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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.
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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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