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Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: John Storg氓rds conducts the 蜜芽传媒 Singers, the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic and English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus with star soloists in Shostakovich鈥檚 operatic tragedy. In this, Shostakovich鈥檚 anniversary year, a chance to hear his blistering operatic tragedy on a theme of oppression and murder. Amanda Majeski stars as Katerina 鈥� the defiant 鈥淟ady Macbeth鈥� of the title 鈥� with tenor Nicky Spence as her lover Sergey, and Brindley Sherratt as the brutal patriarch Boris.

During the interval the cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett talks to Martin Handley about Shostakovich's opera The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, and its cultural context in Stalin's Russia.

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall and presented semi-staged, in two parts.

Dmitry Shostakovich: The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (sung in English)
Amanda Majeski, Katerina
Brindley Sherratt, Boris/Ghost of Boris
John Findon, Zinovy
Thomas Mole, Mill-hand/Priest
Nicky Spence, Sergey
Ava Dodd, Aksinya/Convict
Ronald Samm, Shabby Peasant
Alaric Green, Steward
Chuma Sijeqa, Police Sergeant
William Morgan, Teacher
Sir Willard White, Old Convict
Niamh O'Sullivan, Sonyetka
蜜芽传媒 Singers
Chorus of English National Opera
蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera
John Storg氓rds, conductor
Ruth Knight, director