This is a list of audio and video recordings (discography) of Dimitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. The work was premiered as Op. 29 on 22 January 1934 at Leningrad's Malïy Opernïy Teatr.Laurel Fay, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ", Grove Music Online . The opera was essentially banned in 1936, and Shostakovich later revised it in a toned-down version with the title Katerina Ismailova (or Katerina Izmaylova), Op. 114, which was first performed 8 January 1963 at Moscow's Stanislavsky–Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre.Laurel Fay, Katerina Izmaylova, Grove Music Online .
Audio recordings YearCast(Katerina,Sergei,Aksinya,Zinovy,Boris,Sonyetka,Old Convict)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1963,Gennadi Efimov,Dina Potapovskaya,Vyacheslav Radzievsky,Eduard Bulavin,Nina Isakova,Georgi DudarevGennady Provatorov,Stanislavsky and Danchenko Music Drama Theatre, Moscow(Studio recording, Katerina Ismailova, Op. 114, revised version)LP: MelodiyaCat: D 013709-16LP: HMV MelodiyaCat: SLS 5050"There are 20 recordings of Lady Macbeth of Mtensk by Dmitry Shostakovich", operadis-opera-discography.org.ukJ.N., Review of 1963 Moscow audio recording, Gramophone, August 1976, p. 333.1978Galina Vishnevskaya,Nicolai Gedda,Taru Valjakka,Werner Krenn,Dimiter Petkov,Birgit Finnilä,Alexander MaltaMstislav Rostropovich,London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus(Studio recording, original version)(1992 TV film directed by Petr Weigl with actors miming this recording released on DVD by Image Entertainment in 2000)CD: EMICat: 7 49955 21983Gizela Tsipola,Sergei Dubrovin,Oxana Yatsenko,Vladimir Gurov,Aleksandr Zagrebelny,Galina Tuftina,Anatoly KotchergaStepan Turchak,Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev(Studio recording, Katerina Ismailova, Op. 114, revised version)LP: MelodiyaCat: C10 21393 004Harmonia MundiLDC278 1021/23MEO, Review of 1983 Kiev audio recording, Gramophone, January 1990, p. 1375.1992Maria Ewing,Sergei Larin,Kristine Ciesinski,Philip Langridge,Aage Haugland,Elena Zaremba,Kurt MollMyung-Whun Chung,Paris Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Studio recording, original version)CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 437 511-22009Angela Denoke,Misha Didyk,Donna Ellen,Marian Talaba,Kurt Rydl,Nadia Krasteva,Dan Paul DumitrescuIngo Metzmacher,Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Original version, recorded live, 23 October)CD: Orfeo"Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2009)", Presto Music website. Retrieved 4 August 2025.2022Svetlana Sozdateleva,Brandon Jovanovich,Felicia Moore ,Nikolai Schukoff,John Relyea,Maria Barakova,Alexander TsymbalyukKeri-Lynn Wilson,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus(Original version, recorded live, 12 October, Metropolitan Opera House)Streaming audio:Met Opera on Demand"Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, October 12, 2022", Met Opera on Demand.2024Kristine Opolais,Brenden Gunnell,Michelle Trainor,Peter Hoare,John Relyea,Maria Barakova,Dmitry BelosselskiyAndris Nelsons,Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus(Original version, recorded live, 27 January, Boston Symphony Hall)CD: Deutsche GrammophonCat: 486 7062Aleksander Laskowski, Review of 2024 Boston audio recording, Gramophone, May 2025, p. 108.
Video recordings YearCast(Katerina,Sergei,Aksinya,Zinovy,Boris,Sonyetka,Old Convict)Conductor,Opera house and orchestraLabel1966Galina Vishnevskaya,Vasil Tretyak,-----,Vyacheslav Radzievsky,Alexander Vedernikov,Valentina Reka,-----Konstantin Simeonov,Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev(1966 film of Katerina Ismailova, Op. 114, revised version, heavily cut, directed by ; Vishnevskaya plays Katerina; actors mime the other parts)DVD: DeccaCat: 074 3137DHJulian Grant, Review of 2006 Amsterdam video and 1966 Soviet film, Opera, June 2007, pp. 742–743, 746.David Fanning, Review of 2006 Amsterdam video and 1966 Soviet film, Gramophone, February 2007, p. 97.1992Markéta Hrubesová,Michal Dlouhý,Eva Slosarova,Václav Neckár,Petr Haničinec,Sona Valentová, -----Mstislav Rostropovich,London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus(1992 TV film directed by Petr Weigl; the actors, listed here, mime the 1978 audio recording conducted by Rostropovich, which is cut from 152 to 100 minutes)DVD: Carlton,Michael Scott Rohan, "Add a first-class screenplay and photography to a first-class soundtrack and the finished result is most impressive", Gramophone, November 2000, p. 130.Image EntertainmentFor Image Entertainment DVD of the 1992 film, see .2002Nadine Secunde,Christopher Ventris,Mireille Capelle,Francisco Vas,Anatoly Kotcherga,Nino Surguladze,Yevgeny NesterenkoAlexander Anissimov,Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona(Original version, recorded live, May, stage director: Stein Winge)DVD: EMI Classics2006Eva-Maria Westbroek,Christopher Ventris,Carole Wilson,Ludovít Ludha,Vladimir Vaneyev,Lani Poulson,Carole WilsonMariss Jansons,Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus of Netherlands Opera(Original version, composite live recording, Amsterdam Het Musiektheater, directed by Martin Kušej)DVD: Opus Arte2008Sergej Kunaev,Nanà Miriani,Vsevolod Grivnoy,Vladimir Vaneev,Natascha Petrinsky,-----James Conlon,Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino(Original version, recorded live, June, Teatro Comunale, directed by Lev Dodin)Blu-ray: Arthaus MusikChristopher Ballantine, Review of 2008 Florence video, Opera, March 2010, pp. 349–350.David Gutman, "Plenty of passion in the pit but not enough variety or warmth onstage", Gramophone, January 2010, p. 94.2019Aušrine Stundytė,Pavel Černoch,Sofija Petrovic,John Daszak,Dmitry Ulyanov,Oksana Volkova,Alexander TsymbalyukIngo Metzmacher,Orchestra & Chorus of the Paris Opera(Original version, recorded live, 16 April, Opéra Bastille, directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski)HD video:Paris Opera PlayLady Macbeth de Mzensk, 2019, Paris Opera Play.
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