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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Hungarian State Opera |
Judging from the inordinate number of Brits in Saturday's audience, word must have got out: Budapest is back as one of the world's greatest opera companies.
With superhuman demands on orchestra and leading lady, Shostakovich's 1934 Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk has fought an uphill battle. Personally denounced by Stalin, the opera took more than 40 years to reappear in its original form. Now everybody's doing it, and I cannot think of another suppressed or neglected score more worthy of seizing its rightful place in the standard repertory.
Source: FT.com
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17.03.2005
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