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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Angela Denoke (Katerina), Misha Didyk (Sergey), Kurt Rydl (Boris), Marian Talaba (Zinovy), Michael Roider (Shabby peasant), Nadia Krasteva (Sonyetka), Donna Ellen (Aksinya), Janusz Monarcha (Priest), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Old convict), Eijiro Kai (Sergeant) & Wolfram Igor Derntl (Teacher)

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Metzmacher conducts with his trademark mix of intelligence and raw emotion and orchestrally it's superb...Angela Denoke's Katerina is sharply characterised as a woman for whom murder is the sole... — The Guardian, 9th June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 25th Apr 2011
Catalogue No: C812112
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Wiener Staatsoper Live
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

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Shostakovich: Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda, Op. 29

Work length2:35:11

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Jens Musger, Marcus Pelz, Angela Denoke, Eijiro Kai, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Kurt Rydl, Marian Talaba, Michael Roider, Nadia Krasteva, Misha Didyk, Wolfram Igor Derntl, Gerhard Reiterer, Oleg Zalytskiy, Hans Peter Kammerer, Sophie Marilley, Janusz Monarcha, Thomas Kober, Franz Gruber, Donna Ellen
Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Ingo Metzmacher
Recorded: 23 October 2009
Recording Venue: Live recording, Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria

Act I: Akh, nye spitsa bol'she, poprobuyu (Katerina)

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Act I: Gríbki sevodnya budut? (Boris, Katerina)

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Act I: Govori! (Kutcher, Katerina, Axinja)

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Act I: Interlude

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Act I: Ay! Ay! Ay! (Axinja, Schabiger, Hausknecht, Verwalter, Sergej, Katerina, Chorus)

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Act I: Mnogo vy muzhikí? (Katerina, Sergej, Shcabiger, Boris)

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Act I: Interlude

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Act I: Spat'pora, Dyen proshol (Katerina, Boris)

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Act I: Zherebyonok k kobylke toropitsa (Katerina)

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Act I: Kto eto, kto, kto stuchít? uchit? (Katerina, Sergej, Boris)

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Act II: Shto znachit starost'; nye spítsa (Boris)

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Act II: Proshchay, Katya, Proshchay! (Sergej, Boris, Katerina, Schabiner, Hausknecht, Chorus)

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Act II: Ustal - Prikazhete Mnye Postegat'? (Boris, Hausknecht, Katerina)

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Act II: Vidno, Skoro Uzh Zarya (Boris, Drei Vorarbeiter, Pope, Katerina, Chorus)

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Act II: Interlude

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Act II: Sergey, Seryozha! (Katerina, Sergej)

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Act II: Opyaat Usnul (Katerina, Boris, Geist, Sergej)

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Act II: Slushay, Sergey, Sergey! (Katerina, Sergej, Sinowi)

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Act III: Shto Ty Tut Stoish? (Sergej, Katerina, Schabiger)

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Act III: Interlude

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Act III: Sozdan Politseysky Byl Vo Vremya Ono (Polizeichef, Lehrer, Schabiger, Chorus)

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Act III: Interlude

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Act III: Slava Suprugam (Pope, Katerina, Sergej, Betrunkener Gast Polizechef, Chorus)

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Act IV: Vyorsty Odna Za Drugoy (Alter Zwangsarbeiter, Chorus)

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Act IV: Stepanych! Propusti Menya (Katerina, Wachter, Sergej)

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Act IV: Nye Lekhko Posle Pochota Da Poklonov (Katerina)

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Act IV: Moyo Pochtenye! (Sergej, Sonjetka, Katerina, Zwangsarbeiterin, Chorus)

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Act IV: V Lesu V Samoy Chashche Yest' Ozero (Katerina, Sonjetka, Sergej)

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Act IV: Vstavay! Po Mestam! Zhivo! (Sergeant, Alter Zwangsarbeiter, Sonjetka, Chorus)

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One of the key works of the 20th century, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, finally entered the Vienna State Opera repertory in 2009 in its original language and without the sanitising changes made in the wake of Stalin’s death by the Soviet Communist Party. The plot remains as explosively provocative as ever, with its account of the murderous goings-on of a frustrated merchant’s wife in Tsarist Russia and a musical setting that veers virtuosically between biting social satire and sympathy for the protagonist. It was fortunate, then, that the Vienna State Opera was able to enlist the services of an experienced conductor and draw on its own home-grown ensemble, led by a singing actress of thrilling intensity. Angela Denoke is fascinating as Katerina Izmailova, her singing marked by its razor-sharp accuracy and highly individual timbre, her acting making her atrocities at least understandable if not forgivable. In order for the opera to create this impression, it also needs powerful antagonists, which it found in the form of the young heldentenor Marian Talaba, as Katerina’s duped husband Zinovy; the black bass of Kurt Rydl, who lends a chilling stature to Katerina’s violent stepfather Boris; and Nadia Krasteva’s richly coloured mezzo-soprano helps to flesh out the character of Katerina’s rival, Sonetka, who appears in the column of convicts in the opera’s harrowing final scene. Here Katerina’s seducer and lover, Sergey, turns out to be a false friend and, as such, a foil to the protagonist. Making his State Opera début, Misha Didyk used his lyrically and dramatically flexible tenor to create a portrait against which the dark and unfathomable facets of Angela Denoke’s portrayal could stand out even more clearly and impressively. The numerous smaller parts, together with the chorus and orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, were inspired by Ingo Metzmacher’s conducting to produce an interpretation that explored every aspect of Shostakovich’s score, a score teeming with the greatest extremes of tempo, dynamics and rhythm.

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Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Ingo Metzmacher

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9th June 2011

Metzmacher conducts with his trademark mix of intelligence and raw emotion and orchestrally it's superb...Angela Denoke's Katerina is sharply characterised as a woman for whom murder is the sole means of survival in a men's world...Misha Didyk sounds attractive as Sergei

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

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