La Scala gala crowd cheers premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth' once censored by Stalin

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk '' ...

At fraught moment for Russia and Europe, La Scala cheers Shostakovich opera censored by Stalin

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheers the season premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,' an opera ...
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La Scala Reopens with Shostakovich's Resilient Opera

La Scala's season opens with Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,' an opera highlighting women's rights.
The New York Times

Dmitri Shostakovich

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. By A.J. Goldmann The male ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Shostakovich and the Black Monk’ imagines the Chekhov short story as an opera by the Russian composer

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975 without completing his dream of setting Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Black Monk,” as an opera. Thanks to playwright James Glossman and musician ...
News.az

La Scala opens season with Shostakovich Opera

The opera, staged 50 years after Shostakovich’s death, tells the story of Katerina, a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage ...
The Forward

When Shostakovich Wrote ‘From Jewish Folk Poetry’ And Pissed Off Stalin

The 20th-century Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich might be best known for his conflicted but patriotic symphonies, his daring operas, including two takes on Nikolai Leskov’s novella “Lady Macbeth ...
Seattle Times

Seattle Symphony to pair masterpieces by Shostakovich, Stravinsky

On Jan. 28, 1936, Dmitri Shostakovich woke up to read a sternly worded condemnation of his music in the official Soviet newspaper, Pravda. Never mind that the work in question (his opera “Lady Macbeth ...
Boston Herald

BSO spotlights Shostakovich’s rebel journey

Who never wrote a bad note? If Mozart springs to mind, you’re in good company. Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons would agree with you. But next to Wolfgang Amadeus, Nelsons would ...
The St. Louis American

Kian Soltani burns on Haydn cello concerto without stealing thunder from Shostakovich

The program the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is performing this weekend opens, deceptively, with a blast of quintessential ...
NPR

'How Shostakovich Changed My Mind' Touches On The Music-Body Connection

Many years ago, a relative of mine used the term "music-intense" in conversation to describe a musician we both knew. I think it's also an apt descriptor for BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson. His ...
The New York Times

Dmitri Shostakovich

The male soprano Samuel Mariño’s “Lumina,” a suite from Thomas Adès’s “The Tempest” and Ginastera’s string quartets are among the highlights. Brooklyn Rider’s exploration of the four elements, ...