Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Overview

A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love. Her husband, though, is impotent; her father-in-law a tyrant. No wonder, then, that she longs to free herself from this yoke. When Sergei starts work on the family estate, she sees in him a chance for salvation. However, their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime.

Details

Cast

Markéta Hrubešová

Kateřina

Galina Vishnevskaya

Kateřina (singing voice)

Michal Dlouhý

Sergei

Nicolai Gedda

Sergei (singing voice)

Petr Haničinec

Boris

Dimiter Petkov

Boris (singing voice)

Václav Neckář

Sinowi

Werner Krenn

Sinowi (singing voice)

Eva Šlosárová

Axinija

Taru Valjakka

Axinija (singing voice)

Stanislav Zindulka

Schäbiger Mann

Robert Tear

Schäbiger Mann (singing voice)

Václav Sloup

Hausknecht

Steven Emmerson

Hausknecht (singing voice)

Jan Skopeček

Mühlenarbeiter

Leslie Fyson

Mühlenarbeiter (singing voice)

Jiří Pomeje

Kutscher

Colin Appleton

Kutscher (singing voice)

Miroslav Moravec

Pope

Leonard Mroz

Pope (singing voice)