The New York Times

Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Dmitri Shostakovich, a tale of love and betrayal once banned in Soviet Russia, is returning to the Metropolitan Opera. By ...
The Boston Globe

‘Lady Macbeth’ closes the BSO’s Shostakovich cycle with a bang

Shostakovich’s infamous 1934 opera, which led to his denunciation by the Stalin regime, roared with visceral fury at Symphony Hall The myth behind Shostakovich’s 1934 opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” ...
Hartford Courant

Yale Rep’s ‘Macbeth in Stride’ takes a fresh look at Lady Macbeth with a soul-pop score

Whitney White is back in New Haven, as an actor rather than a director this time. The last time she was here, the Chicago-rooted multi-threat theater artist was directing “An Iliad” at Long Wharf ...
The New York Times

A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The company started its season performing “Medea,” “Idomeneo” and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” three of opera’s most distinctive ...