Lady Macbeth von Mzensk

Synopsis

Produced for German television station ZDF, director Petr Weigl’s screen interpretation of Shostakovich’s opera is based on an abbreviated version of the Rostropovich/Vishnevskaya recording with the London Philharmonic that is used as the soundtrack for the operatic film, with lip-synching Czech performers providing the visual dimension.

Language

Russian

Country

Germany

Medium

Television; Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1999

Notes

Commercially available on DVD (produced by Image Entertainment in 1999).

Subjects

Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Petr Weigl

Writer

Alexander Preis; Nikolai Leskov

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich

Contributor

Mstislav Rostropovich

Cast

Aage Haugland
Alexander Malta
Birgit Finnilae
Colin Appleton
David Beavan
Dimiter Petkov
Eva Slosarova
Galina Vishnevskaya
Jan Skopecek
Jan Vlasak
Jiri Pomeje
Karel Hlusicka
Leonard Mroz
Leslie Fyson
Marketa Hrubesova
Michal Dlouhy
Miroslav Moravec
Nicolai Gedda
Oliver Broome
Petr Hanicinec
Premysl Koci
Robert Tear
Sona Valentova
Stanislav Zindulka
Steven Emmerson
Taru Valjakka
Tomas Valik
Vaclav Neckar
Vaclav Sloup
Werner Krenn

Production Company

Name

TV 2000 Wiesbaden

Sponsor

Name

ZDF

Notes

See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen