Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2005)

Name: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Released: 2005-07-01
Cast: Berczelly István, Rudolf Péter Kiss, Lukács Gyöngyi, Vadim Zapletchni

Jul 01, 2005

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A stage performance of the Shostakovich opera, filmed at Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a lurid tale of sex, murder, and corruption, premiered in 1934. The heroine is the daughter-in-law of Boris, a greedy, lecherous merchant, and the frustrated wife of his impotent son. Katerina poisons Boris and when her husband returns she and her lover, Sergei, kill him too, burying him in the cellar. The body is discovered during their wedding party. Haunted by guilt, Katerina confesses and the newlyweds are consigned to Siberia. When Sergei takes up with another woman, Katerina pushes her into the river and then jumps in herself.

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Berczelly István

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