姆钦斯克县的麦克白夫人

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk

1936年1月,苏联《真理报》上发表了日丹诺夫撰写的一篇社论《混乱替代了音乐》,矛头直指肖斯塔科维奇的歌剧《姆钦斯克县的麦克白夫人》。文中这样说道：＂乐曲一开始,听众就被刻意制造出来的不协调而混乱的声流所震惊……它把‘梅耶霍德主义＇最负面的特征（而且还加重了数倍）带进剧院和音乐中。我们有左派分子的困惑,而不是自然的、属于人的音乐。＂从此这部洋溢着人性关爱和对苦难同情的作品被无情地打入冷宫,并在苏联境内长期遭到禁演,直到斯大林去世以后才又恢复上演。

30-year-old Shostakovich lost his confidence in opera writing because his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk was criticized by Stalin and banned for a long period after its premiere.The opera was based on a story by Leskov,describing the miserable fate of heroine Katerina Ismailova.Perhaps Shostakovich saw in this woman an indictment of the cruel reality of society.In fact, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk was an opera full of humanity.