Research Catalog

Title

Katerina Izmaĭlova / Shostakovich ; directed by Mikhail Shapiro.

Publication

London : Decca, [2006]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
• Vishnevskai︠a︡, Galina, 1926-2012.
• Leskov, N. S. (Nikolaĭ Semenovich), 1831-1895.
• Shapiro, Mikhail.
• Simeonov, K. (Konstantin), 1910-1987.
• Kyïvsʹkyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ akademichnyĭ teatr opery ta baletu URSR im. T.H. Shevchenka.
• Decca Record Company.
• Lenfilʹm.
• BMG Classics Video.

Description

2 videodiscs (1 hr., 52 min.) : sound, color, mono; 12 in.

Summary

A brutal story, yet including some lyrical and even satirical moments, this opera was once banned in the former U.S.S.R. Katerina, unhappily married to a merchant (Zinovij), takes one of his workmen (Sergey) as her lover. She poisons her obnoxious father-in-law (Boris), and with Sergey's help, kills Zinovij. The crime is discovered and the two are sent to Siberia. When Sergey deserts her for one of the other women convicts (Sonetka), Katerina plunges both Sonetka and herself into the river.

Subjects

• Feature films
• Operas

Note

• Format DVD 9; anamorphic; region code NTSC 123456; soundtrack 2.0 enhanced mono.
• Based on the opera by D. Shostakovich, on the motif of the novel, "Lady Macbeth of the Mtzensk district" by N. Leskov.
• Originally released by Lenfilʹm as a motion picture in the Soviet Union in 1966.
• Program notes by Andrew Huth in English, French and German (27 p.) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Screenplay, Dmitry Shostakovich ; producer, Mikhail Shapiro.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Language (note)

• Sung in Russian, with English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese subtitles.

LCCN

988017900536

OCLC

• ocm77555518
• 77555518
• SCSB-9072384

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries