady MacbethSemi-staged performance

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC Proms
Programme
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (sung in English with English surtitles)
Performers
John StorgårdsConductor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Singers
English National Opera Chorus
Amanda MajeskiSopranoKaterina Lvovna Izmailova
Brindley SherrattBassBoris Timofeyevich Izmailov
John FindonTenorZinoviy Borisovich Izmailov
Nicky SpenceTenorSergey
Niamh O'SullivanMezzo-sopranoSonyetka
Ava DoddSopranoAksinya
William MorganTenorSchoolmaster
Ronald SammTenorTattered peasant
Alaric GreenBaritoneOffice Manager
Sir Willard WhiteBass-baritoneOld Convict
Chuma SijeqaBass-baritonePolice inspector
Thomas MoleBassPriest

In Shostakovich’s anniversary year, a chance to hear his blistering operatic tragedy with an ‘innocent murderess’ at its heart. Amanda Majeski stars as Katerina – the defiant Lady Macbeth – with tenor Nicky Spence as her lover Sergey and Brindley Sherratt as the brutal patriarch Boris.

Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee). On sale 17 May 2025.

There will be one interval 

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