Nasza Lady Makbet z „Seksu w wielkim mieście”
Our Lady Macbeth from "Sex and the City"

Summary/Abstract: Natalia Jakubowa describes Dmitri Shostakovich's opera Lady Macbeth of Mtensk, directed by Dymitr Chernyakov (Opéra de Lyon in co-production with the English National Opera, premiere: 23.01.2016). The author points out the contemporary look of the opera adaptation – the action takes place in everyday European middle-class surroundings. Jakubowa examines the role of the music as a complement for the action on stage. She also points out the differences between Chernyakov's adaptation and Shostakovich's original opera, mainly visible in the introduction of the Katherine character. The author sees this protagonist as a symbol of the Third World and nature that generates death.

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