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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, Tenor Nicolai Gedda, Bass Dimiter Petkov, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich conductor, Angel; 3 LPs). Soviet critics thought they heard a masterpiece when this, Shostakovich's second opera, was premiered in 1934. Then Stalin walked out of a performance and they listened again. This time they heard "din, gnash and screech" (Pravda). The work was withdrawn, and Shostakovich pursued more orthodox ways. A sanitized version, unveiled in 1963, found its way to the West on records, but this is the first recording of the original score. Harsh, erotic...
...whom we want." That creed is perfectly acceptable in Washington, D.C., where Mstislav Rostropovich has achieved a rousing success as conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, but last week it proved unacceptable in Moscow. In a decree signed by Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, Rostropovich and his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, were deprived of their Soviet citizenship as "ideological renegades." "Slava" Rostropovich called the action "inhumane and unfair." U.S. officials said they would be happy to grant him refugee status whenever he requested it. But neither in Russia nor America can a piece of paper define Rostropovich's overflowing...
Monday, March 12: Slavic Society Film: The Great Ballerina, about Galina Ulanova, and The Sea Gull, play by Anton Chekhov. In Russina with English subtitles. 277 Science Center...
...came about through the zealous effort of Nina Vance, founder and longtime head of Houston's Alley Theater. On a cultural exchange mission to the U.S.S.R. in May 1977, Vance was particularly impressed by Mikhail Roschin's Echelon and the way in which it was directed by Galina Volchek, head of Moscow's Sovremennik Theater and a noted actress as well. Vance prevailed upon Volchek to restage the play in Houston, and this is the first time in U.S. theatrical history that an American audience has had an opportunity to see a Russian play in English...
With few exceptions, this is a train of women without men. Some are inconsolable, some lapse into abrasively catty humor. The car commander is Galina (Bettye Fitzpatrick), and she has more of the instincts of a den mother than a party official. Her chief worry is Katya (Cristine Rose), who spends most of the play catatonically desolated by the absence of her husband. Galina's chief ally in rallying group morale is Masha (Bella Jarrett), a gutsy fighter who can issue a pep talk that would blister a slacking football team...