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Private and public grief: Shostakovich and Mahler in Liverpool
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.
An unsettling Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Oslo
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.
Fish, sex and marching bands: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
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.