opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoShostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1934)
De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, 2006
- Conductor: Mariss Jansons
- Director: Martin Kusej
- Set Designer: Martin Zehetgruber
- Katarina: Eva-Maria Westbroek
- Sergei: Christopher Ventris
The characters are trapped in a glass box, in Martin Zehetgruber's design (along with a lot of shoes), accentuating the claustrophobia of their own evil.