Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Shostakovich
05/10/2024
18:00h
Performers
Alexei Botnarciuc, Boris Ismailov
Daniel Kirch, Zinovi Ismailov
Ángeles Blancas, Katerina Ismailova
Alex Ollé, stage director
Liceu Opera Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductor
Repertory
Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
In Àlex Ollé’s new production, Katerina, imprisoned in her bedroom, represents the ideal of a woman turned into a metaphor for an unattainable future of someone who is supposed to give life, but ends up being the source of death. A woman subjected to the traditional patriarchal system and trapped in an immutable family structure with female sexuality reduced to childbearing. We are talking, then, of an erotic rebellion as the first step in the search for a dream: individual freedom against the tyranny of the family.