Name: Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’
Start: 2025-09-01T18:30:00
Location: Royal Albert Hall

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In Shostakovich’s anniversary year, a chance to hear his blistering operatic tragedy with an ‘innocent murderess’ at its heart. Amanda Majeski stars as Katerina – the defiant Lady Macbeth – with tenor Nicky Spence as her lover Sergey and Brindley Sherratt as the brutal patriarch Boris.

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Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’

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Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’

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