Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / Secunde, Ventris, Kotcherga, Vas, Clark, Nesterenko, Capelle, Anissimov, Barcelona Opera
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Actor: Alexander Anissimov, Anatoli Kotcherga, Christopher Ventris, Nadine Secunde, ShostakovichBrand: EMI Music Distribution
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 187 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: EMI Classics
DVD Reviews of Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / Secunde, Ventris, Kotcherga, Vas, Clark, Nesterenko, Capelle, Anissimov, Barcelona Opera
DVD Review: Very disappointing.
Summary: 2 Stars
I was very excited to see a live production of this powerful opera available on DVD, and I immediately purchased a copy. My excitement quickly turned to disappointment, however, as I watched the DVD. The Liceu production here commited to disk is poorly conceived, darkly lit, and (often) ineptly staged. Anyone who has seen David Poutney's ENO production or Graham Vick's brilliant, over-the-top Met production knows just how thrilling a piece of music theatre "Lady Macbeth..." can be, but you wouldn't know it from this humorless and dull staging. There are many questionable touches, the biggest head-scratcher being the interpolation of music from Shostakovich's 6th symphony between Acts 3 and 4, underscoring some useless business from the Shabby Peasant. The cast is not a bad one (Kotcherga's Boris is particularly notable, and none other than Evgeny Nesterenko appears as the Old Convict) but they are undone by the production and, worse, by the disk's chief technical shortcoming, truly awful sound. The singers, regardless of where they are on stage, all sound as if they are at the far end of a long, echo-y tunnel, and the orchestral sound is mushy at best. All in all, a real disappointment. Let's hope that a better production of LMMOM makes it to DVD someday. Until then, stick with the Rostropovich CD, close your eyes, and imagine.
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Description of Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk / Secunde, Ventris, Kotcherga, Vas, Clark, Nesterenko, Capelle, Anissimov, Barcelona Opera
Dmitry Shostakovich?s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is unquestionably one of the greatest operas of the 20th century. This new production, filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, is part of the new "EMI Classics Opera on DVD" series, which presents first-class productions from the great opera houses of the world. Featured in this production are Nadine Secude (Katerina Ismailova), Christopher Ventris (Sergey), and Anatoli Kotxerga (Boris Ismailov), conducted by Alexander Anissimov with the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk received its premiere at the Maly Theatre in Leningrad in 1934. The libretto, written by Shostakovich himself and Alexander Preys, is based on Nicolay Leskov?s novella of 1865.Classical Music CDs
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