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Katerina Izmailova (1966)

Katerina Izmailova (1966)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1966, November 19
Directors: Mikhail Shapiro
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Lenfilm
Cast: Roman Tkachuk, Galina Vishnevskaya, Artyom Inozemtsev, Tatyana Gavrilova, Konstantin Adashevsky, Nikolai Boyarsky, Aleksandr Sokolov

Overview:

Katerina Izmailova is a filmization of Dmitry Shostakovich's long-suppressed 1936 opera. Galina Vishnevskaya stars as Katerina, a bored 19th century farm wife. At the behest of her grungy lover, Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman. Banned by Stalin for its bleak portrait of Soviet life, Katerina Izmailova was not given a Russian staging for over 40 years; its Metropolitan Opera debut did not occur until 1994.

Keywords:

murder betrayal