Katerina Ismailova is wealthily married and lonely, her husband impotent and her father-in-law a tyrant. She is trapped in a world where merciless brutality, despotism and cruelty reign. The woman with a lust for life and love gives way to her raw longing for freedom when Sergei starts working for the Ismailov family. She throws herself into a passionate affair with him and poisons her father-in-law's food. But the increasing radicalism of her desire for self-determination will claim further victims ...

Lady Macbeth von Mzensk

German Oper am Rhein

Russia, at the dawn of the seventeenth century. Following the murder of Tsarevich Dmitry, son of Ivan the Terrible, the people long for a ruler who can put an end to hunger and oppression. Boyar Boris Godunov is installed on the throne, but doubts about his involvement in the murder undermine his power. He himself is consumed by remorse …

Sergey Polyakov

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10 - 29 Jun, 2027

Boris Godunov · La Monnaie / De Munt

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Feb 17 - May 3, 2025

Lady Macbeth von Mzensk · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

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Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuysky in Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky

La Monnaie / De Munt

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