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    Categories: Music

So What If Stalin Hated This Opera?

Stalin called Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensh “muddle instead of music, an ugly flood of confusing sound, … a pandemonium of creaking, shrieking and crashes.” Ouch. But it feels more urgent than ever with Putin at Russia’s helm. – The New York Times Read entire story.

Source: MUSIC – ArtsJournal

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