On the eve of Jan. 26, 1935,
Stalin and his henchmen,  unannounced, attend a performance
of Shostakovich’s 
world-renowned opera, 
“Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” and storm out
of the Moscow theatre
​in a fury before the final act.

Didi Balle
Creator/Writer-Director-Producer

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Conductor/Music Director

Original Commission 
Philadelphia Orchestra Association

World Premiere
2013

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
November 2014
Marin Alsop, conductor

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