The New York Times – Music:
The soprano Asmik Grigorian is starring as Tatiana, one of her signature roles, in Tchaikovsky’s classic at the Metropolitan Opera.
Author: Simon Morrison
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The Facts and Fictions of Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’
The New York Times – Music:
The 1934 opera, revived this season at the Metropolitan Opera, stoked the ire of the Soviet state, or so the story goes. But archives tell a more interesting tale.