https://www.wwfm.org/tags/lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk en-US Copyright Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT https://www.wwfm.org/show/wwfm-sunday-opera-with-michael-kownacky/2026-06-26/the-sunday-opera-shostakovichs-lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk-from-la-scala Milan’s La Scala is our destination for this week’s Sunday Opera (6/28 3:00 p.m.) and their recent production of Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” a 1934 opera based on the 1865 novella “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: by Nikolai Leskov with a libretto by the composer and Alexander Preis. Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT https://www.wwfm.org/show/wwfm-sunday-opera-with-michael-kownacky/2026-06-26/the-sunday-opera-shostakovichs-lady-macbeth-of-mtsensk-from-la-scala Michael Kownacky