Alexandre Kravets Trailers

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Trailer (2007)

30 January 2007

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a lurid tale of sex, murder, and corruption, premiered in 1934 and was a success until Stalin saw it two years later, resulting in a Pravda review that viciously condemned it.