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KATERINA IZMAILOVA. Opera in four acts

Composer: Shostakovich, Dmitri
Lyricists: Preis, A. / Schostakow, D. / Runsten, Lars (schw.)
Opus/Year: 114 (1956 - 1963)
Genre: Opera
Instrumentation: 3 S, A, 7 T, 11 B - SATB-Chor - 3,3,4,3 - 4,3,3,1 - Pk, Schl (4 Spieler: u.a. Glsp, Xyl), 2 Harfen, Cel, Streicher Banda: 2 Kornette (Es), 2 Kornette (B), 2 Althörner (Es), 2 Tenorhörner (B), 2 Baritone (B), 2 Tuben

Content:

The plot is for the most part the same as that of “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” written in 1932. To allow for a revival performance of the long-banned opera in the Soviet Union, parts of the text which had been found drastic or repulsive were toned down in this version. Concerning the textual and musical revisions, see also the contribution “On the History of the Composition of this Opera” in the preface to the piano reduction of the original version, SIK2313

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