Season 2026/2027

Una Lady Macbeth del distretto di Mzensk

(Ledi Makbet Mcenskogo Uezda)

Music by Dmitrij Šostakovič

Opera in four acts and nine scenes

Libretto by Aleksandr Prejs and Dmitrij Šostakovič
Based on the novella of the same name by Nikolaj Leskov

Juraj Valčuha

Barrie Kosky

Chorus Master Ciro Visco

Set Designer Rufus Didwiszus

Costume Designer Victoria Behr

Dramaturgy Daniel Andrés Eberhard

Lighting Designer Olaf Freese

CAST

Boris Timofeevič Izmailov Dmitry Ulyanov

Zinovij Borisovič Izmailov Ya-Chung Huang

Katerina L’vovna Izmajlova Olesya Golovneva

Sergej Giorgi Sturua

A ragged peasant Caspar Krieger

A preist Valery Gilmanov

A police sergeant Jerzy Butrin

Aksin’ja Mirka Wagner

An old convict Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev

Sonetka Susan Zarrabi

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Chorus

A Komische Oper Berlino Production

Performed in the original language with Italian and English surtitles