Hear The Metropolitan Opera's 2022 production of Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk," a satirical drama based on a short story by Nikolai Leskov, on Saturday at 1 p.m. on Classical IPR.
The opera highlights issues of power and oppression as it follows the story of Katerina, a woman driven to murder by an unhappy marriage.
Soprano Svetlana Sozdateleva and tenor Brandon Jovanovich star in the production.
Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.
Listen to Classical Sprouts for more from The Metropolitan Opera - this week's episode is an interview with Metropolitan Opera soprano Golda Schultz, who performed as Adina in this year's "L'Elisir d'Amore"!
