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Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District (other)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District or Lady MacBeth of Mtensk may refer to: * Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novel), ''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (novel), by Nikolai Leskov * Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera), ''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (opera), by Dimitri Shostakovich * Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (film), ''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (film), film directed by Roman Balayan * ''Siberian Lady Macbeth'', film directed by Andrzej Wajda {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District (novel)
''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда ''Ledi Makbet Mtsenskovo uyezda'') is an 1865 novella by Nikolai Leskov. It was originally published in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's magazine ''Epoch''. Among its themes are the subordinate role expected from women in 19th-century European society, adultery, provincial life (thus drawing comparison with Flaubert's ''Madame Bovary'') and the planning of murder by a woman, hence the title inspired by the Shakespearean character Lady Macbeth from his play '' Macbeth''. The title also echoes the title of Turgenev's story '' Hamlet of the Shchigrovsky District'' (1859). Plot summary ;Chapter 1 The Ismailov family is introduced: Boris, the father of Zinovy, the husband of Katerina for the past five years. Boris and Zinovy are merchants, ruling an estate with many serfs. Katerina is bored in their empty home, and tired of Boris' constant orders and scolding of her for not producing any ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District (opera)
''Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk'' (russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, translit=Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uyezda, link=no, translation=Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) is an opera in four acts and nine scenes by Dmitri Shostakovich, his Opus 29. The libretto, jointly written by Alexander Preys and the composer, is based on the novella ''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' by Nikolai Leskov. Dedicated by Shostakovich to his first wife, physicist Nina Varzar, the roughly 160-minute opera was first performed on 22 January 1934 at the Leningrad Maly Operny, and two days later in Moscow. It incorporates elements of expressionism and verismo, telling the story of a lonely woman in 19th-century Russia who falls in love with one of her husband's workers and is driven to murder. Performance history Despite early success on popular and official levels, ''Lady Macbeth'' became the vehicle for a general denunciation of Shostakovich's music by the Communist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District (film)
''Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District'' (russian: Леди Макбет Мценского уезда, Ledi Makbet Mtsentskogo uyezda) is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Roman Balayan, based on the eponymous novella by Nikolai Leskov. Plot Katerina Izmailova is a beautiful wife of a rich merchant who does not marry out of love. Katerina, who for days on end suffering from idleness, gets herself a young lover, Sergei. Soon their relationship progresses to the fact that they are forced to kill her husband Katerina, who discovers infidelity, and this is only the first step to their deadly unity. Cast *Natalya Andrejchenko - Katerina Izmailova *Aleksandr Abdulov - Sergey *Nikolai Pastukhov - Zinovy Borisovich *Tatyana Kravchenko Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (russian: Татья́на Эдуа́рдовна Кра́вченко; born 9 December 1953, Stalino (since 1961 — Donetsk), Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of R ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |